What should patients with pituitary tumors eat?

We all have such common sense that after suffering from a certain disease, in order to cooperate with the treatment of the disease, we often need to abstain from certain foods and eat more foods that are beneficial to the body's recovery to restore health as soon as possible. The same is true for the treatment of pituitary tumors. What should patients with pituitary tumors eat? Today, the editor will introduce you to some dietary methods for pituitary tumors.

Pituitary tumors are tumors that occur on the pituitary gland, usually called pituitary adenomas. They are one of the most common neuroendocrine tumors, accounting for about 10-15% of central nervous system tumors. The vast majority of pituitary adenomas are benign tumors. So what should you eat after pituitary tumor surgery?

After surgery, you should eat nutritious, light and easily digestible food. To keep your bowels open, eat more foods rich in crude fiber, such as celery, sesame, bananas, etc. Eat less spicy and greasy food, and avoid eating catfish. The following points are what patients with pituitary tumors should pay attention to after surgery.

1. Do not eat on the day of surgery. If there is no complication such as gastrointestinal bleeding or swallowing disorder, you can eat a liquid diet. If diabetes insipidus occurs after surgery, it is advisable to eat a light diet, pay attention to replenishing water, and monitor electrolytes to prevent water and electrolyte imbalance. Patients with postoperative swallowing dysfunction should be fed a liquid diet through a nasogastric tube.

2. Eat regularly, in fixed amounts, and eat small but frequent meals. Avoid eating with large mouthfuls or chewing hard, and keep your mouth clean before and after meals.

3. Adhere to a low-fat diet, eat lean meat, eggs and yogurt regularly, eat more foods containing vitamins A, C and E, and eat more green vegetables and fruits.

4. Eat foods that can inhibit carcinogenesis regularly, such as kohlrabi, cabbage, carrots, rapeseed, garlic, vegetable oil, fish, etc.

5. After surgery, patients with pituitary tumors can also choose foods high in phospholipids to improve their brain health, such as egg yolks, fish, shrimp, walnuts, peanuts, etc.

6. You should also consciously choose more foods that protect your eyes, such as eggs, animal liver, kidneys, carrots, spinach, millet, cabbage, tomatoes, day lily, water spinach, wolfberry, etc.

7. Do not eat salted, smoked, grilled or fried food, especially burnt or charred food. Avoid tobacco, alcohol, spicy food, cold food and other stimulating drinks such as coffee and strong tea.

8. When the patient's gastrointestinal function has not fully recovered in the early postoperative period, try to eat less milk and sugary foods to prevent excessive gas production after digestion, which may cause intestinal bloating.

After pituitary tumor surgery, you should pay attention to proper rest. If there are no special circumstances, you can return to normal work after one month.