Such a serious and highly life-threatening disease, such as deep vein thrombosis of the lower extremities, It demands the immediate effective treatment, which is an integral part of the diet nutrition. The fact that almost all the food we eat in one form or another into the blood. Therefore it is very important to having a meal in the body receives all the necessary macro-and micronutrients, including including those that are able to prevent the occurrence of thrombosis and to prevent the development of severe complications.
It is worth noting that there is no specific diet that should be observed in deep vein thrombosis of the lower extremities, does not exist. However, the diagnosis of this disease, doctors transferred patients on a special diet food.
Since the prevention of the disease is much easier to perform than to cure the disease is already advanced forms, it should be on a similar diet pay attention not only to people who have already been diagnosed with deep vein thrombosis of the lower limbs, but also those who are in the group risk. Namely:
- women during pregnancy and gave birth recently;
- people over 40-50 years;
- people who have a predisposition to the disease at the genetic level;
- people suffering from obesity, hypertension, atherosclerosis, diabetes, oncology;
- smokers;
- women taking oral contraceptives.
Features and principles of nutrition deep vein thrombosis of the lower limbs
The main objective of the introduction of nutritional therapy is to reduce the risk of complications and the normalization of the patient's condition. In particular, foods should facilitate:
- blood thinners;
- normalization of stool;
- reduction of patient weight;
- cleansing of the whole body, and especially the vascular system;
- strengthen the vascular walls;
- activation of metabolism.
Typically, diet introduced little more than a month. If a patient adheres to all guidelines and restrictions, then after such a short time achieved a strong therapeutic effect. More rapid and significant improvement can be achieved by arranging regular fasting days - twice a week.
The basic rules of supply thrombosis deep vein:
1. You should drink a sufficient amount of drinking water - no less than a half to two liters a day. If you ignore this rule increases blood viscosity, which contributes to the development of deep venous thrombosis.
2. The use of salt should be significantly limited. The fact that the salt retains excess water in the body, thereby causing a blood pressure increase. This situation is dangerous because high blood pressure significantly increases the risk of blood clot movement of the vessels.
3. It is the maximum excluded from the diet of animal fats - sources of cholesterol, which is the accumulation on the walls of blood vessels is a major cause of atherosclerosis.
4. It is important to limit or exclude from the diet of caffeine-containing foods and beverages, the use of which provokes unwanted jumps in blood pressure.
5. The diet must contain a large amount of fresh vegetables, fruits and herbs. These products are helpful to use in salads, dressed with vegetable oil.
Recommended to-eat meals
Despite the existence of restrictions nutrition deep vein thrombosis of the lower extremities should be balanced and diverse. The basis of the diet should be products that bring clear benefits to the body of the patient. In particular, to improve the quality of blood, blood vessels and improve clean them, help these valuable components, such as:
- omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acid;
- vitamin E, which has an antioxidant effect. It reduces the risk of heart failure and the formation of blood clots. It is important to remember that vitamin E decreases dramatically when frozen, heat treatment and re-heating of products. And to assimilate it must have fats and bile;
- vitamin C;
- cellulose.
The results of the study by Swedish scientists have made the following conclusions: in humans, diet dominated by fresh fruits and vegetables - an indispensable source of fiber and vitamin C, the blood has a liquid consistency, dissolve clots quickly, and fibrinogen level is the most low. By the way, fibrinogen - a protein turning into fibrin, which in turn is the basis of a blood clot.
A list of recommended and approved products in thrombosis of deep veins of the lower extremities:
1. Marine fish oil-rich: trout, mackerel and herring.
2. Cereals: barley, oat, buckwheat, cereal and whole grains. Cereal porridge is recommended to boil the water and refill with oil.
3. Vegetable oil: corn, coconut, sesame, linseed and olive.
4. Nuts: cashews.
5. Vegetables: avocado, tomatoes, carrots, broccoli, squash, beets, garlic, onion, ginger.
6. Legumes.
7. Only bread from wheat flour.
8. Flax seeds, sunflower and sesame seeds.
9. Herbs: dill and parsley.
10. wheat germ.
11. Fruits and berries: grapes, apricots, citrus fruit, kiwi fruit, pineapple, apples, cranberries, cherries, blueberries.
12. Fermented products of reduced fat content: cottage cheese, yogurt, buttermilk, etc.
13. Meat lean varieties: beef, chicken and turkey (without skin). The meat should be eaten no more than three times a week. Meat dishes should be steamed or boiled.
14. Seafood: seaweed, squid, shrimp, clams and mussels.
15. The liver can be eaten once or twice a week. It is a source of essential mineral micronutrients weight.
16. Dried fruits: dried apricots, raisins, prunes.
17. Beverages: green tea (strong), the drink from chicory, stewed fruit, broths from nettle, camomile and peppermint.
During the diet should be very carefully relate to the use of eggs, fat cheeses, whole milk, potatoes and pasta.
Forbidden foods
Major therapeutic dietary restrictions apply to products degrading the bloodstream promoting development of stagnation, platelets and formation of thrombi.
In particular, it should be temporarily reduce the number of those products in the diet, which are suppliers of vitamin K. This limitation is due to the ability of the element to thicken blood and increase the risk of blood clots. The sources of vitamin K include green leaves, including chestnut, and other products of vegetable origin with a high content of chlorophyll.
It is important to know that the food has to be agreed with the doctor who will adjust it according to the prescribed medication. The fact that some types of products can react with medications in a chemical reaction, thereby affecting their performance.
In addition, there is a category of products that are in different situations can be attributed, as allowed and forbidden food. Thus, thrombosis at the beginning of the treatment, it is generally advisable to limit the intake of foods with high Vitamin C, as this component affects the change in the blood and can cause bleeding. In cases where the patient is a small dose of anticoagulants, the vitamin C in the diet - this is quite a good solution. However, if the medication is aimed at the maximum dilution of the blood, the vitamin C in large quantities can cause bleeding. Since for each individual patient medication assigned individually in accordance with his blood readings, diet and must necessarily be adjusted by the treating doctor.
By categorically forbidden foods thrombosis include:
- dishes with a high content of salt or sugar;
- fatty meat, milk and milk products with a high percentage of fat content;
- saturated meat broth;
- spicy dishes;
- all smoked and canned.
It should also be excluded from the diet the following products for the period of treatment of disease:
1. Fruits and berries: bananas, pomegranate, mountain ash, wild rose, black currant and other berries are purple hue. These foods increase blood clotting.
2. Nuts (except cashews).
3. Offal products, including pork liver.
4. Sausages.
5. Semi-finished products, snacks and food from the category of "fast food".
6. Alcohol-containing products.
7. Beverages: strong tea, coffee, beverages based on malt, white grape juice.
8. Animal fats: lard, butter, margarine.
9. Chocolate, cocoa powder and any products to their content.
10. Confectionery: pastries, cakes and any baked with cream.
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