Liver ascites three prevention methods, symptomatic first!

summary

For this kind of disease, ascites is one of the most common complications of advanced liver cancer. No matter what, we should understand that ascites of liver cancer seriously affects the quality of life of patients with liver cancer, but also increases the difficulty of treatment of advanced liver cancer, and even threatens the lives of patients. In daily life, there will be such a situation: many people don't know much about liver ascites, in fact, this disease needs to pay more attention to their diet conditioning, now I'll introduce three prevention methods of liver ascites, symptomatic first!.

Liver ascites three prevention methods, symptomatic first!

First: under normal circumstances, the daily intake of protein should be 100-120g, and a certain amount of high-quality protein should be taken into consideration. Protein rich foods include lean pork, beef, mutton, fish, dairy products and bean products.

Second, there should be enough heat energy in the diet. Adult patients need about 8368 kJ (2000 kcal) of heat energy per day, and then make appropriate adjustments according to their weight and whether they have fever or not. Sugar in the diet should account for about 70% of the daily total energy (about 400 grams of staple food), rice and flour as the staple food, fat intake should not be too much, no more than 20 grams per hour is appropriate.

Third: supplement vitamins and trace elements, diet should be rich in vitamins and trace elements, in order to supplement the part lost due to ascites. This is mainly supplemented by fresh vegetables and fruits.

matters needing attention

Gastrointestinal bleeding is one of the important causes of death in patients with liver cirrhosis ascites. During the period of upper gastrointestinal bleeding, patients are absolutely bedridden, head to one side, keep the respiratory tract smooth, clear the blood in the mouth, and prevent oral infection. Do a good job in skin care, keep the skin clean and dry, and change the lying position frequently. The family members should turn over the patient on time, no more than 4 hours at most. For those with incontinence, they should pay attention to keep the skin and bed dry, massage the bone protruding parts, promote the local blood circulation, and prevent the occurrence of bedsore. In case of hematemesis or melena, you should fast for 24-72 hours. When the condition is stable, the bleeding stops, and there is no hematemesis symptom, you can give warm and cool liquid diet, and gradually change to low salt high-quality protein digestible semi liquid diet. It's easy to eat a small amount of food, but not too full.