How to have a more reasonable diet after pancreatic cancer surgery:

1. Eat less or limit the consumption of fatty meat, fish roe, brain marrow, greasy, fried and other difficult-to-digest foods, and avoid eating onions. , ginger, garlic, pepper and other spicy stimulants, avoid tobacco and alcohol.

2. Crystals that can replenish qi and blood, strengthen the spleen and stomach should be commonly used, such as glutinous rice, red beans, broad beans, yam, wolfberry, mussels, figs, hazelnuts, milk, water chestnut powder, etc.

3. Avoid overeating, overeating, alcoholism and high-fat diets. The pancreas is one of the main organs that secretes digestive enzymes, especially lipase, which is mainly secreted by the pancreas. Once the pancreas becomes diseased, the digestion of fat will first be seriously affected.

4. If an enterostomy is performed, a homogenized meal can be given through the fistula tube. Pay attention to giving foods that are easy to digest and absorb, such as steamed buns, steamed cakes, eggs, lean meat, and chicken (boneless). ), fish (with bones removed), cucumbers, tomatoes, rapeseed, spinach, soy products, etc. After frying these vegetables, crush them with a tissue masher. The suitable particles for crushing should be determined according to the diameter of the nasogastric feeding tube. In short It should be thin but not thick to prevent obstruction of the fistula tract.

5. In order to provide more nutrients, elemental diet can also be given, starting from a low concentration and gradually increasing to a concentration of 20%, so that 1 ml of liquid in the elemental diet reaches 1 kcal. 500ml to 2000ml can be given daily according to the patient's needs. When using elemental diet, pay attention to the infusion speed not being too fast and the temperature not being too low. It should be around 42℃. Too fast speed or too low temperature can cause diarrhea or nausea and vomiting and should be avoided during the day.

6. After surgery, you should choose a diet that is rich in nutrients, easy to digest, less irritating, and low in fat. Foods with high protein and carbohydrates, such as milk, fish, liver, egg white, Fine flour foods, lotus root starch, juice, vegetable soup, japonica rice, etc. It is also combined with foods that can soften hard knots, soothe the liver and regulate qi, such as hawthorn, malt, barley rice, Shenqu, red beans, shepherd's purse, Ophiopogon japonicus, costus, trichosanthes, angelica, astragalus, Codonopsis pilosula, silver flower, kelp, seaweed, Seaweed etc.