{"id":512,"date":"2015-07-02T07:57:51","date_gmt":"2015-07-02T07:57:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meteinancli.com\/?page_id=512"},"modified":"2015-07-08T16:10:59","modified_gmt":"2015-07-08T16:10:59","slug":"diet-after-tonsillectomy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/meteinancli.com\/?page_id=512","title":{"rendered":"Diet After Tonsillectomy"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Tonsil<\/strong>: Tonsils are located back to the sites of the uvula. Frequent infections and hypertrophic\u00a0situations of the tonsils avoids eating, drinking and swallowing. In such a case they had to be\u00a0removed by a surgery.<\/p>\n

Adenoids<\/strong>: Adenoids are located back of our nose. If the adenoid tissue grows bigger due to\u00a0infections, allergy or passive smoking it is possible that your sleep will be disturbed by opened\u00a0mouth, snoring and your hearing can be impaired.<\/p>\n

Fluid in the middle ear<\/strong>: Fluid can be collected back of the ear drum that causes hearing loss. If the\u00a0fluid would not resorbed by medical treatment ventilation tube (allow your middle ear to be aerated)\u00a0insertion is indicated. This procedure is called parasynthesis (myringotomy).<\/p>\n

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\uf0b7 As you come to my office I will examine you by my doctor\u2019s light. This light is called otoscope.<\/p>\n

\uf0b7 After the ears I will have a look at your mouth by a wooden spoon.<\/p>\n

\uf0b7 I will ask you to go for preoperative blood tests with your family.<\/p>\n

\uf0b7 The day before the operation date you should stop eating and or drinking starting at\u00a0midnight. You should admit to the hospital without eating or drinking please.<\/p>\n

As soon as you arrive to the hospital;<\/strong><\/p>\n

\uf0b7 You will be introduced to your room and the nurse will prepare you for your journey to the\u00a0surgery room.<\/p>\n

\uf0b7 You can go the surgery with one of your parents. Until you sleep for the surgery your parents\u00a0will be with you.<\/p>\n

\uf0b7 Operating room has bright lights and special devices in it.<\/p>\n

\uf0b7 In the operating room nurses will welcome you. Anesthesia doctor will guide you for the\u00a0surgical preparations.<\/p>\n

\uf0b7 You will sleep as you sleep in your bed at home.<\/p>\n

\uf0b7 As soon as you wake up your parents will be with you.<\/p>\n

\uf0b7 Now you are healthy. You have to obey your diet. It\u2019s ice cream time!<\/p>\n

Dear Parents,<\/p>\n

Your child has to stay in the house for two days after the surgery. You should avoid hyperactivity and\u00a0visitors who might bring microbes to contaminate your child. Higher fluid consumption is encouraged\u00a0to increase the healing speed.<\/p>\n

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Recommended Diet After Surgery:<\/p>\n

DAY 1:
\n<\/strong>Water, Milk, Ice Cream, Ice Tea, Frozen Yogurt, Jelly can be served frequently but in small amounts each time.<\/p>\n

DAY 2:
\n<\/strong>Cream, Puding, Yogurt, Ayran<\/p>\n

DAY 3:
\n<\/strong>Soup (without particles in it).<\/p>\n

DAY 4:
\n<\/strong>Mashed Potato, soft boiled egg.<\/p>\n

DAY 5:
\n<\/strong>Bred or biscuit melted in milk, weatbix.<\/p>\n

DAY 6:
\n<\/strong>Pasta.<\/p>\n

DAY 7:
\n<\/strong>Hot, irritating, sharp edged food have to be avoided unless you can step by step start to eat as\u00a0normal as before. Pain killers will help to eat painless so you should start eating 30 minutes after the\u00a0pain killer. Approximately after 10th day there will be no precaution.<\/p>\n

NOTE:<\/strong> Fresh fruit, Tosted bread, Chips, Hot, Spicy, Soda and coke has to be avoided because these\u00a0kind of food can harm the healing mucosa and process by scratching and irritating.<\/p>\n

After the surgery ear pain is usual. As the second day pass this pain also will go away. You should\u00a0obey the diet recommendations.<\/p>\n

Taking Aspirin before and after the operation is forbidden. Eating cherry and gray fruit is forbidden.These fruits can cause bleeding.<\/p>\n

A day after the surgery in the tonsillectomy area there will be whitish color changes which are\u00a0normal fibrinous tissue for the healing. This whitish mucosa will turn back to normal in a week. If the\u00a0patient received ventilation tubes ear protection has to be in mind.<\/p>\n

Keep in mind:<\/strong><\/p>\n

First Seven days after the operation;<\/p>\n

1- Avoid hot and acidic fluids (orange juice, lemonate, coke, cherry juice)<\/p>\n

2- Chocolate and food prepared with chocolate,<\/p>\n

3- Avoid using strips<\/p>\n

4- Increase fluid intake (water, ice tea etc..)<\/p>\n

5- Avoid red colored food or beverages.<\/p>\n

6- Avoid spicy food<\/p>\n

7- Avoid sharp edged food like chips, crisps\u2026<\/p>\n

8- Chew well and then swallow.<\/p>\n

Speech tone and hearing your speech sound from nasopharynx is normal for the first days. This\u00a0situation is not because your vocal cords are harmed; it is because your tonsils are removed.<\/p>\n

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mete \u0130NAN\u00c7LI
\n<\/strong>ENT Specialist<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tonsil: Tonsils are located back to the sites of the uvula. Frequent infections and hypertrophic\u00a0situations of the tonsils avoids eating, drinking and swallowing. In such a case they had to be\u00a0removed by a surgery. Adenoids: Adenoids are located back of our nose. If the adenoid tissue grows bigger due to\u00a0infections, allergy or passive smoking it […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-512","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/meteinancli.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/meteinancli.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/meteinancli.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meteinancli.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meteinancli.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=512"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/meteinancli.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/512\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":534,"href":"https:\/\/meteinancli.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/512\/revisions\/534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/meteinancli.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}