The latest medical research shows that high temperature can aggravate liver disease, which makes many people defenseless. It is a very serious topic for patients how to spend a hot summer healthily.
According to experts, summer heat can damage the body's Qi and Yin, saliva, gastric juice, bile, intestinal juice and other digestive secretions. Patients with liver disease suffer from anorexia, tasteless, and significantly reduced food intake, which affects the absorption of digestive function, reduces the body's resistance and the supply of liver nutrition. In summer, if there is too much rain, dampness will invade, and virus and bacteria will multiply in large numbers, which will easily lead to intestinal infection, high humidity and heat, and invasion of external pathogens. Patients with chronic liver disease often live in air-conditioned rooms and damage the Yang Qi. In summer, health care for patients with chronic liver disease needs to adapt to the principle of "harmony between man and nature", with seasonal climate environment, liver disease characteristics, and master the common sense of health care for liver. In summer, patients with liver disease should avoid strong sports and activities, mainly for rest, and have a good way of liver disease. The best sports is walking. For patients with chronic liver disease, walking will not increase the metabolism of the body and the burden on the liver, which is safer. In summer, it is easy to catch fire, often impatient, irritable, insomnia and other discomfort. Getting up in the morning and taking a walk at will can not only cultivate one's health, but also nourish one's heart, relieve the psychological pressure of the patient, eliminate the bad mood and help the recovery of liver disease.
The best time and environment shall be selected for walking. It is better to sit and rest for 30-60 minutes after getting up in the morning or after dinner, and then go for a walk after the temperature drops. It is better to choose a quiet environment with fewer people in the park, avoid walking in high temperature, on the side of the road, where there are many people and vehicles, avoid fatigue walking, and relax the feeling of the walking center, and maintain a 'quiet' state. The intensity of exercise should be determined according to the constitution, age and condition of the patient. The general principle is not to feel tired after exercise. After each walk, you should consciously sweat a little. When there is long pain in the liver area, general weakness and leg acid, you should stop walking and rest in bed to increase the blood flow of the liver.
How does liver disease patient spend summer?
In summer, mosquitoes and flies grow in an iniquitous way, causing a large number of pathogenic microorganisms, food is very easy to corrupt, and acute appendicitis and intestinal infectious diseases are easy to spread. Special attention should be paid to the living environment and personal food hygiene. When eating cold food and fruit, they must be washed and disinfected to prevent diseases from entering from the mouth. Do not be greedy. Not eating raw shellfish, drunk shrimps, drunk crabs, half raw raw shellfish and clams, these seafood often contain a variety of viruses, bacteria and parasites, often lead to double infection, which can make the original liver disease worsen rapidly. The weather is hot in summer. The liver disease is often Yin deficiency, internal heat and thirst. The patient likes cold drink, but can eat less. Don't overdo it to hurt Yang and affect gastrointestinal function.
In summer, due to the acceleration of metabolism, increase of consumption, reduction of digestive tract absorption and insufficient intake, the nutrition of the body is relatively insufficient. It is necessary to ensure the nutrition of three meals. It is necessary to supplement enough protein, vitamin and inorganic salt food. In summer, the diet should be light and refreshing, and the juicy and cool food, such as cucumber, winter melon, balsam pear, bean sprout, tremella and other vegetables, should be properly selected to benefit the patients with liver disease Reduce heat toxin, eliminate heat Qi, cool blood, purify blood and prevent liver fire. Avoid greasy food, eat less sweet food and spicy food, and supplement enough water. In summer, the invisible water loss of skin respiration increases, which needs to be supplemented. The daily supplement amount is not less than 2000 ml, mainly mineral water and salt boiled water, supplemented with green tea water, mung bean soup, sour plum soup and other drinks, which can eliminate boredom and thirst, reduce summer heat and increase circulation blood volume.
Summer is the season for eating fruits, with many varieties. In order to get enough vitamins, we should eat more fruits. For the choice of fruits, we should choose fresh and juicy cucumbers, tomatoes, strawberries, grapes, watermelons, pears, bananas, etc. Watermelon, tomato, cucumber and strawberry can dispel boredom and thirst, promote diuresis with fresh energy. Pear is the "family of fruits". Eating raw can clear the heat of the six Fu organs, and cooked food can nourish the Yin of the five zang organs. It is a good fruit in summer health care products, which can clear the heat and moisten the skin. Grape, with flat nature and sour taste, can nourish Qi and blood, liver and Yin, urinate, warm the stomach and spleen, eliminate boredom and thirst. Grape contains polyphenols. It is a natural free radical scavenger, It has a strong antioxidant activity, can effectively adjust the function of liver cells, resist or reduce the damage of free radicals to the liver, and also has an anti-virus effect. It can combine with proteins in bacteria and viruses, and reduce their pathogenicity. Foreign studies have proved that it has the anti-virus ability. Grape is rich in glucose and vitamins, which can protect the liver, improve plasma leukemia, clear ascites and edema. The fruit acid in grape can help digestion and increase appetite. According to modern scientific research, OPC is the most efficient antioxidant, 20 times stronger than vitamin C and 50 times stronger than vitamin E.