[Diet and Health] What should I eat after kidney stone surgery?

Kidney stones are a common disease in life, mostly caused by improper diet. Patients are generally treated through surgery. Therefore, it is also very important for patients to adjust their diet after surgery. So what should you eat after kidney stone surgery?

1. Increase your intake of fruits and vegetables

Fruit and vegetable intake can dilute stone-forming risk factors in urine. Therefore, increasing the intake of fruits and vegetables can prevent the recurrence of stones. Eat more foods rich in vitamins, such as fresh vegetables, cucumbers, black fungus, red dates, bananas, watermelons, persimmons and other foods rich in B vitamins, as well as foods rich in vitamin C, such as kiwis, oranges, etc.

2. Increase the intake of whole grains and fiber

The cellulose in food can reduce the formation of urinary calcium. Wheat bran bread and rice bran in bran foods have the same effect and are effective for recurrent hypercalcemic urinary stones. Rice bran can reduce the excretion of urinary calcium and reduce the occurrence of urinary stones, but avoid excessive intake of cellulose foods rich in oxalic acid such as wheat bran.

3. Eat more black fungus

Because the bioalkali contained in black fungus can promote the secretion of various glands in the digestive tract and urinary tract, and help these secretions catalyze stones, lubricate the ducts, and allow stones to be expelled. Black fungus also contains a variety of minerals, which can produce strong chemical reactions on various stones, causing them to exfoliate, differentiate and erode, causing small stones to continue to shed and shrink, and finally be excreted from the body with urine.

4. Drink plenty of water

Patients with kidney stones should drink more water after surgery, at least 2000ml~3000ml of water a day to dilute urine. Not only should they drink water during the day, but also at night. They should drink 500ml of water an hour before going to bed, and drink another 200ml of water after getting up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom. Drinking more water can dilute urine and prevent kidney stones.