Patients with extensive severe burns generally need to go through three treatment stages: shock stage, infection stage and rehabilitation stage, and each stage has different requirements for diet. Proper diet is very important to promote the healing of burn wounds. Now briefly introduce the dietary requirements of each period.

Diet in infection period: The infection period is a long time in the whole burn treatment process, and it is also a key period of diet, so it is necessary to eat foods with high protein, high calorie, digestible and rich vitamins. Food types include eggs, chickens, fish, ducks, animal livers, lean pork, bone soup, chocolate and fresh vegetables, fruits and dairy products. And increase the amount and frequency of food, which is conducive to the repair of wounds and enhance the body's resistance. When necessary, the nutritionist will prepare an elemental diet according to the patient's condition.

Diet in recovery period; Continue to strengthen nutrition and enhance the body's resistance, but it is not advisable to eat a lot to avoid overnutrition and accelerate scar hyperplasia.

Smoking and drinking should be prohibited during the whole treatment, and spicy food should be avoided. General burn patients should properly strengthen nutrition while meeting the basic diet.