What does the gallbladder look like? It is a hollow organ of the biliary tract of the oval form, having the property of stretching. The presence of this organ allows the bile produced by the liver to freely penetrate into it and accumulate there, becoming thicker, more saturated and darker.
The gallbladder is removed for several reasons. Often, it forms stones. The reasons for their formation are numerous. Among them, and malnutrition, and high cholesterol, and hereditary predisposition, and stagnation of bile, which is due to a sedentary lifestyle. The consequences of the formation of stones - this is a bladder injury, its stretching and the occurrence of decubitus. Plus, an infection can join this process. As a result, there is a real threat of penetration of the walls of the bubble. This is the indication for cholecystectomy, that is, to remove the bladder.
After the gallbladder has already been removed, in a number of cases there is a development of postcholecystectomy syndrome. This is a complex of liquid stools, constipation, pain and jaundice, which is a sign of damage to the bile duct. The cause of the syndrome may be other diseases of the gastrointestinal tract. Also, the cause will later be surgery to remove the bladder, damage the ducts during surgery.
Nutrition when removing the bladder.
So, the gallbladder, which functions as a reservoir for bile, is removed. There is nowhere to accumulate bile, and the bile duct, which opens into the duodenum, opens only when food enters the gastrointestinal tract. Therefore, after the operation, you must adhere to proper nutrition.
The principles of therapeutic nutrition are quite simple. The meal after such an operation will be positioned, as some kind of medical procedure, which helps to relieve stagnation in the gallbladder. The patient will have to switch to frequent and fractional meals. What means frequent and fractional? That is, the food is taken in small portions, five or six times a day.
Why is it necessary to strictly follow these postulates? If you do not comply with these simple rules, then in the biliary tract there will be stagnation of bile, the formation of stones will begin and the inflammatory process will become more active.
Diet for people without a gallbladder is especially important in the first months after the operation. An important principle of proper nutrition will be a decrease in activity (hence, irritation) and other digestive organs. Welcome food cooked for a couple, as well as cooked or stewed. Products that irritate the stomach and intestinal mucosa are completely removed from the diet.
Recommended menu for operated patients.
At the first and second breakfast porridge (oatmeal, rice, buckwheat), boiled vegetables, vegetable puree and vegetable salads are welcomed. Useful cheeses of low-fat varieties, you can have herring, just soaked, eggs in the form of an omelette or cooked soft-boiled, cottage cheese, various pasta, together with low-fat cheese and sour cream (fat-free), you can have tea, but not strong, fruit freshly squeezed juices from non-acid fruits.
For lunch, vegetable or cereal soup is recommended, it is possible to use milk with noodles, as well as borsch, cooked with vegetable or butter. The second dishes are mainly prepared from meat, but, again, low-fat varieties, and fish. Meat / fish is boiled or baked after boiling. And the meat should be crushed, preferably wiped. As a dessert - compote, fruit juice or jelly.
At mid-morning snack drinks with dry low-fat biscuits or a bun, slightly dried, and also low-fat cottage cheese are preferable.
Supper should consist of cereal in milk, casserole, cottage cheese, or from stewed vegetables. Welcome sour-milk products. A glass of kefir before bedtime is also welcomed.
To the products, which need to be excluded to the operated patient from their diet, the doctors include, undoubtedly, acute, fried foods. Definitely can not be sour and smoked. Taboo on canned food, meat and fish fatty varieties, on various spices, including onions and garlic. The prohibition concerns the consumption of sweets, coarse bread, various carbonated beverages. Sour berries and sour fruit are also included in the list of forbidden foods. Excluded from the diet are also subject to cold dishes - the food should be warm, so as not to cause spasms of the biliary tract. From vegetables and herbs under the ban fall radish, sorrel, radish, from beans - peas and beans. And, of course, categorically not welcome alcoholic beverages, coffee and strong tea.
Gradually, if the patient's well-being is satisfactory, only the basic postulates of the diet can be adhered to: frequent and divided meals, and the exclusion of certain foods from their diet. Of course, such tight restrictions in food will first seem impossible. But today consumers are offered a huge amount of products. Choose the most healthy, of course, you can. A little time and experience, and from the list of allowed products, everyone will find their favorite and useful.
Correct performance of doctor's appointments and exclusion of inadmissible products leads the condition of the former patient to cholecystectomy to the condition of a healthy person.