Diet Plan for Typhoid

Diet Plan for Typhoid | For a speedy recovery and to avoid potentially serious complications of typhoid fever, it is very important to have a good and balanced diet plan. If not treated promptly and adequately (with suitable antibiotics and diet) typhoid fever may cause serious complications like perforation of typhoid ulcer of the intestine and chronic carrier state (which is very difficult to cure). To avoid serious complications diet plays an important role in typhoid by hastening recovery.

The following diet plan for typhoid can hasten recovery and help to avoid serious complications:

Early morning:

The early morning should be started with milk or tea with bread (bread are easy to digest and have a good amount of protein).

Breakfast: The breakfast should consist of boiled eggs (boiled eggs are the easiest to digest among high-protein foods), porridge, etc. Both of these are easily good for health.

Mid-morning:

This should be with tea with the sandwich.

Lunch:

Mixed vegetables, whole grain cereal, fish, egg and white meat, etc. should be taken during lunch.

Evening tea:

It should be with tea, bread with jam, or bread with butter.

Dinner:

It should be with soup, whole grain cereals, and vegetables.

At bedtime custard with fruits should be taken.

Some points should be remembered while planning a diet for typhoid fever patients. The following are the points to remember:

Meals should be small and given at frequent intervals, instead of a few large meals a day. Larger meals can be given like to any normal person, as the general health condition improves.

Intake of oral fluids and salts should be sufficient to cover up the loss. The diet of typhoid fever patients should be bland, soft (for easier digestion and absorption), high in protein and calories,s and low in fiber content.