What food should tuberculosis eat

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Pulmonary tuberculosis is a respiratory tract infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. In typical cases, the onset is slow, the course of disease is long, accompanied by low fever, fatigue, anorexia, cough and a small amount of hemoptysis. It can be transmitted through cough and sneezing. Tuberculosis is a chronic wasting disease, so patients need to eat well, rest well, diet supplement occupies a more important position. Here is a summary of some of the tuberculosis patients related diet

What food should tuberculosis eat

First of all, tuberculosis patients should eat nutritious and protein rich foods, such as rich soy products, because the disease will consume more human protein.

Secondly, tuberculosis patients should take vitamin rich foods to increase the body's immunity, clear the lung and detoxify, such as yam, lily, Auricularia auricula, lotus root, pear, blood orange, lemon, apple, coconut juice, fig, sugarcane, grapefruit, jujube and other fresh vegetables and fruits.

Finally, tuberculosis patients should take food rich in calcium, iron and zinc, so as to help tuberculosis focus calcification, blood (especially hemoptysis patients need an appropriate amount of blood) and recover. Such as celery, amaranth, tomato, apricot, jujube, laver, black fungus, black sesame, bean products, Flammulina, etc. It is worth mentioning that spinach is not suitable for tuberculosis, because spinach is rich in oxalic acid, which will combine with calcium in human body to synthesize calcium oxalate, affecting the absorption and storage of calcium in human body.

matters needing attention

As with many diseases, once suffering from tuberculosis, you should eat a light diet, eat easily digestible food, eat three meals regularly, and eat seven full meals. Don't overeat. The medicine is still poisonous. No matter how good the food is, it will be worse. For some patients with loss of appetite, we can take the way to eat less and eat more. Patients with low food intake should be given appropriate amount of albumin, Ganan, amino acids, glucose and vitamins. It is suggested that tuberculosis patients and healthy people should have separate meals, clean the tableware strictly, live alone, open windows regularly for ventilation, wear masks when going out, cover their mouths when coughing, and do not spit casually, so as to prevent tuberculosis from dragging saliva and infecting other people.