Patient's question:
Patient: Female, 39 years old, recently diagnosed with the disease. She often experiences abdominal pain, a sense of heaviness, and occasional pain in the abdomen, which is quite distressing. She asks the doctor, "What foods should patients with ovarian cysts avoid?"Doctor's answer:
Hello, for ovarian cysts, maintain a light diet in daily life. Avoid foods that may trigger inflammation such as mutton, shrimp, crab, eel, salted fish, black fish, etc. Avoid spicy foods and drinks like chili, Sichuan pepper, raw scallions, raw garlic, and baijiu. Do not consume foods like longan, jujube, donkey-hide glue, or royal jelly. Instead, eat more lean meat, chicken, eggs, quail eggs, crucian carp, softshell turtle, white fish, cabbage, asparagus, celery, spinach, cucumber, winter melon, mushrooms, tofu, kelp, nori, and fruits.There are many treatment methods for ovarian cysts, but since patients have different conditions, the diagnostic approaches may vary. Therefore, it is recommended that patients seek early diagnosis and treatment upon noticing symptoms.