Bacillary dysentery, commonly known as bacterial dysentery, is a common intestinal infectious disease caused by the Shigella bacterium. Its clinical features include systemic poisoning symptoms, abdominal pain, diarrhea, and the passage of pus and blood in stool. The incubation period ranges from several hours to 7 days, with a relatively acute onset. Patients experience chills, fever, and body temperatures can reach 38°C to 40°C. The incidence of this disease is highest during the summer months, and children are more susceptible than adults. Some patients whose illness persists for more than two months without recovery may develop a chronic condition. To prevent the spread of bacillary dysentery, in addition to paying attention to environmental and personal hygiene and developing the habit of washing hands before meals and after using the toilet, the following dietary restrictions should also be observed:
1. Avoid meat broth and animal offal. These contain a large amount of nitrogenous extracts, such as amino acids. Nitrogenous extracts stimulate gastric acid secretion; the thicker the broth, the stronger the effect, which加重加重了 the burden on the digestive tract. Moreover, patients with bacillary dysentery have lesions in their intestines and symptoms like nausea and vomiting, leading to even poorer digestion and absorption.
2. Avoid coarse fiber and gas-producing foods. Such as mustard greens, celery, chives, and other foods with high coarse fiber content, which are difficult to digest and can lead to local congestion and edema, making inflammation difficult to heal. Milk, sugar, and bean products can also easily increase intestinal motility, causing gas.
3. Avoid irritating foods. Such as large pieces of fried, deep-fried, pickled, or smoked fish and meat, which directly irritate the intestinal wall, exacerbating damage. These foods are also difficult to digest, cause gas and fever, and stay in the digestive tract for a long time,加重加重了 the burden on the digestive system.
4. Avoid contaminated foods. Undisinfected fruits and vegetables, which can carry bacteria and easily cause poisoning, are pathogenic factors and can lower the patient's resistance.
5. Avoid cold and slippery foods that purge the bowels. Such as water chestnuts, soft-shelled turtles, raw pears, and peanuts. These are cold in nature and can damage the spleen and stomach, easily causing slippery diarrhea, and should therefore be avoided.
6. Avoid pungent, hot, and irritating foods. Chives, mutton, chili, fresh chili powder, and strong tea, alcohol, and various coffee beverages are all strong irritants that can cause vascular spasm and contraction, leading to mucosal congestion, edema, and damage, and should therefore be avoided. Additionally, patients in the recovery period should continue to avoid raw, cold, hard, cold, and greasy foods due to their weak digestive systems, such as cold salads, legumes, cold drinks, alcohol, and melons.