What food should pneumonia eat

summary

Dietotherapy is beneficial to the treatment of diseases, and it has neither toxicity nor side effects. For adjuvant treatment of viral pneumonia is better, viral pneumonia is caused by upper respiratory tract virus infection, downward spread of lung inflammation. So we must do a good job of the disease related work, then pneumonia should eat what food.

What food should pneumonia eat

First: easy to digest: for children, the younger they are, the weaker their digestion ability becomes. In addition, when they are sick, especially when they are suffering from serious diseases such as pneumonia, their digestion ability drops sharply during illness. Therefore, parents in the arrangement of diet, must pay attention to light easy to digest, such as a variety of porridge, rice soup and so on. But also to control high sugar, high oil, high protein, heavy taste food, to avoid increasing the child's illness.

Second: clearing away heat and resolving phlegm: pneumonia, first, there is inflammation in the lung, but the inflammation leads to the increase of mucus secretion in the lung cells, and then under the high temperature of inflammation, the mucus water reduces and gathers into a group, adheres to the lung, leading to poor breathing. Therefore, parents should pay attention to clearing away heat and resolving phlegm when they arrange diet for pneumonia baby. Sufficient water has the function of resolving phlegm, while radish, water chestnut, chrysanthemum, cabbage, mung bean and other foods have the function of clearing away heat.

Third: sufficient water: as mentioned above, sufficient water has the function of resolving phlegm. In fact, sufficient water also has the function of regulating body temperature, which can regulate and slow down baby's fever caused by pneumonia. But pay attention to the quality of water to ensure sufficient water. Although all kinds of drinks contain a lot of water, they belong to high sugar food, which can not regulate the temperature and reduce phlegm, but can lead to water loss in the body due to excessive sugar intake. Therefore, it is best to use boiled water, and the temperature should be controlled at about 40 ℃.

matters needing attention

Through the above introduction, many friends must have some understanding of what food to eat for pneumonia. Children's weak immunity and cold may induce respiratory diseases, such as tracheitis and bronchitis. At this time, there is a lot of sputum in the child's throat, but it will not spit like adults. Most of them will swallow directly or vomit out. Professor Chen Yuzhi of Pediatric Research Institute affiliated to Capital Medical University pointed out that if a large amount of sputum and bacteria accumulate in the respiratory tract, it will lead to secondary bacterial infection, and then develop into pneumonia. Therefore, pediatric clinical rarely use antitussive drugs, parents should also learn to help children timely expectoration.