A diet for Quincke's edema is an important part of therapy. This serious illness requires significant food restrictions. Such a severe allergic reaction cannot be cured without observing nutritional rules. Even if the patient regularly takes antihistamines, any food allergen can provoke a relapse of the disease. Therefore, allergy sufferers need to adhere to a fairly strict diet.
What is Quincke's edema
Quincke's edema is an allergic disease. It refers to dermatoses. After exposure to an allergen, the patient develops swelling of the skin, mucous membrane and subcutaneous tissue. There is a strong swelling of the face and neck. Especially dangerous is swelling of the throat, which can lead to suffocation.
To understand the basic rules of the diet for Quincke's edema, you need to understand the mechanism of development of this disease. When an allergen enters the body, substances from the group of amines are released into the blood: histamine, serotonin, bradykinin. They cause vasodilation. As a result, fluid accumulates in the tissues and edema occurs.
Nutrition principles
The diet for Quincke's edema provides for the exclusion from the diet of all foods that can cause an allergic reaction. It is not always possible to identify which substance provoked edema. Therefore, the use of any potentially hazardous foods should be avoided.
It is also necessary to exclude products that contribute to the production of histamine in the digestive tract. Do not eat foods high in biogenic amines.
During the illness, the patient is forbidden to drink alcohol, sweets, spicy food. The amount of salt is limited.
Patients are advised to eat fresh food. Products requiring long-term storage are excluded. You should also pay attention to the composition of the food. If the composition of the product includes GMOs and artificial additives, then it is better to refuse such food.
Food must be cooked in boiled, stewed and baked form. Frying foods is highly undesirable.
Allowed Products
Allergy sufferers have to avoid consuming many foods. Doctors prescribe a fairly strict diet for Quincke's edema. What can I eat with this disease? Approved products include:
- potatoes (boiled and mashed potatoes);
- green vegetables: zucchini, squash, all kinds of cabbage, onions, cucumbers;
- soups on the broth of allowed vegetables;
- leafy salads and greens (except sorrel and spinach);
- legumes: green peas, green beans, lentils;
- lean beef;
- white meat of chicken;
- fruits and berries: white currant, apples (white and green), pears, gooseberries;
- pasta;
- dairy products: yogurts without fruit and berry additives, kefir and cottage cheese (fat content not more than 1%);
- tofu
- cereals: oatmeal, buckwheat;
- sea kale;
- grain bread;
- biscuits;
- vegetable and olive oil;
- green tea;
- rosehip broth;
- rosehip drink;
- mineral water.
It can be concluded that the list of permitted products for allergy sufferers is very limited. Because of this, patients often lack useful trace elements. How to make up for this deficiency without violating dietary rules for Quincke's edema in adults? The menu often needs to include cottage cheese, kefir, yogurt, vegetables and fruits of white and green colors. This will help enrich the body with calcium and vitamins.
Conditionally Approved Products
Some meals for allergy sufferers can be consumed in limited quantities. The diet for Quincke's edema does not prohibit such food, but it can not be eaten daily. Such foods can only occasionally be included in the diet.
Partially limited foods for Quincke's edema include salt. This seasoning can be consumed in very small quantities. If the patient has a worsening condition, then it is necessary to transfer the patient to a salt-free diet. You can use onions or garlic to add flavor to your dishes. These vegetables are not contraindicated in Quincke's edema.
It should also sharply limit the use of pickled and salted vegetables. Such dishes can be included in the diet only occasionally. In case of deterioration of health, salting must be completely excluded from the menu.
Nutritionists recommend consuming as little sugar as possible. Sweet foods often lead to allergic reactions. With an exacerbation of the disease, sugar must be replaced with saccharin or aspartame.
Prohibited Products
The diet for Quincke's edema in adults and children prohibits the use of products with medium and high allergenic activity. These include the following types of food:
- meat and fish broths;
- fat red meat and products from it: canned food, smoked meats, sausages, semi-finished products;
- duck and goose meat;
- fish and fish products: canned food, caviar, smoked products;
- seafood (except seaweed);
- whole milk, sour cream, cream;
- processed and hard cheeses;
- sweets: chocolate, confectionery, honey, jam, jam, ice cream, sweets, cakes and pastries;
- chicken eggs;
- all kinds of nuts;
- muffin;
- red and orange vegetables: carrots, beets, radishes, tomatoes, bell peppers;
- fruits of red, yellow and orange color: pomegranate, apples, peaches, citrus fruits, watermelon, melon, strawberries, raspberries, sea buckthorn;
- greens containing oxalic acid (spinach, sorrel);
- spicy seasonings (vinegar, mustard, mayonnaise);
- semolina and rice dishes;
- coffee, cocoa, black tea;
- sweet sparkling water;
- juices from red fruits, vegetables and berries.
These products must be completely excluded from the diet throughout the acute period of the disease. After recovery, prohibited foods are introduced into the menu gradually. If the patient suffers from a chronic form of allergy with frequent relapses, then the diet must be followed for life.
Features baby food
The diet for Quincke's edema in children provides the same food restrictions as for adults. These rules must be strictly observed, as babies are sensitive to the effects of allergens. However, it is important to remember that the child’s body is growing and needs healthy substances.
Children in the period of rapid growth need calcium and vitamin D. These nutrients are needed for the proper formation of the skeleton. Fish products are rich in these substances. However, fish is contraindicated in the acute period of the disease, it can be gradually introduced into the diet only during recovery. To make up for calcium deficiency, the child needs to give cottage cheese, kefir, bio-yogurt as often as possible. These foods are good for bone. In some cases, doctors prescribe an additional multivitamin supplement.
Iodine deficiency in food can adversely affect the state of the thyroid gland and the psychomotor development of the child. However, a hypoallergenic diet prohibits the use of most seafood. Such food is rich in iodine, but it often provokes an allergy.
Seaweed is the only seafood allowed in Quincke's edema. This healthy alga must be included in the child’s diet daily. This will help enrich the body with iodine.
How much to follow a diet
A hypoallergenic diet for Quincke's edema must be observed until the symptoms of the disease disappear. On average, an adult needs to adhere to food restrictions for about 3 weeks, and a child for about 8 to 10 days. During this period, all food restrictions must be strictly observed.
Often, patients cease to follow a diet immediately after feeling better. This usually leads to a relapse of the disease. It is important to remember that introducing new foods into the diet is permissible only after complete recovery. Before this, it is necessary to consult with your doctor.
Post-Disease Nutrition
Diet after Quincke's edema provides for a gradual expansion of the diet. After the disease, it is allowed to eat foods with moderate allergenic activity:
- turkey and rabbit meat;
- lean pork;
- yellow fruits and vegetables;
- rice
- corn;
- red currant;
- cranberries.
Each new dish is included in the menu once every three days in small quantities. Then observe the reaction of the body. If signs of allergy occur, then the product is excluded. First, yellow fruits and vegetables are introduced into the diet. If the patient tolerates them well, then in the future, red plant foods are introduced into the menu.
Reviews
Patients note that the diet for Quincke's edema allowed them to significantly improve their condition. Restrictions on food help to reduce the unpleasant manifestations of allergies and recover quickly.
Patients with a chronic course of allergies report that, following a diet, relapse pathologies are much less likely to occur. Patients note that taking antihistamines alone is not enough to prevent Quincke's edema and urticaria. Drug therapy is effective only in combination with a diet. If you do not adhere to the necessary rules of nutrition, then relapses of allergies occur much more often.