2. The food used should be digestible and nutritious. High protein, high sugar, high vitamins and low fat are the principles of diet choice for patients with liver cirrhosis.
3. Stay in bed when there is ascites, increase nutrition and limit salt intake. It is best to adopt a salt-free or low-salt diet, with the salt content not exceeding 5g 1 yuan per day.
4. When ascites is obvious, water intake should be limited. Generally, the daily drinking water should be controlled at 1 000ml (equivalent to 2 bottles of salt water bottles used in hospitals). Severe hyponatremia should be limited to 500 ml.
5. Patients with esophageal varices should avoid irritating and hard food, so as not to damage esophageal varices and cause massive bleeding.
6. When hepatic coma is possible, the intake of protein should be limited, and vegetables should be the main food for three meals.