Can people with gastroenteritis eat oranges?

Orange is a fruit that tastes sour and sweet. It is rich in fiber and has an excellent taste. It provides a good eating experience and can beautify and whiten the skin. Therefore, oranges are very popular among people. We see oranges on many occasions. It is also a very pleasant thing to have an orange as a dessert after a meal. So, are oranges suitable for everyone?

You can eat oranges if you have gastroenteritis. The early stage of enteritis is the stage of acute congestion, edema, inflammation and exudation of the intestine. At this time, intestinal peristalsis is active or in a spasm state, and its digestion and absorption function is relatively weak. Therefore, within 8 to 12 hours after onset, patients can eat liquid food, such as rice porridge, lotus root powder, egg batter, thin noodles, stewed thin noodles, etc.

If the diarrhea is severe or sweating is excessive, the patient should be given more soup, such as rice juice, vegetable soup, fruit juice, light salt water, etc., to replenish the deficiency of water, vitamins and electrolytes in the body.

During the recovery period of enteritis, patients can be given some easily digestible and nutritious liquid or semi-liquid food, such as rice porridge, thin noodles, steamed egg custard, salty biscuits, etc. It is advisable to eat small meals frequently, 4 to 5 times a day. Oranges taste sweet, sour and slightly cool. It can produce body fluids and quench thirst, aid digestion and harmonize the stomach. It is mainly used to treat loss of appetite, chest and abdominal distension and pain, rumbling in the abdomen, and loose stools or diarrhea.

During the treatment of gastroenteritis, many foods should be avoided. Greasy foods should not be eaten, such as fat, cream, fried foods, etc. Spicy and irritating foods should not be eaten, such as chili, wine, onion, curry, pepper, mustard powder, strong coffee, etc. Hard and high-fiber foods should not be eaten. Acidic foods and carbonated drinks should not be eaten. These foods can easily block digestion, irritate the gastric mucosa, and are not conducive to the recovery of gastric mucosal inflammation.

The organic acids contained in oranges can irritate the gastric mucosa and are harmful to the stomach. It is better to eat less if you have gastroenteritis. We all know that patients with gastroenteritis should eat more fruits in their lives, so patients with gastroenteritis can eat some oranges appropriately, but don’t eat too many, so as not to cause greater damage to the stomach and intestines. This is mainly because oranges are somewhat irritating, which affects the health of the gastrointestinal mucosa and is not good for the body.