What should be the diet of a person with dengue fever?
Diet for a person with dengue fever
First of all, if you have dengue fever , you should first take care of how to keep your body hydrated. You should drink at least 3 liters of water throughout the day. When you have a fever, you often feel reluctant to drink water, so to meet your water needs, you should drink fresh fruit juice and coconut water along with water.
Vitamin C-rich fruits
Foods rich in vitamin C increase immunity and help in increasing the taste of food. It also helps in quick recovery. Eating watery fruits and fruit juices including watermelon, orange, lemon , guava, strawberry, papaya, ripe bell, pear, pineapple, pomegranate are very beneficial at this time. In addition, coconut water or lemon juice can be given to patients suffering from dengue fever. These maintain the balance of electrolytes in the body and help in quick recovery.
Liquid food requirements
Liquid food helps to keep the patient healthy during dengue fever. Liquid food is easy to digest and also helps to control body temperature. Foods that can be given as liquid food are mixed vegetable soup, tomato soup, chicken or corn soup . This will meet the water requirement, as well as the protein and antioxidant requirement.
Easily digestible food
In addition to liquid food, semi-liquid food such as soft boiled food, barley rice, rice starch, water soaked in rice, semolina, sago, etc. can be given. These foods are easy to digest and help restore energy to the body quickly at this time.
Foods to avoid
Some foods should be avoided completely during this time. For example, fried foods, stale foods, highly spiced foods, cheese, nuts, ghee, oily foods, beef or mutton, meat fat, etc. Although these may taste delicious at times, they are actually harmful to the health of a dengue patient . These foods can cause digestive problems in the patient and can worsen the illness.
If you are infected with dengue fever, you should take adequate rest and definitely follow the doctor's advice. Even if you do not feel like eating at this time, you should eat nutritious food and rest well. If you experience any complications such as high fever, excessive abdominal pain, or any kind of bleeding, you should go to the hospital immediately. The most important thing is that everyone should be aware so that they do not easily get infected with this fever. To avoid dengue, it is very important to keep the environment clean and take necessary preventive measures to protect yourself from mosquito bites. Remember, awareness is our first step in preventing dengue. Stay well, everyone, stay safe.
Dr. Sadia Israt Smriti, Nutritionist, Sirajul Islam Medical College Hospital
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