What are the dietary taboos for enteritis?

I have come into contact with many patients with enteritis, and they have encountered all kinds of dietary pitfalls. Let me tell you the most important thing first: the three types of food that should be avoided during an enteritis attack are highly irritating, difficult to digest, and high in sugar and salt. Don't believe the old experience that "if you have enteritis, you have to drink plain porridge for a week." People who really eat like this will have a slow recovery, and even lack of nutrition to keep up, leading to chronic discomfort.

There was a patient in his early 20s with acute enteritis who had just stopped having vomiting and diarrhea after two days of fluid infusion. He felt that he was losing money, so he asked a friend to eat crayfish. He had a small portion of iced milk tea with spicy shrimp tails. That night, the fever reached 38 degrees again. He was dehydrated and came to the emergency room again. Doctor Show him the colonoscopy picture. The thin layer of intestinal mucosa that had just grown was stimulated by the low temperature of the ice and spasmed. The capsaicin directly corroded it and turned red and oozing blood. In addition, the high sugar in the milk tea increased the intestinal osmotic pressure and sucked all the water from the intestinal wall into the intestinal lumen. But it would immediately relapse.

In addition to this kind of seeking death, more people step on the other extreme trap. Last month, there was an aunt in her 50s who had diarrhea for three days due to acute enteritis. Her family members told her that people with enteritis should not eat oily foods. She ate white porridge with salted dried radish. She stopped having diarrhea, but she was too soft to walk. During the reexamination, the nutritionist was helpless and said she only had diarrhea. If there were no severe vomiting or blood in the stool, you could have added some high-quality protein that is easy to digest, such as steamed eggs and tender lean minced meat. There are raw materials for repairing the intestinal mucosa. Drinking white porridge every day is not nutritious. The intestinal wall has always been thin. If it is slightly irritated, problems will arise again.

Many people think that people with enteritis should eat more fruits to supplement vitamins. In fact, it is best not to touch kiwi, dragon fruit, strawberry with small seeds, as well as high-sugar lychee, longan, and winter dates during the attack period. The small seeds are indigestible coarse residue and rub against the already fragile intestinal wall. Go, it hurts and can easily aggravate edema, not to mention high sugar. I have seen several people who had diarrhea even more after eating half a catty of lychees. If you really need to supplement vitamins, peel and remove the seeds from the apples and steam them into puree. Eat them warm. They also have some astringent and antidiarrheal effects, which are much more reliable than eating cold fruits.

As for the most quarrelsome question "Can you drink milk if you have enteritis?", there is actually no unified answer. If you usually drink milk, you will be prone to flatulence and diarrhea. If you are lactose intolerant, you must not drink it during the attack. Otherwise, lactose cannot be digested and will only increase the burden on the intestines.； But if you usually have no reaction at all when drinking milk, drinking a small amount of warm pure milk can supplement protein and calcium, so there is no need to kill you all at once.

In fact, there are not so many rigid rules for enteritis diet. The core is to follow the condition of the intestines. When the attack first occurs, eat something warm and soft without disturbing it. When the appetite comes back, slowly add nutrients. Don't be greedy for cold, don't be greedy for spicy, and don't eat too much heavy oil and sugar at once. Most of the time, you can fully recover in about a week. You don't need to eat too much and don't eat blindly.