What to eat after removal of adenoids in children?
Last reviewed: 23.04.2024
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Surgical treatment of hypertrophied tissues of the nasopharyngeal tonsils is performed on an empty stomach. Therefore, the question of what to eat after the removal of adenoids in children is very relevant.
Parents should adhere to such recommendations:
- The first food after the operation should be soft, neutral to taste, vitamin and caloric to restore the strength of a small patient.
- Too sweet, sour, salty or spicy food is prohibited, as it irritates the nasopharynx and aggravates the painful condition.
- The child should provide a plentiful drink. Preference should be given to purified water at room temperature, natural fruit drinks, broths and tea. Sweet compotes, shop juices and carbonated beverages are contraindicated.
After adenotomy, the child should prepare semi-liquid porridges, mashed potatoes and other vegetables or fruits, steam cutlets. From the diet it is necessary to exclude rough, hard and hot food. A week after such a sparing diet, the doctor prescribes a more extensive diet that speeds up the recovery process.
Nutrition after removal of adenoids in children
The diet of people without tonsils practically does not differ from the basic rules of a healthy diet. After removal of adenoids in children, the doctor prescribes a sparing diet that does not irritate the mucous membrane of the oropharynx, but supplies the body with vitamins.
Meals must include such products:
- Cereals are used in a wiped, liquid form. Well satisfy hunger and are useful for children's body.
- Protein food - a child can be given milk products and milk. They normalize the digestive processes and gently envelop the mucous. Meat can be boiled, baked or stewed, but before use it should be crushed.
- Water balance - abundant drinking is necessary for irrigation of the mucous membrane, improving its functioning and metabolic processes in the body.
In the first days after the operation, children can eat liquid dishes at room temperature. It can be broths from vegetables and meat, dairy products, compotes. The postoperative period lasts about 7 days.
As for contraindications, children are not allowed to give hot meals and drinks. This is due to the fact that food of high temperature can cause bleeding due to the expansion of the blood vessels, which are abundantly supplied with the pharynx. At the same time you can eat cold food.
Prohibited dishes with spices, as they irritate the mucous throat and cause swelling of the larynx. Under the ban come fizzy drinks, sour, sweet and pickled food. Pickles have a high content of acids and salts, which negatively affects the condition of the mucous membrane.
Diet after removal of adenoids in children
Tonsils protect the body from penetration of the infection in the respiratory tract, therefore, they are an important organ of the immune system. Surgical treatment of inflamed tissues temporarily disrupts the normal functioning of the body and reduces the protective forces of immunity.
Diet after removal of adenoids in children is aimed at supplying the body with vitamins and other useful substances. It facilitates the postoperative period, accelerating the process of recovery. Therapeutic and regenerative nutrition spares the tissues of the pharynx and promotes the healing of the operating field.
Conditionally, the diet is divided into three stages, the duration of each is 2-3 days:
- Liquid dishes - dairy products, broths, broths.
- In the diet are introduced soups, mashed potatoes with chopped vegetables and mashed meat, pâté.
- The child can be given finely chopped boiled, stewed or baked vegetables, fruits, fish, meat.
The main nuances of postoperative nutrition are:
- Abundant drink.
- Food at room temperature.
- Hot drinks are contraindicated, as they can cause bleeding.
- The child can be given to dissolve ice cubes from decoctions of chamomile, eucalyptus and other herbs. Cold narrows the blood vessels, stops bleeding and anesthetizes.
- To eat it is necessary in small portions, the fractional diet is recommended.
Expand the diet should be gradually, about a week after the operation. The list of allowed meals includes: low-fat dairy products, non-acidic and unsweetened vegetables and fruits, cereals, broths, fruit ice, cool natural juices and decoctions.
During the diet, you should limit the use of coarse and solid foods, which can provoke bleeding. Forbidden fried foods, breadcrumbs and bread, sausages. Under the ban fall easily digestible carbohydrates: chocolate, candy, sugar and cakes. Sweet food is a favorable environment for the multiplication of pathogens, which is dangerous after the operation.
After adenotomy children should not be given vegetables and fruits with skin, as they adversely affect the mucous membrane of the oropharynx. Contraindicated sauces, marinades, spices, products with increased acidity. Such food slows down the recovery process and can provoke swelling of the larynx.
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