What to eat after congenital heart disease operation

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What to eat after congenital heart disease operation? Although there is no special "taboo" in the food intake of children with congenital heart disease, it is very important for the rehabilitation of children after operation to appropriately control the intake of certain foods.

What to eat after congenital heart disease operation

1. Strictly control the intake of salt, the main components of salt are sodium and chlorine, and sodium has the function of "hydration" tissue in the human body, most of the sodium and chlorine in the body are excreted from the urine. The high concentration of sodium ions in the blood can cause massive retention of water in the body, causing edema, swelling of the liver and increased burden on the heart, and it can also cause heart failure. * At the same time, salty diet is also one of the important causes of hypertension. Therefore, the diet of children with congenital heart disease after surgery must be light, and salted products, salted eggs, salted fish and other foods with high salt content should not be eaten as far as possible. 　　

2. Don't eat chocolate and other sweets. After heart surgery, when children do not want to eat, many parents like to fill chocolate for children to eat, thinking that this can ensure nutrition. The main components of chocolate are fat and sugar, with high calories. However, the proportion of protein and fat in chocolate is quite different from the normal requirement of children. Eating more chocolate is easy to cause indigestion, constipation and anorexia in children. At the same time, chocolate contains caffeine and other ingredients, eating too much will not only make children over excited, affect rest, but also bring certain adverse effects on children's brain development.

3. It is not suitable to eat more canned drinks and cold drinks. At present, there are many kinds of canned drinks on the market, many of which are mainly composed of sugar or saccharin, spices, pigment and water, but often lack of nutrition. Cold drinks are also children's favorite food, but after major surgery, children's digestive organs are still in the recovery and adjustment stage, when children's digestive function is often weak. Supercooled food into the stomach will stimulate gastric mucosal vasoconstriction, reduce gastric juice secretion, affect the digestion process of food in the gastrointestinal tract; at the same time, it will also weaken the sterilization ability of the gastrointestinal tract, leading to the occurrence of infectious diseases in the gastrointestinal tract.

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The best postoperative "tonic" is natural food. As long as parents follow the above principles, they should pay attention to the combination of meat and vegetables and the balance of thickness in their children's daily diet, prevent the loss and destruction of nutrients when cooking, and ensure that their children will recover as soon as possible if they have enough and good meals.