Sexual Health
What should I pay attention to when eating when suffering from sexually transmitted diseases? Where to start with sexually transmitted disease health care
Patients should actively provide nutritional support while undergoing medication treatment. The main purpose of nutritional support is to promote protein synthesis in the body, provide necessary nutrition for the recovery of human immune function, store energy, and maintain the function of human organ. In a sense, nutritional support plays a role in assisting drug therapy in improving the quality of life of patients.
1. High energy, high protein diet: usually, people and patients infected with sexually transmitted diseases such as AIDS virus consume more protein due to physical changes, the absorptive capacity of the small intestine decreases, and their weight decreases. In addition, taking medication can also affect the patient's hematopoietic function. In response to these characteristics, patients and infected individuals should prioritize high protein and high calorie foods in their diet, following the principles of diversity, small amounts, and balance. The beneficial high protein foods include shrimp, such as marine fish, shrimp, cuttlefish, shellfish, crab and other poultry, such as chicken, pigeon meat, rabbit meat, milk and dairy products, such as high-quality cheese and eggs, such as eggs, duck eggs, beans, such as bean curd, soybean milk and other meat products. A high protein diet will increase the burden on the kidneys. If you feel unwell, please contact your doctor and dietitian to adjust your diet appropriately.
2. Pay attention to supplementing vitamins and minerals: You should eat more fresh fruits and vegetables, especially spinach, mustard, sweet potatoes, pumpkins, carrots, and other rich carotene C, vitamin C (green peppers, oranges, cauliflower, spinach), vitamin E (grains, pine nuts, happy fruits, almonds, etc.). Try not to eat high fat foods and avoid sweets.
3. Eat more fresh vegetables and fruits: AIDS infected people and patients eat more fresh vegetables and fruits every day to improve their resistance to disease. Especially, it is important to eat fresh vegetables and fruits containing vitamin A, carotene, and vitamin C, as well as foods containing vitamin E.
4. A small amount of food and regular diet: Eating too much at once can easily cause indigestion, damage the spleen and stomach, and be detrimental to the condition. Eating too little nutrients and insufficient nutrition. Therefore, people living with AIDS should eat less. Generally speaking, five or six meals a day is better.
5. Food Diversification: Try to eat as many foods as possible for each meal, and learn to plan a diet that includes 5 different foods.
6. Avoid eating stimulating foods such as sour and spicy foods.