Dietetics for NursesProudfit, Fairfax T. (Fairfax Throckmorton)
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Dietetics for Nurses
Proudfit, Fairfax T. (Fairfax Throckmorton)
Diet in disease
As a rule the seat of the gastric cancer is the pylorus. The patient
gives evidence of chronic gastritis with continued pain, localized
tenderness, vomiting of partially digested food and at times
dilatation from extreme fermentation. The hemorrhages are as a rule
not large, the blood having changed to a brownish color resembling
coffee grounds. Vomiting, in cases where the pylorus is involved,
generally occurs several hours after eating, the vomitus being in an
advanced state of fermentation. Upon analysis of the stomach contents
there is found to be a lack of free HCl.
~Dietetic Treatment.~--In the dietetic treatment of cancer of the
stomach the most digestible forms of foods must be given, milk forming
in this, as in other gastric disorders, the chief article of diet. As
too much food cannot be tolerated, the meals must be small, even if
given more frequently. The patient is often found to evince a distaste
for meat, in which case fish may be substituted. When meat is given,
it must be simple in form and preparation, such as boiled or broiled
sweetbreads or brains, scraped beef or stewed chicken. Rice, farina,
cornmeal mush, and other fine cereals, cooked with or without milk,
are valuable additions to the diet. Well-cooked and strained spinach,
green peas, cauliflower, carrots, and tender string beans and boiled
or baked potatoes well mashed may be recommended. Tea, coffee, or
cocoa may be used to flavor the milk. These must be given in small
portions. The following diet list is recommended by Friedenwald and
Ruhraeh:
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