Nutrition for obese patients before surgery

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In surgery, the patient's nutrition plays a very important role. For obese patients when performing surgery, nutritional factors before and after surgery must be paid more attention. So, what is the best food for obesity before surgery?

1. The role of nutrition in surgery

Nutrition is an extremely important factor in the whole surgical process, because of the benefits it brings such as:
Good nutrition will increase the success rate of surgery, with debilitated patients If the body is not well nourished, it will not be able to withstand surgery. Helps alleviate surgical difficulties: when eating well can reduce bloating in patients with flatulence. Intraoperative mortality is reduced. Having a complete diet before and after surgery will contribute to increasing the patient's endurance during surgery and help the recovery process after surgery faster, helping the wound to heal faster. than.

2. Nutritional principles in surgery

Nutrition before surgery for obesity, helps patients have a healthy body to be ready for surgery and prevent complications during and after surgery. What to eat before surgery? Need to note:
Should add more protein, this is the most important factor, because surgical diseases often make the body protein deficiency due to blood loss, wounds, severe burns and inflammation. Provide maximum energy for the body, because the demand for energy will be higher than normal. On average, an increase of 10 - 50% and sometimes up to 100% of the normal energy is required. Enhancing the absorption of more glucide, which will help provide better energy, glucide also makes the liver store more glycogen, which protects the liver from damage caused by anesthesia during surgery. Maintain and ensure good nutrition. At least 1 month for patients with severe weakness, sometimes for up to 6 months or more for cases such as liver transplant ... Diet after surgery is complete with the original cause. Ensure adequate nutrition but must be suitable, helping patients recover faster.

3. What to eat before being obese?

For obese patients, it should be noted that because the fat layer of the abdominal wall is too thick, when performing surgery, the incision will take a long time to heal. Obesity is often accompanied by many different complications, such as high blood pressure, cardiovascular diseases ... Therefore, it is necessary to pay attention to the obesity treatment diet before surgery to minimize these complications.
Obese patients before surgery, need a separate diet. Accordingly, patients should only eat:
Choose foods to provide a glucid with a lot of fiber such as: whole grains, sweet potatoes, green vegetables, low-sugar fruits. It should be cooked in boiled, steamed or salad form. Ensure the necessary amount of protein for the body with foods such as: low-fat meat, lean meat, shrimp, crab, fish, skim milk, eggs, ... Enhance minerals such as calcium, vitamins, iron ,... The patient is obese during the time of surgery, usually one day and one night. To ensure the reduction of residues in the digestive tract and bacteria in the intestinal tract, during this time, the patient should note the following:
The day before surgery: Should have a light diet to ensure the health of the patient. The digestive machine does not work too hard, so eat soft foods, low in fiber. Dinner should be less than lunch. On the morning of surgery: The patient is required to fast, only sugar water or a little water should be given to the patient. You can refer to the following menu to apply to the patient on the day before surgery as follows:
Morning from 6 am to 7:30 am: should eat a little liquid porridge about 300ml with little lean meat, minced vegetables such as carrots. Lunch at 11am: eat a bowl of 500ml minced meat porridge. Afternoon at 2pm: choose fresh fruit pureed into a smoothie such as a dragon fruit smoothie. Evening at 8 pm: drink a glass of orange juice gently about 150ml. Alternating between meals, patients can drink a glass of ensure milk about 200ml to replenish energy for the body.

4. What should obese patients avoid before surgery?

Obese patients before surgery also need to pay attention to nutrition, because obese patients often have heart, liver and kidney diseases, so patients should limit: eat foods containing too much nutrients. fatty foods, high cholesterol, drinks containing stimulants such as alcohol, beer, coffee, ... to minimize the risk of complications occurring for the above diseases.
Before preparing for surgery, the patient must fast for 8 to 12 hours. Because if the patient consumes food, it will affect the surgical process causing many complications and risks during surgery. Therefore, the doctor will advise the patient before the operation to fast, and if so, just drink a little water. Listen to the doctor's opinion to help make the surgery more successful.
In short, the problem of "what to eat before surgery?" in general and "what to eat before surgery?" in particular are very important and need to be taken into account. Patients should not arbitrarily eat or drink without instructions from the doctor. Because the diet for obese patients before surgery will greatly affect the results of surgery and the body's later recovery. To minimize complications and increase the success of surgery, patients should also abstain from certain things before surgery. Follow the doctor's instructions before performing surgery, this will help the surgery to avoid risks and complications later.
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