Asthma patients are always prone to recurring attacks. Changes in the external environment and their own physical conditions will affect their condition. They also need to pay more attention to their diet. Some irritating foods are not suitable for asthma patients. Acute attacks are very dangerous. In addition to drug treatment, you can also eat some asthma-treating foods in your daily diet. The following is what asthma patients should eat.
1. Asthma dietary prescription
Ingredients: 1 small watermelon, 150g fresh ginger, 150g honey, 150g sesame oil, 8~12 red dates.
How to use: Wash the soil outside the melon rind, make a small opening on the watermelon, take out the pulp and set it aside, leaving only the watermelon rind. Wash and chop the ginger, wash, core and slice the red dates, put one piece into the watermelon, and put the honey and sesame oil into the watermelon. Stir the ingredients in the watermelon evenly, cover with a small piece of watermelon rind cut out, and put it into a large bowl or stainless steel basin. With the notch facing up, fix it so that the ingredients inside the watermelon don't fall out. Steam it in the pot for 75 to 90 minutes.
After steaming, take out the ginger and red dates meat, and pour out the juice from the watermelon. After drying to the appropriate temperature, eat ginger, jujube, and drink honey and sesame oil soup. There is no need to eat watermelon rind. During the steaming process, the active ingredients in the watermelon rind will penetrate into the honey sesame oil soup. In addition, the watermelon rind plays a sealing role, which can prevent the active ingredients in ginger, red dates, honey, and sesame oil from evaporating during the heating process, so the watermelon rind needs to be tightly covered.
2. Dietary precautions for asthma patients
1. Sufficient heat energy
The heat energy supply is mainly carbohydrates, and the supply of fat should be appropriately limited, and Vegetable fats are preferred. Since the demand during the consumption period of asthma is higher than normal, the supply standard can be increased clinically by analogy to the level of physical labor. When symptoms seriously affect eating for a long time, intravenous supply can be supplemented.
2. Pay attention to replenishing water
During an asthma attack, especially a severe one, mouth breathing, excessive sweating, and little eating can lead to loss of water in the body, resulting in Sputum is thick and difficult to cough up, so replenishing water in time and increasing fluid intake are of great significance to correct or prevent water loss. Mild patients should be encouraged to drink more water, and critically ill patients should be encouraged to drink more water. When critically ill patients cannot eat, you can use Give intravenous fluids.
3. Ensure protein intake
Pay attention to supplementing high-quality protein. It is advisable to consume more plant protein, especially soybeans and soybean products. It should vary from person to person, and reasonable taboos should be based on one's actual situation.
4. Small meals with frequent meals
It is helpful to reduce the breathing difficulties of asthma patients and avoid coughing and vomiting during asthma, which may cause vomitus to be inhaled into the respiratory tract.
5. Nature of diet
Soft food or semi-liquid diet can be given during the attack period.
6. Ensure the adequacy and balance of various nutrients
In particular, antioxidant nutrients such as β-carotene, vitamins C, E and trace element selenium should be added. Antioxidant nutrients can scavenge oxygen free radicals and reduce tissue damage caused by oxygen free radicals. The method of reducing the bronchial trace element selenium can prevent asthma. It can be seen that the number of attacks in children is reduced and ventilation volume is increased. Beta-carotene, vitamins C, and E are abundant in fresh vegetables and fruits, and the trace element selenium is abundant in kelp, jellyfish, and garlic.
3. Precautions for patients with asthma
1. Pay attention to adding or removing clothes at any time according to weather changes. The clothes you choose should be soft and loose, not too tight, and the materials should be suitable. Be careful not to choose wool, duck down, animal fur clothes, polyester and other chemical fiber clothes to avoid allergies or asthma attacks. Asthmatic patients' clothes must be frequently exposed to the sun.
2. In terms of food, be aware that general deep-sea fish, shrimps, crabs, autumn eggplants, etc. can easily cause allergies and asthma. It is best for asthma patients to avoid them as much as possible, and at the same time, they should make appropriate adjustments based on their physical condition. Take supplements. When you have an asthma attack, don’t eat foods that are easy to bloat and that are difficult to digest.
3. At the same time, the rooms of asthma patients must maintain air circulation, have a certain humidity, and not be too dry. Pay special attention to cleaning the dead corners of the bedroom to prevent bacteria from causing allergic asthma attacks.
4. In autumn, you must pay attention to active physical exercise and enhance the body's ability to resist the cold. If possible, insist on washing your face and wiping the body with cold water. In this way, your ability to resist the cold can be enhanced to a certain extent. You can go hiking more often to make your temperament comfortable and your chest diameter wide, which can also better prevent asthma attacks.