People with injuries or after surgery should avoid eating hot, spicy, processed, greasy, undercooked, and raw foods to reduce the risk of infection and support wound healing.
Wounds caused by accidents or after surgery are favorable environments for viruses, bacteria, fungi or parasites to enter the patient’s body. Infection can cause pus, swelling, heat, bleeding, fluid leakage, slow wound healing, and even other dangerous complications.
Master and doctor Nguyen Anh Duy Tung, Nutrihome Nutrition Center, said a scientific diet can reduce the risk of infectious complications and support wound healing. Patients should limit or avoid foods that increase the inflammatory response, risk of infection, bleeding or allergies, adversely affecting the recovery process.
Hot and spicy foods can irritate the mucosa of the pharynx, esophagus, and stomach, increasing the risk of esophageal reflux and stomach ulcers. This is important for patients with wounds in the head and neck area, gastrointestinal tract or areas near the digestive system such as mouth, pharynx, esophagus, stomach, thyroid, and intestines.
Processed foods such as bacon, sausage, sausage, canned meat or fish often contain a lot of saturated fat, bad cholesterol and trans fat, which promote inflammatory reactions in the body. makes the wound heal slowly. This food has a high salt content, leading to high blood pressure, putting pressure on the wound, leading to swelling and affecting the recovery process.
Greasy foods have high levels of saturated fat, which increases the likelihood of stimulating an inflammatory response. Patients should limit fried foods and animal and poultry fats to help the wound recovery process go more smoothly.
Undercooked or raw meat, fish, and seafood have the potential to be infected with viruses, bacteria, fungi or parasites such as Salmonella, E. coli, Listeria… causing patients to increase the risk of food poisoning and infection. blood, many other dangerous, life-threatening complications. After an injury or surgical treatment, patients should stay away from undercooked foods (especially raw or undercooked meat, fish, and seafood).
Food allergies increase the pressure on the immune system, which is focusing on fighting bacteria and supporting wound healing. Patients should not eat foods that have caused allergies in the past or unfamiliar foods that have never been eaten before to reduce the risk of allergies and slow wound healing.
Doctor Duy Tung said that patients after an injury or surgical treatment should eat from liquid to solid, less to more, divided into many meals per day. Do not eat excessively or unscientifically, leading to lack of nutrients and negatively affecting your health.
For each specific case, patients should eat and drink according to the doctor’s instructions. Re-examine the wound periodically according to your doctor’s appointment or when there are unusual signs.