肝硬化患者的饮食禁忌包括哪些？

Cirrhosis is a chronic liver disease characterized by diffuse fibrosis, pseudolobule and regenerative nodule formation in liver tissue. For the treatment of liver cirrhosis, drug treatment alone is not enough. Patients with liver cirrhosis also need to cooperate with dietary treatment.

What are the dietary taboos for patients with liver cirrhosis?

1. Avoid eating too much protein:

Patients with liver cirrhosis eating an appropriate amount of protein can not only increase plasma protein content and prevent or reduce fatty infiltration of the liver, but also promote the recovery and regeneration of liver tissue. However, if the total amount of protein is too much, side effects can occur. Because excess protein produces too much ammonia in the body, the liver cannot convert it into non-toxic substances and excrete it, and the end result can lead to hepatic coma.

2. Avoid eating fish with high levels of eicosapentaenoic acid:

Gastrointestinal bleeding is a common complication and cause of death in patients with cirrhosis. According to reports, some fish contain a substance called eicosapentaenoic acid, which is an unsaturated organic acid and is particularly abundant in fish oil. Eating fish is often one of the factors that induce bleeding.

3. Avoid excessive consumption of sugar:

In cirrhosis, liver cells are severely damaged, and the liver's ability to synthesize monosaccharides into glycogen for storage and convert part of the monosaccharides into fat has been significantly reduced. At this time, if the patient eats a large amount of sugar for a long time, hepatic diabetes and fatty liver will appear, making the treatment of cirrhosis more difficult.

4. Avoid spicy food:

In cirrhosis, portal hypertension can cause dilation of the lower end of the esophagus, gastric fundus and hepatic portal vein, and is often complicated by gastric mucosal erosion and ulcer disease. If the patient eats spicy food such as pepper, it will damage the gastric mucosa and induce upper gastrointestinal bleeding.

5. Avoid eating hard food:

Because portal hypertension in liver cirrhosis causes the blood vessels at the lower end of the esophagus and the fundus of the stomach to become thicker and the walls of the tubes to become thinner, rough food swallowed into the stomach without chewing it carefully may puncture or abrade the blood vessels and cause massive bleeding. Upper gastrointestinal bleeding is one of the common complications and causes of death in patients with liver cirrhosis. Do not be careless.

6. Quit smoking and drinking

Because the formaldehyde produced by the metabolism of alcohol in wine is very harmful to the liver, the liver function of patients with cirrhosis has already been damaged. If you drink again at this time, it will undoubtedly make things worse and accelerate the development of the disease.

Patients with liver cirrhosis should pay attention to dietary adjustments in their daily lives, and combined with medication can effectively treat liver cirrhosis. For more information on the latest antiviral drugs for hepatitis C (G3, G2, Sofidaca) and hepatitis B (tenofovir, tenofovir, II), patients can contact Medical Companion Travel.