What should I pay attention to when I have a urinary tract infection?

There are many taboos in the human body after suffering from urinary tract infection. For example, in daily diet, you cannot eat spicy and irritating foods, eat less sweet and greasy foods, eat less seafood, etc. These foods will affect the patient's physical condition or the progress of treatment, etc., and people need to pay special attention to them. The following is a detailed introduction to what you need to pay attention to in the diet for urinary tract infection.

During the treatment of urethritis, the diet should be reasonable and nutritionally balanced. Eating more foods that have the effects of clearing heat, purging fire, detoxifying, and relieving stranguria, as well as light fresh vegetables and fruits, can play a positive role in the treatment of urethritis. However, you should avoid spicy and irritating foods, hot and warming foods, greasy, sour and astringent foods, as well as tobacco and alcohol. Women with urethritis should pay attention to the following dietary matters during the illness period:

1. Avoid spicy food: Before urethritis is cured, spicy and irritating food, such as chili, ginger, garlic, etc., should be eaten in time to prevent the condition from getting worse due to accumulation of heat and toxicity.

2. Balanced nutrition: During the illness, you should pay attention to your diet to ensure that your body can take in sufficient and balanced nutrition. Eat more fruits and vegetables, drink more water to keep bowel movements smooth, or increase urine volume to flush out bacteria in the urethra.

3. Eat less sweets: Sweet foods, such as cream, cake, chocolate, candy and other high-sugar foods, are highly effective in increasing moisture and heat, which will affect the treatment of urethritis and even aggravate the condition.

4. Avoid eating irritating foods: Irritating foods are irritating and are particularly likely to cause inflammation, old diseases and other certain diseases, which are not conducive to the treatment of urethritis. Common foods that cause allergies include crabs, shrimps, beef, crucian carp, etc.

What should I pay attention to when I have urethritis?

Generally speaking, if you suffer from urethritis, you need to pay attention to the following points in your diet:

1. Avoid acidic substances

The purpose of avoiding acidic foods is to make the urine alkaline and enhance the effectiveness of antibiotics.

2. Avoid eating foods that cause bloating

Foods that cause bloating include soy milk, cow's milk, etc. Abdominal bloating often makes urination more difficult.

3. Avoid eating hot and damp food

Including alcohol, desserts and high-fat foods. Urethritis is a damp-heat disease. Eating too much damp-heat food will aggravate the condition.

4. Avoid spicy food

Spicy food can aggravate the symptoms of urinary tract irritation and make urination difficult. Some can even cause redness and swelling of the urethra orifice, and can also cause congestion, swelling and pain in the inflamed area.

5. Avoid eating hair-raising foods

Such as pork head, chicken, mushrooms, hairtail, crab, peach, etc., can aggravate the condition of inflammation and fever.

6. Avoid eating warm and nourishing foods

Mainly for patients in the acute phase, warm and tonic foods will aggravate the acute phase condition.

【Medicinal Diet Therapy】

1. Corn silk tea:

[Raw materials] 120g fresh corn silk

g.

[Preparation method] Wash the fresh corn silk, cut it into sections, put it into a casserole, add appropriate amount of water, simmer for about 20 minutes, and add appropriate amount of white sugar.

[Effects] Anti-inflammatory and analgesic, and clears the urinary channels. Suitable for urethritis.

[Dosage] Drink instead of tea, several times a day, until the disease is cured.

2. Watermelon juice drink:

[Ingredients] 1 large watermelon.

[Preparation method] Wash the watermelon, cut it open and eat the flesh.

[Effects] It can act as a diuretic. Relieve the symptoms of acute cystitis and urinary tract infection.

[Dosage] 1 piece/d (You can also boil watermelon rind into soup, add sugar, and drink it instead of tea, the effect is also good).