What foods are good for pituitary tumors

A reasonable and healthy diet plays a very positive role in restoring body functions and improving immunity. Diet is particularly important during the recovery stage of pituitary tumors, so everyone should understand some principles of diet for pituitary tumors. So, what foods are good for pituitary tumors? Let's listen to the introduction of the nine principles of diet for pituitary tumors.

1. To maintain smooth bowel movements before surgery, please eat more foods rich in crude fiber, such as celery, sesame, bananas, etc. Eat more foods containing vitamins A, C, and E, and eat more green vegetables and fruits.

2. Avoid tobacco, alcohol, spicy, cold and other irritating foods and stimulating drinks such as coffee and strong tea.

3. Pay attention to nutritional supplementation before surgery. It is advisable to eat high-protein, high-calorie, high-vitamin, easily digestible foods, such as soy products, lean meat, fish, green vegetables, etc.

4. Do not eat on the day of surgery. If there are no complications such as gastrointestinal bleeding and swallowing difficulties, you can eat liquid food.

5. After the operation, it is advisable to eat small meals frequently, avoid eating with large mouthfuls and chewing hard, and keep the oral cavity clean before and after meals.

6. Eat at regular times, in fixed amounts, and eat small meals frequently.

7. Adhere to a low-fat diet and eat lean meat, eggs and yogurt regularly.

8. Patients with postoperative swallowing dysfunction should be fed liquid diet through nasogastric tube.

9. If diabetes insipidus occurs after surgery, it is advisable to eat a light diet, pay attention to water replenishment, and monitor electrolytes to prevent water and electrolyte imbalance.

Warm reminder: There is no clinical method for the prevention of pituitary tumors at home and abroad. However, early detection of pituitary tumors will bring great benefits to future treatment. Regarding the treatment of pituitary tumors, the treatment plan is mainly determined by the size of the tumor, whether it secretes hormones, and the patient's complications.