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What are the dietary requirements of patients with pneumonia?
1. Supplementing calories and protein: Patients with pneumonia have severe physical exertion due to high fever, so the intake of calories and protein should be appropriately increased after fever has gone down. In the daily diet, it is especially necessary to eat lean meat, carp, jellyfish, walnuts, peanuts, lilies, beans and bean products. These foods are rich in protein, which have the functions of clearing away heat and moistening lung, and have a very important dietotherapy effect on the rehabilitation of patients with pneumonia.

2. Eat more foods rich in iron, copper and calcium: Pneumonia can lead to hypoxia, carbon dioxide retention, acid-base imbalance in the body, myocardial malnutrition and affect the nervous system. Therefore, we should eat more foods rich in iron and copper, such as animal liver, kidney, heart, egg yolk, sesame sauce, soybean, taro, rape, eggplant, shepherd's purse and so on. This can help carry and transport oxygen, and at the same time eat more calcium-rich foods, such as shrimp skin, sesame seeds, milk, bone soup and so on. To nourish the heart muscle and nerves.

3. Replenish enough water: Due to lack of oxygen and viruses, it is easy to cause gastrointestinal dysfunction, often manifested as vomiting and diarrhea. Therefore, it is necessary to supplement enough water and give digestible liquid and semi-liquid foods, such as egg soup, lotus root starch and fruit juice. At the same time, eat more radishes, water chestnuts, loquats, oranges, pears, cucumbers, etc. These foods not only

4. Dietary contraindications: Patients with pneumonia should avoid spicy foods such as garlic, onions and peppers, prohibit drinking coffee and strong tea, ban smoking and avoid alcohol, and eat less fishy food.