How long should severe hematemesis patients fast

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I have a poor physique, so I'm very careful at ordinary times. I've caught a cold recently, and then I began to cough. My cough was very serious. Sometimes I vomited blood, and I almost scared myself. Now I'm in treatment. Today, let me learn how long a patient with severe hematemesis should fast.

How long should severe hematemesis patients fast

First: whether severe hematemesis needs fasting for 8-24 hours. Patients with severe hematemesis should be fasted temporarily to avoid food stimulation aggravating bleeding. After a series of active treatment, they can slowly resume their diet, but they must also be under the guidance of the doctor from liquid and semi liquid to normal diet.

Second: the doctor will observe the bleeding, generally no symptoms of active bleeding, after 24 hours can eat a small amount of warm and cool liquid, a small amount of bleeding and no vomiting can choose warm and cool, light liquid diet. For peptic ulcer patients with only melena and no hematemesis, liquid diet can be given to reduce gastric peristalsis and gastric juice acidity, and then gradually transition to semi liquid diet and soft food.

Third: the food should be rich in nutrition, easy to digest, no stimulation. Start a small number of meals, stable after the normal diet. Patients with esophageal and gastric variceal bleeding need to fast for a long time. After the bleeding stops, they will be given a half volume cold fluid diet, and transition to a high calorie, rich in vitamins and less residue semi fluid diet.

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Severe hematemesis patients, should be fasting temporarily, in order to avoid food stimulation aggravate bleeding, after a series of active treatment can slowly restore diet, but also must be under the guidance of the doctor diet, diet can be adjusted to alleviate the disease.