Dietary considerations after common bile duct stone surgery

Although people's diet is becoming more and more refined, the incidence of gallstones is higher than before. This is mainly related to people's bad eating habits. In addition, food safety is not as good as before. Long-term consumption of unsafe food will also lead to gallstones. Currently, the best way to treat gallstones is surgery. In order to better recover the patient, this article makes the following analysis on the diet after common bile duct stone surgery:

1. Eat small meals frequently and drink plenty of water.

2. Avoid irritating or gas-producing foods, such as radish, onion, etc., and refrain from smoking and drinking.

3. On the basis of meeting the needs of patients, the total heat energy cannot be too high. Obese and overweight patients should lose weight to reach their ideal weight. Heat energy is supplied according to the principles of a low-calorie diet.

4. Limit cholesterol intake. Cholesterol intake should be less than 300 mg per day, and animal fat and high-cholesterol foods such as offal, fish roe, egg yolks, etc. should be limited. You can choose fish, lean meat, egg white, etc.

5. Depending on the symptoms and tolerance to fat, you should not consume too much fat, and it is recommended to cook with vegetable oil.

6. Pay attention to vitamin intake, especially the supplementation of fat-soluble vitamins A, D, E, and K. Vitamin K is effective in controlling bleeding caused by certain types of jaundice.

The following foods are not suitable:

1. Avoid consuming too much cholesterol: Patients with common gallstones should avoid eating spicy foods, carbonated drinks, alcohol, and other foods that promote the secretion of gastric juice. Gastric juice will stimulate the contraction of the gallbladder and increase the occurrence of stones. High cholesterol can easily lead to gallstones, so you should limit your intake of foods rich in animal fats such as eggs, cream, butter, liver, fish eggs, etc.

2. Reduce fat intake: Patients with common duct stones should reduce fat intake, mainly by not eating or eating as little fatty meat, animal offal, egg yolks and fried foods as possible. It is also not advisable to eat all kinds of high-fat, high-calorie "fast food".

The above are the dietary precautions after common bile duct stone surgery. I hope you will be careful not to eat foods that are not recommended for you. You should know that although diet is only an auxiliary treatment method for this disease, it will directly affect the recovery of common bile duct stones. Therefore, you must abide by the above precautions.