Inflammation of the gallbladder, or cholecystitis, is the stagnation of bile in the gallbladder, which results in the very inflammation of the walls of the bladder. The cause of stagnation is always individual. This may be a violation in the work of the endocrine, nervous system, prolonged stress, sedentary lifestyle, etc. Due to stagnation of bile in the gallbladder, an infection occurs - intestinal sticks, staphylococci, streptococci, fungi and viruses enter there. Cholecystitis is usually a precursor of other gastrointestinal diseases, including pancreatitis and cholelithiasis.
As with any diseases of the digestive tract, with a gallbladder inflammation a special place is given to a diet. And if the inflammation has transformed the walls of the bile ducts, you will already need not just a diet with an exacerbation of the gallbladder, but a menu that will prophylaxically prevent from attacks already acute and chronic form of the disease.
The essence of diet
Cholecystitis proceeds wavy - long periods of remission are suddenly replaced by acute attacks, after surviving which, the patient may not remember for a long time about the disease. But it is precisely this, and the insidiousness of the disease - most often the patients go to the doctor already on the neglected, chronic form of cholecystitis.
Diet in a patient with gall bladder is aimed at providing sparing conditions for the inflamed organ, as well as for the elimination of the infection that has sat down in it. These requirements correspond to diet number 5, the standard option for hepatic-cholelithiasis cases.
Menu
During diet during the treatment of the gall bladder, consumption of, above all, fatty and spicy food is prohibited. It is she who, like nothing else, provokes an active secretion of bile, which, due to deformation of the bile ducts, causes acute pain in the patient.
It is forbidden:
- rich broths;
- fatty meat - lamb, pork, ducks, geese;
- alcohol;
- pickled and salted foods;
- sharp snacks, sausages, smoked products and semi-finished products ;
- carbonated drinks;
- excessively cold and hot food;
- confectionery.
Allowed:
- boiled, steamed and baked meat, fish;
- lactic acid products;
- stale bread;
- cracker;
- baked and boiled vegetables, fruits ;
- vegetable and fruit juices;
- mashed potatoes, porridge;
- vermicelli;
- kissels, compotes, jellies.
It should also avoid the consumption of onions, garlic, parsley, dill whenever possible, as they contain phytoncides with too exciting a gastrointestinal effect. Diet for patients with an inflamed gallbladder also provides for a reduction in salt intake, as well as the transition to a fractional, five-day diet. Most often, exacerbations occur after a plentiful meal, which was preceded by a prolonged starvation.