Patient's question:
My relative is a girl suffering from leukemia, experiencing dizziness, fever, and anemia. It feels as if these conditions could take her soul away at any moment. In addition to the conventional hospital treatment, my relative wants to try to regain her health through diet. What are the dietary restrictions for leukemia patients?Doctor's answer:
Leukemia is one of the cancers that people feel sad to talk about. Patients should avoid extremely cold and cool foods, such as cold food, cold dishes, raw melons, and raw fruits. If edema is detected, they should avoid excessive salt intake. Leukemia is one of the cancers that people feel sad to talk about. Patients should avoid foods that are difficult to digest, such as fried meats, preserved meats, dried fish, rice cakes, and chives. Patients should avoid hot foods, such as mutton, dog meat, donkey meat, horse meat, and venison. Patients should avoid foods that cause stomach upset and spicy foods, such as chili peppers, raw scallions, raw garlic, raw ginger, and alcoholic beverages.