Diet after vocal cord polyp operation

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As a common throat disease, vocal cord polyps seriously threaten the health of many patients, so patients must be treated as soon as possible. In addition, patients should pay attention to their diet after surgery,

Diet after vocal cord polyp operation

First, eat more food that is good for your throat. For example, apple, pear, orange, banana, green radish, tomato, cucumber, Chinese cabbage, Chinese cabbage, rape, celery, spinach, honey, tofu, soybean milk, eggs, etc. these light foods are beneficial to moistening the throat, clearing the voice and opening the voice, and contain a variety of vitamins and inorganic salts, which are beneficial to maintaining health.

Secondly, don't drink too much alcohol and eat too spicy food, because alcohol and garlic, pepper, pepper and other food, the biggest stimulation to the oral cavity, throat and esophageal mucosa, easy to make these parts congestion, swelling, and voice disorders.

Finally, eat less too cold and too hot food, which can easily cause congestion of throat mucosa and affect pronunciation and resonance. Supercooled food can cause abnormal contraction and vasospasm of laryngopharyngeal muscles, hinder venous blood flow, cause mucosal damage, and affect the normal function of laryngopharyngeal muscles and vocal cords.

matters needing attention

1. Practice deep breathing with closed mouth on the day after operation. 2. After general anesthesia, the patient should lie on his back for 6 hours, with his head tilted to one side to prevent asphyxia caused by vomiting; after 6 hours, the patient with stable vital signs can take a free position. 3. After waking up for 6 hours under general anesthesia, you can eat semi liquid diet, avoid strong irritant things (such as fried, fried, sour, spicy, etc.). 4. Six to eight hours after anesthesia, you can start to eat a warm and cool liquid diet. At the beginning, you should eat a small amount of food. 5. If there is liquid flowing down the throat and you want to swallow it, gently spit it out, so as to observe whether there is bleeding and the amount of bleeding. 6. Keep your mouth clean and gargle with cold boiled water after meals. 7. No voice and communication with words or gestures within two weeks after operation. 8. After two weeks of silence, avoid speaking out loud. If necessary, after breathing, speak slowly. Use abdominal pronunciation, word by word and reply simply. 9. Give aerosol inhalation to cough up sputum. 10. When the throat bleeds, gently spit out the blood and gargle with ice water. If the blood flow does not stop, come to the hospital in time. 11. Before the wound is healed, avoid drinking acid juice and spicy food, such as tomato juice, orange juice, grape juice, pepper, etc. 12. According to the doctor's advice, it is forbidden to sound for about two to three weeks, and then it is not allowed to roar or shout. 13. Avoid going in and out of public places, prevent colds and coughs, so as not to affect the recovery of vocal cords within two weeks. 14. Appropriate chest expansion exercise, jogging and sit ups should be carried out to maintain the pressure of chest and abdomen to maintain the integrity and continuity of voice.