Mycoplasma infection dietary taboos

Sweet and greasy foods with high refined sugar content, spicy and heavy foods that are highly irritating, cold and raw foods that are too cold, and those with a history of food allergies should avoid allergens. Eggs, beef and mutton and other "hairy foods" reported online are completely unnecessary as long as they are not allergic.

Don’t believe it. Last week, my best friend’s 6-year-old son’s mycoplasma fever had just subsided. My grandma felt sorry for the baby’s cough. She stewed rock sugar and snow pears and added two tablespoons of local honey, hoping to moisten her lungs. However, within two hours of eating, the baby coughed and couldn’t sleep. She went to the emergency room to see a doctor in the middle of the night, only to find out that the problem was caused by adding too much sugar. Mycoplasma infection will cause the respiratory tract to secrete a large amount of sticky phlegm. Refined sugar will increase the viscosity of the sputum. The phlegm that can be coughed up will become blocked in the trachea, but the cough will become more severe. Of course, that doesn’t mean you can’t eat fruits at all. Some clinical nutrition schools now propose that unsweetened steamed pears and steamed oranges are rich in water. Eating a small amount can supplement vitamins. As long as you don’t add extra honey, rock sugar, syrup, etc., you don’t have to kill all sweet foods in one go.

There are also many young people who can't hold back their spicy snail noodles or butter hot pot for just two days. They feel that "it tastes so bad that they can't eat it, and they can't get enough nutrition." Last week, I met a girl in her 20s who had just turned vaginal three days ago. After eating spicy hot pot, she coughed until her vocal cords became silent the next day. When she came for a checkup, she found that the airway edema that had subsided had recurred. The mycoplasma virus will attach to the airway mucosa and cause minor damage. Even if the fever subsides, it will take 2-4 weeks to repair the mucosa. At this time, eating heavy food that is too spicy or too salty is equivalent to spreading salt on a newly scabbed wound, which will definitely cause irritation and repeated coughing. Of course, it’s not that you can’t eat spicy food at all. If you are a Sichuan or Chongqing friend who doesn’t like spicy food at all, and you really can’t swallow the porridge and side dishes, it’s okay to add a little less spicy millet to appetize. As long as you don’t eat spicy food all at once, you don’t have to bear the hunger.

As for the taboos on raw and cold food, many people have actually fallen into this trap, especially when they have a fever and feel so hot that they want to eat iced watermelon, or drink iced milk tea or iced coffee as soon as the fever subsides. It feels so good. I once met a high school student who drank two glasses of iced Americano on the day his fever went down. As a result, he had diarrhea and a low fever that night. He was almost cured, but it took him another week to recover. During the infection, not only the respiratory tract, but also the digestive function of the gastrointestinal tract will weaken. Ice will stimulate gastrointestinal vasoconstriction, reduce digestive ability, and may also lead to a temporary decrease in immunity, which will give the remaining mycoplasma an opportunity to fight back. Of course, if the heat is really uncomfortable, it’s not a big problem to take a few sips of room-temperature ice powder, or yogurt that has been chilled for 10 minutes. Just don’t stuff the whole bucket of smoothie into your stomach.

Finally, I have to say what everyone is most concerned about - there is really no need to believe the saying "you can't eat eggs, you can't eat beef and mutton, you can't eat seafood" that has been circulating on the Internet. The traditional concept of "hair products" is actually for people with allergies or skin infections and ulcers. For mycoplasma infections, as long as you are not allergic to these foods, you should eat more. I have seen many parents give their babies a diet that requires them to eat only white porridge with pickles. After a week, the baby lost three to four pounds. During the reexamination, the immune index was much lower than that of the baby who was eating normally. Not to mention the recovery was slow, and he was almost malnourished. High-quality protein is the raw material synthesized by immune cells. High-protein foods that are easy to digest, such as steamed egg custard, lean beef porridge, and steamed fish, can actually help the body recover faster, which is much more effective than drinking white porridge every day.

In fact, to put it bluntly, there are not so many black and white rules when it comes to diet for mycoplasma infection. The key point is not to add chaos to a body that is already overloaded. Occasionally, if you are greedy and take a few bites of what you want to eat, as long as you don't overdo it, you don't have to feel any psychological burden. A good mood is actually a good medicine for recovery.