Dietary Care for Pelvic Inflammation
The pelvis is a private area for women, and it is highly susceptible to bacterial infections that can cause pelvic inflammation. Pelvic inflammation can greatly harm the lives and physical health of women, and severe cases may even lead to female infertility. Therefore, actively cooperating with doctors for treatment and restoring health as early as possible is the best choice for patients with pelvic inflammation.
For patients with pelvic inflammation, apart from actively cooperating with the doctor's treatment, daily dietary care is also an excellent method to accelerate recovery and get rid of the troubles caused by the disease as soon as possible.
So, what should patients with pelvic inflammation pay attention to in their daily diet?
Gynecological experts introduce: The following points are crucial for dietary care of patients with pelvic inflammation:
[1] Strengthen Nutrition: Nutrition is the foundation of pelvic inflammation. Dietary care for pelvic inflammation should focus on strengthening nutrition. The diet needs to be light and easy to digest, such as adzuki beans, mung beans, winter melon, and broad beans.
[2] Warmth to Drive Out Cold: Patients who experience cold pain in the lower abdomen, fear of cold, and soreness in the waist belong to the type of cold coagulation and qi stagnation. They should adhere to the principle of using warmth to drive out cold. For dietary care, they can consume warm-natured foods like ginger soup, brown sugar water, longan meat, etc. Cold foods such as cold drinks and fruits should be avoided.
[3] Promote Blood Circulation and Regulate Qi: Regularly consume foods that promote blood circulation and regulate qi to dissipate nodules, such as hawthorn, peach kernels, fruit leather, orange peel, kumquats, and roses. Vegetables should not be lacking either; dietary care for pelvic inflammation includes eating cabbage, asparagus, celery, spinach, cucumber, mushrooms, tofu, seaweed, etc. Protein should be appropriately supplemented, such as lean pork, duck, goose, quail, softshell turtle, carp, eggs, chicken, etc.
[4] Pay attention to five types of irritations and heat, and back pain, which mostly indicate kidney yin deficiency. For dietary care, patients can consume nutritious meats and eggs, but they should avoid greasy, cold, sticky foods such as fatty meat, crabs, snails, and preserved products.
[5] Patients with yellow vaginal discharge, large amounts, and thick consistency belong to the damp-heat syndrome. Therefore, dietary care for pelvic inflammation should avoid fried, greasy, spicy foods, seafood, such as chili peppers, mutton, dog meat, rooster.
[6] During the fever period of pelvic inflammation, a light and easily digestible diet is recommended. For patients with high fever damaging body fluids, juices like pear juice, apple juice, or watermelon juice can be provided, but they should not be chilled before consumption.
Experts remind: Patients with pelvic inflammation should consume a high-protein, high-vitamin nutritional diet, including lean meat, pig liver, tofu, chicken, fruits, and vegetables. Spicy and stimulating foods like tobacco, alcohol, and strong tea should be strictly prohibited. Additionally, to promote the absorption of inflammation, improve blood circulation, alleviate tissue adhesion, and enhance local nutrition, warm compresses can be applied to the lower abdomen daily. At home, hot water bottles, electric heaters, or heated coarse salt wrapped in cloth can be used for warm compresses. Consistent application will yield excellent results.
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