Viral hepatitis is an acute infectious disease of the digestive tract caused by hepatitis virus. The acute phase of the disease can be divided into 3 types according to the presence or absence of jaundice and the severity of the disease: acute jaundice, acute jaundice-free, and severe hepatitis. Clinical manifestations are mainly characterized by loss of appetite, nausea, abdominal discomfort, fatigue, liver enlargement and pressure pain, accompanied by different degrees of liver function damage, and some patients have jaundice and fever. Severe hepatitis, rapid onset, rapid development, often with fever, jaundice appears to deepen rapidly, nausea and vomiting, common liver shrinkage, coma within a few days.
Dietary prohibitions on spicy and dry foods that help generate heat, such as chili peppers, peppers, fritters, fried cakes, fried peanuts, fried spicy fava beans, fried spicy beef and so on. Wash your hands before and after meals, and practice sharing food or using chopsticks. In the acute stage, do not eat fried foods, such as fried raw chicken, beef, shrimp and crab. Do not eat dog meat, pangolin or carp. It is advisable to abstain from coffee, strong tea and strong alcohol. It is best to quit smoking.
Diet should be light, easy to digest and nutritious. The main food can be rice, millet, steamed buns, noodles. Side dishes can be based on soy products, such as tofu, bean curd, and so on. In the acute stage, it is advisable to drink sugar water or chewing cane in moderation, 1 strip per day; or cane boiled carrot water to drink, to maintain the smooth flow of urine. Eat more fresh vegetables and fruits containing more vitamins, such as bok choy, loofah, cucumber, apple, snow pear, watermelon and grapes. Acute stage can eat Xia Gu Cao pork lean meat soup: 30 grams of Xia Gu Cao, 100 grams of pork lean meat, Xia Gu Cao with gauze, and pork together in a pot, add water and cook for 1 hour, discard the residue, eat meat and drink soup.