((1) Provide high-quality protein, multivitamins and a high proportion of carbohydrates (except carbonated drinks). For example: eggs, brown rice, corn flour, buckwheat flour, fruits and vegetables.
(2) Eat less spicy, fried and other irritating greasy foods: Usually, the diet is light, especially for obese patients, and the fat supply is low. Lean meat should be eaten in order to eliminate phlegm and properly control weight. Spicy, fried and other foods are easy to produce phlegm, which leads to heat helping evil, and evil heat is depressed. Over time, it will cause diseases and heat to invade the lungs and aggravate the disease.
(3) Patients with severe pulmonary fibrosis can be given soft food or semi-liquid food: this can relieve chewing and swallowing difficulties caused by shortness of breath, which is not only beneficial to digestion and absorption, but also can prevent food reflux.
(4) Drink plenty of water: Patients with severe pulmonary fibrosis often lose water due to breathing with their mouths open, sweat more and eat less, and the sputum is sticky and difficult to cough up. Therefore, it is of great significance to replenish water and increase liquid intake in time to correct or prevent water loss, and patients should be encouraged to drink more water; If the patient can't eat or drink water, intravenous rehydration can be used, which is beneficial to dilute sputum and promote phlegm discharge. Patients with heart failure should drink water in moderation.
(5) Some foods that are known to cause allergies and asthma should be avoided: the so-called "taboo" means avoiding "hair". "Hair" generally refers to food that can cause recurrence of old diseases or aggravation of new diseases after eating. "Hair" covers a wide range and varies from person to person for different patients. For example, some people with allergies often suffer from cough and asthma due to eating seafood such as fish, shrimp and crab. Therefore, patients with pulmonary fibrosis should reasonably "avoid eating" according to their actual situation, which can not only avoid the aggravation of cough and asthma caused by careless diet, but also avoid the influence of "avoiding eating" on the absorption of various nutrients.
(6) Avoid alcohol, tobacco and salty food: Most patients with pulmonary fibrosis are accompanied by airway hyperresponsiveness. The stimulation of cigarettes, alcohol and salty food can easily lead to bronchial reaction and aggravate symptoms such as cough and asthma.
(7) Choose food according to your daily physical condition: Patients with pulmonary fibrosis should not only pay attention to the influence of cold, hot, warm and cool food, but also master the four characteristics of food, choose food and arrange recipes to avoid eating uncomfortable food by mistake and induce or aggravate the disease. The specific situation should follow the doctor's advice.