Generally speaking, the diet after hernia surgery should be light and avoid being too greasy. In the first few days after operation, the diet should be adjusted according to personal conditions, mainly liquid and semi-liquid foods, and eating more foods rich in high protein is conducive to the recovery of wounds. Take multivitamins and eat more fresh vegetables and fruits. Also be careful not to catch a cold and avoid factors such as cough and constipation that lead to increased abdominal pressure.

One: After hernia surgery, you can eat all kinds of lean meat, milk, eggs and other foods rich in protein.

Adding protein to the diet can promote wound healing and reduce the chance of infection. Foods rich in vitamin A such as carrots, tomatoes and fish oil. Vitamin A can promote wound healing.

Two: Eat more vegetables, fruits, jujubes and other foods rich in vitamin C after hernia surgery. Vitamin c can promote wound healing.

Three: foods containing zinc such as auricularia auricula, kelp, pigskin and trotters can also be eaten after hernia surgery.

Zinc deficiency will reduce the function of fibroblasts. Fatty foods such as fish oil. Lipid deficiency can lead to wound healing defects. Fish oil is rich in fatty acids, which has anti-inflammatory effect and is beneficial to wound healing.

Four: fruits rich in sugar.

Sugar is the main energy provider of human body, and supplying sufficient energy is indispensable for wound healing. Eating more during the wound healing period after hernia surgery can not only increase sugar, but also get enough vitamins.

Foods unsuitable for hernia surgery: fermented bean curd, onions, peppers, leeks and other foods are not conducive to wound healing, because it is easy to cause infection.

In addition, after hernia surgery, you can't engage in manual labor for at least one month, and you can't engage in heavy manual labor for three to six months to avoid fatigue, because hernia surgery is to sew up the hernia space, forcibly put the hernia contents such as small intestine back into the abdominal cavity, and then plug the leak. Although this treatment is feasible, the recovery of the lesion site still needs a certain period of aftercare, and once it is not properly nursed, it is easy to relapse.