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Have Stage 4 Cirrhosis. What Diet Should Be Taken? What Medicine To Avoid?

Good morning, My friend has Stage 4 Cirrhosis related to taking Rx medicine as prescribed. What can we do, nutritionally and physically, to help the good parts of her liver regenerate? In addition to sedatives and pain killers, what Rxs should she avoid. What other things should she avoid? Thank you for your time.
Fri, 6 Sep 2013
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Hello! Thanks for putting your query in HCM. I am a Gastroenterologist (DM).

For nutrition :
1. High protein diet like pulses cheese, soyabean, eggs after removal of yolk that is only white part
2. Low salt diet around 2grams per day

Physically: He should do regular aerobics exercise at least 30 minutes /day

He should avoid all the medicine that have effects on brain like antianxiety, antidepressants, tranquilizers, any other hepatototoxic drugs like antibiotics but all are not hepatotoxic. So i will advise him to discuss with doctor before taking any medicine

He should avoid dehydration, constipation by taking lactulose.

He should also decrease weight if he is obese or overweight by cutting down his caloric intake and low fat diet

I hope I have answered your query and this will help you. If you have any further query I will be happy to answer that too. Remain in touch and get-well soon.
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Have Stage 4 Cirrhosis. What Diet Should Be Taken? What Medicine To Avoid?

Hello! Thanks for putting your query in HCM. I am a Gastroenterologist (DM). For nutrition : 1. High protein diet like pulses cheese, soyabean, eggs after removal of yolk that is only white part 2. Low salt diet around 2grams per day Physically: He should do regular aerobics exercise at least 30 minutes /day He should avoid all the medicine that have effects on brain like antianxiety, antidepressants, tranquilizers, any other hepatototoxic drugs like antibiotics but all are not hepatotoxic. So i will advise him to discuss with doctor before taking any medicine He should avoid dehydration, constipation by taking lactulose. He should also decrease weight if he is obese or overweight by cutting down his caloric intake and low fat diet I hope I have answered your query and this will help you. If you have any further query I will be happy to answer that too. Remain in touch and get-well soon.