What dietary contraindications do children with congenital heart disease have

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There are different types of heart disease. Congenital heart disease is one. Many fetuses have heart disease at birth, which makes parents feel very distressed. Check out the child suffering from congenital heart disease, parents should take the child to treatment as soon as possible, and pay attention to the daily diet. So, what are the dietary contraindications for children with congenital heart disease?

What dietary contraindications do children with congenital heart disease have

1. Salt intake should be strictly controlled. The main components of salt are sodium and chlorine, and sodium has the function of "hydration" tissue in the human body. Most of the sodium and chlorine in the body are excreted from the urine. The high concentration of sodium ions in the blood can cause massive retention of water in the body, causing edema, swelling of the liver and increased burden on the heart, and it can also cause heart failure. * At the same time, salty diet is also one of the important causes of hypertension. Therefore, the diet of children with congenital heart disease after surgery must be light, and salted products, salted eggs, salted fish and other foods with high salt content should not be eaten as far as possible.

2. Should not eat chocolate and other sweets. After heart surgery, when children do not want to eat, many parents like to fill chocolate for children to eat, thinking that this can ensure nutrition. The main components of chocolate are fat and sugar, with high calories. However, the proportion of protein and fat in chocolate is quite different from the normal requirement of children. Eating more chocolate is easy to cause indigestion, constipation and anorexia in children. At the same time, chocolate contains caffeine and other ingredients, eating too much will not only make children over excited, affect rest, but also bring certain adverse effects on children's brain development.

3. Do not eat more canned drinks and cold drinks. At present, there are many kinds of canned drinks on the market, many of which are mainly composed of sugar or saccharin, spices, pigment and water, but often lack of nutrition. Cold drinks are also children's favorite food, but after major surgery, children's digestive organs are still in the recovery and adjustment stage, when children's digestive function is often weak. Supercooled food into the stomach will stimulate gastric mucosal vasoconstriction, reduce gastric juice secretion, affect the digestion process of food in the gastrointestinal tract; at the same time, it will also weaken the sterilization ability of the gastrointestinal tract, leading to the occurrence of infectious diseases in the gastrointestinal tract.

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The above is to introduce what dietary taboos children with congenital heart disease have, these dietary taboos we should all know it. When the child has a congenital heart disease, parents should not be too afraid, should actively take the child to the hospital for treatment.