Be sure to pay attention to these after gallstone surgery

Gallstones are a relatively common physical disease, and surgical treatment is a common method of treatment for gallstones. Timely care is required after gallstone surgery. You should maintain good work and rest habits, eat more light and easily digestible foods, and do some light exercise appropriately, which is very beneficial for postoperative recovery.

What should family members of patients do after gallstone surgery?

You need to eat after the operation, and after the gas is expelled, you can take a gradual diet according to the bowel movement.

After the operation, take deep breaths and cough more often, and turn over in bed every two hours (sports food) to facilitate lung expansion and promote wound healing.

Do appropriate out-of-bed activities accompanied by a nurse or family member to prevent surgical complications.

If the wound is painful, you can inform the nursing staff and give painkillers if necessary.

If the wound has no exudate, it will be taped with paper tape and kept clean and dry; if the wound is moist, it should be disinfected from the inside out with a cotton swab at least once a day or when necessary, and then covered with gauze.

Generally, the patient can be discharged from the hospital after 3-5 days of hospitalization. The stitches will be removed on the seventh day after the operation (depending on the healing of the wound). Therefore, the patient will return to the outpatient clinic to remove the stitches according to the schedule after discharge.

Generally, you can shower 2 days after the stitches are removed.

Within 6 weeks after surgery, you should avoid lifting objects weighing more than 2 kg to prevent increased abdominal pressure.

Please adopt a low-fat (oily food) diet after surgery.

Precautions

1. Pay attention to the dietary structure. A reasonable dietary structure is one of the most effective preventive measures to effectively reduce the incidence of cholelithiasis and gallbladder cancer. Patients with gallstones should pay attention to their diet after surgery

Generally speaking, patients with gallstones can eat fruits except lychee, longan, mango, durian and jackfruit. However, one thing must be noted: patients with gallstones cannot eat persimmons, because the ingredients contained in persimmons can easily lead to the formation of stones. Citrus fruits and other foods rich in vitamin C can effectively prevent the formation of gallstones. Therefore, it is recommended that patients with gallstones eat more of these fruits.

1: Eat less greasy food. Bile is used to help digest fat, so eating greasy food will promote bile secretion and gallbladder contraction. If you already have gallstones, gallbladder contraction will cause the stones to move to the neck of the gallbladder. The stones can easily become embedded in the neck of the gallbladder, causing biliary colic and acute cholecystitis. The China Stone Disease Prevention and Control Center reminds patients with gallstones to eat less greasy food, but bile cannot be completely prohibited to avoid essential fatty acid deficiency.

2: It is not advisable to drink too much milk. Most of the protein in milk is casein, which is difficult to digest. The fat globules of milk are large. In addition to being difficult to digest, it contains more low-priced volatile fatty acids, which have a certain stimulating effect on the intestines. Moreover, the digestion of the fat in milk requires bile, so drinking milk will increase the burden on the gallbladder and aggravate the condition.

3: Avoid spicy food. Avoid greasy food and eating pungent vegetables. This is one of the taboos for patients with gallstones. Cholecystitis and gallstones are mostly caused by dampness and heat. Greasy and spicy food can help generate dampness and heat, so they should be avoided. Such as: chili oil, curry powder, pepper powder, etc.

Contraindications for patients with gallstones

1. Be sure to quit smoking and drinking to prevent bile stasis and wound infection, which can induce recurrence of bile disease.

2. Do not eat too much sugar. After taking sugar, the calcium ion concentration, oxalic acid and acidity in the urine will increase. The increase in urine acidity can make calcium urate and calcium oxalate easier to precipitate, promoting the formation of stones.

3. Be careful not to drink milk before going to bed, because milk contains a lot of calcium, and most stones contain calcium salts. The most dangerous factor for stone formation is a sudden increase in calcium concentration in the urine over a short period of time. 2 to 3 hours after drinking milk, it is the peak time for calcium to be excreted through the kidneys. If you are in a sleeping state at this time, your urine is concentrated, and more calcium passes through the kidneys, making it easy to form stones.

4. Eat less fatty and spicy foods. Limit fat in the diet. Elevated cholesterol can easily cause gallstones. Limit foods rich in animal fat, such as eggs, cream, butter, liver, fish eggs, etc. Eat less irritating spices and other foods that promote the secretion of gastric juice. Gastric juice will stimulate the contraction of the gallbladder and increase the occurrence of stones.

5. Eat less salt. A diet that is too salty will increase the workload of the kidneys. Salt and calcium have a synergistic effect in the body and can interfere with the metabolic process of drugs for the prevention and treatment of kidney stones. The daily salt intake should be less than 5 grams.

6. Avoid eating foods that are prone to bloating. Do not consume foods that are prone to bloating, such as sweet potatoes, potatoes, celery, onions, radishes, leeks, soybeans, bamboo shoots, garlic, soda drinks, acidic juices, coffee, cocoa, etc.