Cirrhosis ascites is a relatively serious liver disease symptom, which is very harmful to the physical and mental health of patients, and the development trend will cause a variety of more serious diseases at the end of the stage, and there is little expectation of recovery. So how to maintain ascites patients with cirrhosis? Let's find out together
1. Ensure the supply of vitamins, vitamin C directly participates in liver metabolism, and promotes the formation of liver glycogen. Increasing the concentration of vitamin C in the body can protect the resistance of liver cells and promote the regeneration of liver cells. Vitamin B1, vitamin B2, niacin and other B vitamins play an important role in improving symptoms.
2. Provide sufficient carbohydrates
Sufficient carbohydrates can reduce protein consumption and reduce the burden on the liver; Carbohydrates maintain the glycogen content in liver cells, allowing them to be used in the formation and proliferation of liver tissue to protect the liver. To prevent damage to liver cells caused by toxins, you can eat starchy foods 350 grams ~ 450 grams per day.
3. Provide an appropriate amount of fat
Some patients with cirrhosis due to pancreatic insufficiency, decreased bile salt secretion, lymphatic or hilar congestion and other reasons of steatorrhoea, fat malabsorption, when the above symptoms occur, should control the amount of fat, but if the patient does not have the above symptoms, and can adapt to the fat in the food, in order to increase nutrition, reduce protein decomposition, fat is not easy to limit too strictly.
4. Eat more foods rich in zinc and magnesium
Eat lean pork, beef, eggs, fish and other foods with more zinc. In order to prevent the deficiency of magnesium ions, such as eating more foods such as green leafy vegetables, peas, dairy products and cereals.
5. Rational application of protein
Generally, 100~120 grams are supplied daily. When plasma protein is reduced, a large amount of protein supplementation is required, which can be 1.5~2 grams per kilogram of body weight per day, and those with ascites or glucocorticoid therapy can be increased to 2~3 grams per kilogram of body weight per day. A higher protein diet is important for protecting liver cells and repairing damaged liver cells.
6. Limit salt and sodium in the diet
Excessive intake of sodium salt will aggravate sodium water retention, and these excess water will stay in the abdominal cavity through blood circulation and lymphatic circulation, forming ascites, and long-term ascites can produce peritonitis changes, and even induce adverse consequences such as hepatic encephalopathy and hepatorenal syndrome.
7. Limit water intake
Water intake must be controlled. In patients with liver ascites, the ability to drain water in the body is reduced, and excessive drinking of water can easily lead to water retention.
8. It is advisable to eat easily digestible and fine soft food
Patients with cirrhosis should eat a fine and soft diet, if moderate and severe esophageal and gastric varices have occurred, should avoid eating rough or hard foods to prevent variceal vein rupture and bleeding, and advocate a small number of meals, chewing slowly and swallowing.
9. Arrange your time wisely
Rest is a key treatment for patients with ascites in the early stages of cirrhosis. In the early stage of liver ascites, reducing energy consumption, reducing liver load, and increasing liver blood volume are important for treatment. Entering the recovery period of surgery, the rest criteria are: situational blending, moderate fitness exercise. Such as outdoor walking, sunbathing, tai chi, etc. The intensity of exercise should be increased slowly to the extent that it is not tired.
10. Alcohol control is strictly prohibited
The indoor formaldehyde caused by the metabolism of ethanol in the wine is very harmful to the liver, and the liver function of patients with cirrhosis ascites has been endangered.
11. Maintain emotional comfort and cheerfulness
Excellent psychological state, natural environment is conducive to the repair of the condition. On the contrary, "anger hurts the liver, worry hurts the spleen", patients with liver disease should maintain a cheerful attitude and build self-confidence to defeat the disease. According to physical and mental conditioning, coupled with medication treatment, most patients can be completely rehabilitated.
12. Avoid infection
Patients with cirrhosis have low resistance and are highly susceptible to infection. Without dietary hygiene, diarrhea may quickly cause ascites.