Patient's question:
For over a week, the baby has been coughing, hiccuping, and having a runny nose, but hasn't had a fever. I want to ask if the baby can drink chicken soup? It's said that chicken soup can help with fever. Besides, can the baby eat eggs and fish? How should one pay attention to diet during a fever? With a fever for a week, it was once said that cold exposure could be a cure...Doctor's answer:
You can eat a very small amount of the above foods. Medical advice: In the early stages of a fever, it is best to avoid extremely cold and greasy foods. If the fever is caused by a warm pathogen, during the initial stage of clearing it, you should also avoid extremely cold foods. Once the heat is not eliminated, it may lead to persistent high fever, followed by thirst, restlessness, constipation, and at this time, fruits can be helpful. You can frequently consume pear juice, orange juice, watermelon, rice porridge, mung bean soup, etc. Avoid overeating extremely cold and greasy foods. During a fever, prevent bowel movements or avoid eating duck meat, pork, lamb, dog meat, softshell turtle, clam, vinegar, persimmons, etc.