Complications of cholecystectomy in women

Some people have to choose to undergo cholecystectomy due to gallstones and cholecystitis, but some patients develop abdominal pain, indigestion and other symptoms after the operation. Could this be a complication of cholecystectomy? How to deal with this complication?

Complications of cholecystectomy

Generally, the impact of cholecystectomy on patients is not significant. However, some patients experience upper abdominal pain, dull pain and other discomfort symptoms after cholecystectomy. Some patients are particularly sensitive in physique, and the side effects after cholecystectomy are more obvious, including high fever, jaundice, nausea, abdominal distension, loss of appetite, biliary colic, etc. These symptoms are generally related to eating high-fat foods. Therefore, after cholecystectomy, you should pay attention to light food and eat less high-fat foods.

2. How to deal with complications after cholecystectomy

In order to avoid the occurrence of complications of cholecystectomy, the key is to pay attention to diet, pay attention to a low-fat, low-calorie, high-protein, high-vitamin diet, especially in the first three months after surgery.

1. Reduce the intake of body fat and cholesterol

After cholecystectomy, patients should eat less foods with high fat and cholesterol content, such as bone soup, old hen soup, fish head soup, peanut kernels, walnut kernels, animal offal, egg yolks, etc., to avoid excessive intake of fat and cholesterol, which may cause digestive nerve dysfunction and diarrhea symptoms.

2. Pay attention to cooking methods

After cholecystectomy, the patient's diet should be lighter in taste, so you can use braising, stewing, steaming, and boiling to cook food, and avoid steaming, stir-frying, and frying. This can also reduce the burden on the gastrointestinal tract and avoid symptoms of abdominal distension and diarrhea.

3. Supplement some dietary fiber moderately

Usually, you should eat more foods rich in dietary fiber, such as oatmeal, millet, corn and other grains. These foods are conducive to promoting the secretion of bile.

4. Supplement protein food

After the operation, you should supplement some low-fat protein foods appropriately, such as fish, shrimp, poultry, tofu, etc. If you want to eat more protein foods, you can eat no more than three or four eggs a week, not too much.