My wife recently got typhoid and jaundice at same time reporting igm and igg both positive and sgot - 57.1, sgpt- 69.2 respectively. What medicines should she take and what should be the diet plan in this case? Please help.
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Diet plan should include more fruits and vegetables which are rich in fibre like bananas, pineapple papaya, mangoes whereas meats, oil, heavy sugar items, canned foods should be avoided. Water should be had in plenty and coffee or tea can also be take. Medications are to be continued by your physician as prescribed and follow up with them for continuing/ discontinuing medications.
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The patient should rest in bed till the acute symptoms subside. He should not be given any solid foods for the first few days of the treatment.He may be given plenty of fresh fruits and vegetable juices. The idea is to provide a high carbohydrate based diet as the liver is infected, and minimize the strain on the liver. Suji or dhalia porridge, soft custards, curd rice are other soft easy digestable foods.Fruits and vegetables are highly recommended, and can be used to prepare juices. Those like lemon, grapes, pear, tomato, carrot, beet and yes, sugarcane are preferable. Sugarcane juice, mixed with lime juice, being high carbohydrate can hasten recovery from jaundice. Half a glass of this juice, mixed with half a lime, may be given to the patient twice daily.It is, however, very essential that the juice must be pure and preferably prepared at home in a hygienic manner. Resistance is low in jaundice and any infected beverage could only make matters worse. It is also important to prepare this juice fresh each time and avoid storing it. After the severity of the decease has passed, the patient may be given a simple and well-balanced diet. The emphasis should be on fresh juicy fruits such as orange, apple, pineapple, grapes, papaya and mango, and vegetables such as spinach, fenugreek and carrots. The patient should avoid all fats like ghee, butter, cream and oils for at last two weeks and thereafter their consumption should be kept down to the minimum. Digestive disturbances must be avoided. No food with a tendency to ferment or putrefy in the lower intestines like pulses and legumes should be included in the diet. Other effective home remedy is the use of green leaves or radish (muli). The leaves should be pounded and their juice extracted. It should be strained through a clean piece of muslin before use.
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