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General description of the disease
Diphtheria is a bacterial anthroponous acute infection, which is characterized by fibrinous inflammation and general toxic phenomena at the site of the “entry into the body” of the pathogen.
Varieties of diphtheria
- nasal diphtheria;
- diphtheria croup;
- pharyngeal diphtheria;
- diphtheria of the skin;
- conjunctival form of diphtheria (diphtheria of the eyes);
- anal-genital diphtheria;
- diphtheria of the hyoid region, cheeks, lips, tongue;
- diphtheria of the larynx.
The stages and symptoms of diphtheria are poured depending on the type of disease. For example, with diphtheria croup:
first stage: hoarseness of voice, rough “barking” cough;
second stage: aphonia, noisy “sawing” breathing, inspiratory dyspnea;
third stage: oxygen deficiency, pronounced agitation, turning into drowsiness or coma, cyanosis, pallor of the skin, tachycardia, cold sweat, symptoms of vascular insufficiency.
Useful foods for diphtheria
Depending on the type of disease and the patient’s condition, various therapeutic diets are used (with general recommendations, table number 2 or 10 is recommended, for diphtheria of the larynx and oropharynx – table number 11, for convalescence – table number 15).
When using the diet of table number 2, the following products are recommended:
- yesterday’s wheat bread, uncooked cookies and b streets;
- soups with vegetable broth, non-concentrated meat or fish broth, with mashed or finely chopped vegetables, noodles and cereals;
- cabbage soup or borscht from fresh cabbage (if these dishes are tolerated);
- boiled or baked lean meat (without tendons, fascia, skin), steamed cutlets, boiled tongue;
- baked or boiled lean fish;
- dairy products (curdled milk, kefir, cottage cheese (in dishes or fresh in natural form), cream and milk (added to drinks and dishes), sour cream, cheese;
- porridge (with the exception of pearl barley and millet);
- vegetables (carrots, potatoes, zucchini, beets, cabbage) in the form of snacks, salads;
- mashed ripe berries and fruits (baked apples, oranges, tangerines, grapes without skin, watermelon);
- marmalade, toffee, marshmallow, sugar, marshmallow, honey, jam, jam.
Breakfast: rice milk porridge, steam omelet, coffee with milk, cheese.
Dinner: mushroom broth with cereals, mashed potatoes with boiled pike perch, decoction of wheat bran.
Afternoon snack: jelly.
Dinner: fried meat cutlets without breading, cocoa, rice pudding with fruit sauce.
Before bedtime: curdled milk.
Folk remedies for diphtheria
With diphtheria of the larynx:
- saline solution (1,5-2 teaspoons of salt in a glass of warm water) to use for frequent rinsing of the throat;
- vinegar rinse or compress (dilute vinegar (table) in warm water in a ratio of 1: 3);
- infusion of calendula (2 teaspoons of calendula flowers in a glass of boiling water, insist, wrapped well, for 20 minutes, strain) use to gargle six times a day;
- a compress of honey (spread honey on paper and attach to a sore spot);
- decoction of eucalyptus (1 tablespoon of eucalyptus leaves per 200 milliliters of water) take 1 tbsp. spoons three times a day;
- canned or fresh aloe juice, take two teaspoons three times a day half an hour before meals (for children, reduce the dose to a few drops depending on age).
Dangerous and harmful foods for diphtheria
At table number 2, it is necessary to exclude from the diet such foods as:
- flour products from puff and pastry dough, fresh bread;
- milk, bean and pea soup;
- fatty meats, poultry (goose, duck), salted, smoked and fatty fish, smoked meats, fish and canned meat;
- pickled and unprocessed raw vegetables, onions, pickles, radishes, radishes, cucumbers, bell peppers, mushrooms, garlic;
- raw fruits, rough berries;
- chocolate and cream products.
Attention!
The administration is not responsible for any attempt to use the information provided, and does not guarantee that it will not harm you personally. The materials cannot be used to prescribe treatment and make a diagnosis. Always consult your specialist doctor!