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The article was professionally consulted by Doctor Head of Department of Medical Examination & Internal Medicine, Vinmec Hai Phong International General Hospital
In the first months of the year, due to the erratic weather changes in rainy, humid and hot weather, it created favorable conditions for the outbreak of dengue fever. When infected with dengue fever, the patient often has a high fever, so the body is tired, loss of appetite. So, what should a dengue patient eat and what to abstain from to get better quickly?
1. What should people with dengue fever eat?
1.1 Add plenty of water Dengue patients have typical symptoms of high fever with dehydration, so rehydration is the most important.
Besides, relatives should let the patient drink more fruit juices and juices such as orange juice, soup, grapefruit juice, coconut water because these fruits contain a lot of vitamin C and minerals, strengthen health resistance, making blood vessel walls stronger; and then the condition will improve.
1.2 Eating thin porridge, soup Feeling of loss of appetite, bitter mouth when fever is the most obvious sign, causing discomfort for sick people, especially children. The best advice for patients with dengue fever is to eat foods with thin porridge, soup for easy absorption and rich in nutrients.
For children with dengue fever who are in the breastfeeding period, the mother needs to breastfeed the baby more than usual to strengthen the natural resistance from breast milk. When feeding children, children should eat in small meals, drink more water, should not give children to eat quickly.
During this time, mothers should supplement their children with protein-rich foods from eggs, meat, milk, foods rich in vitamin A, rich in zinc found in beef, chicken... to strengthen the baby's resistance. against dengue fever.
1.3 Give children compensatory food after recovering from illness When the child has no fever and is cured, parents should give the child normal food and make up food to supplement nutrients during the time of illness and limit low birth weight. , malnutrition later.
Due to illness, the baby's appetite changes, parents need to persevere in cooking food for their baby to enjoy and prioritize foods rich in vitamins D, A, zinc, iron, minerals and rich fruits. vitamins such as oranges, tangerines ...
1.4 Vegetable juices When having dengue fever, the patient should add fresh vegetable juices such as carrots, cucumbers and leafy vegetables to enhance the ability to immune function, pain relief for patients thanks to the types containing essential vitamins and minerals.
Trắc nghiệm: Bạn có phân biệt được chính xác cảm lạnh và cúm mùa?
Cảm cúm và cảm lạnh là hai khái niệm mà chúng ta thường đánh đồng nó giống nhau, không phân biệt rõ ràng. Dưới đây là một số câu hỏi trắc nghiệm, giúp bạn có thêm những kiến thức phân biệt cảm lạnh và cảm cúm. Từ đó, có những biện pháp điều trị bệnh phù hợp.2. Dengue fever patients abstain from eating?
Some of the following foods should be avoided by patients because they are easy to cause disorders, dangerous complications and seriously affect their health:
2.1 Avoid fatty foods Dengue fever still has no vaccine. Diseases and specific drugs to treat diseases should be limited to foods containing a lot of fat and grease.
2.2 Spicy and hot food Dengue patient's resistance is reduced and energy is lost, so when the patient eats hot and spicy food such as chili, ginger, mustard ... it will cause body temperature may increase.
This not only makes the condition worse, but also affects the patient's ability to recover.
2.3 Dark colored foods During the illness period, the sick person should abstain from eating red, brown, and black foods because dengue patients are prone to bleeding. This will help the doctor not to be confused and correctly diagnose the patient with stomach bleeding when the patient vomits.
2.4 Sweet drinks Dengue patients should not drink sweet drinks such as soda, do not use honey and other natural sugars to avoid the patient's long recovery time because consuming sugar will cause blood cells White kills bacteria more slowly.
In addition, sick people should also not drink alcohol, caffeine and stop smoking while sick.
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