Diet taboos after abortion

The first is to avoid ice drinks, alcohol, and foods with strong blood-activating effects within 1 week after the bleeding has stopped.； Secondly, you should never touch foods that you are allergic to. ； The third is that there is no so-called "fatty thing that cannot be touched in life". Unless your attending doctor specifically explains it, there is no need to blindly avoid food that affects nutritional intake.

I have been in the gynecology clinic for almost 6 years, and I have seen too many girls fall into the trap of messy folk rules. The one that impressed me the most was a girl who just went to college last year. After the operation, her elders at home told her not to eat meat, so she ate white porridge with vegetables for 21 days. When she came for the follow-up examination, she squatted down to grab a bag and fainted in the waiting area. The hemoglobin test was very bad, and the endometrium recovered much slower than those who had the surgery at the same time.

Regarding whether to avoid foods that promote blood circulation, Chinese and Western medicine actually have different considerations. Traditional Chinese medicine generally recommends that when bleeding is heavy in the first 3-5 days after surgery, you should temporarily avoid foods that warm and activate blood circulation, such as brown sugar, longan, donkey hide gelatin, and royal jelly, to avoid prolonging the bleeding time. ； Western medicine did not actually have the concept of "blood-activating foods" before, but in recent years, combined with clinical observations, patients will be reminded that if the amount of post-operative bleeding exceeds the usual menstrual volume, it is indeed necessary to temporarily stop such foods that may aggravate bleeding. It is perfectly fine to eat again after the bleeding has cleared up. I usually tell patients that if you usually drink a cup of brown sugar water at your aunt's house and it leaks, then don't touch it in the first few days after the operation.

Then there is the question that everyone is arguing about the most: "Can you touch the ice?" There is really no need to cut it across the board. Gynecologists in Europe and the United States will even give patients ice drinks and popsicles after surgery to relieve the pain of uterine contractions. People there have no problem drinking ice all year round. However, most of our Chinese people’s stomachs have not tolerated the stimulation of ice since childhood. If you usually have diarrhea for two days after drinking half a cup of iced milk tea, don’t try to bite popsicles after surgery. If the stomach is stimulated and has diarrhea, it will cause stomachache, which is not worth the gain. But if you have been drinking iced Coke in the winter since you were a child, and you really want to sip a few sips of ice juice after surgery, you will not "leave the root of the disease for a lifetime" as the old man said. Your own comfort is the most important.

The most outrageous thing is the so-called "fat food" taboo. You can't eat beef, seafood, eggs, or even leeks. I met a patient last week. My mother-in-law stared at her every day and only allowed her to drink millet soup. She said that after eating chicken, she would "get joint pain in old age." I couldn't laugh or cry. Abortion is essentially an invasive minor surgery. What is most needed after surgery is high-quality protein to help repair the endometrium. Eggs, milk, lean beef, fish and shrimp are the best sources of nutrients. As long as you are not allergic to these things, eating them will only help you recover faster. Why are there so many taboos? Of course, if you are allergic and get a rash after eating seafood, then don’t touch it regardless of whether you have surgery or not. This is common sense.

Some people say they can’t eat spicy food or salt after surgery, which is half right and half wrong. If you usually don't like spicy food, it's okay to eat mildly spicy food. If you want to eat tomato scrambled eggs with half a spoonful of chili after surgery, it's absolutely fine, as long as you don't get stomachache or diarrhea. Salt should be eaten normally. You are prone to sweating after surgery. A lack of sodium will make your body weak and weak. Just don’t eat too salty pickled products. If you don’t add salt at all, you will be cheating yourself.

To put it bluntly, there really aren’t that many restrictions on diet after abortion. The core is to eat foods that you usually eat, are not allergic to, and are comfortable to eat, and add more protein and fresh fruits and vegetables. This is more effective than any folk soup supplement. If you are really not sure whether you can eat something, just ask your doctor directly. Don’t scare yourself by searching for half-true posts on the Internet.