The Diet Guide for Patients with Polymyositis and Dermatomyositis (PM/DM)



The Diet Guide for Patients with Polymyositis and Dermatomyositis (PM/DM)

 1, why patients of Polymyositis and dermatomyositis (PM/DM) should take food of high protein? For most patients of Polymyositis and dermatomyositis (PM/DM), in order to keep the physical power or recover muscle strength, they need to take food of high protein, such as fish, lean meat, eggs and so on. Besides, patients can eat one extra egg and 50g of lean meat on the basic of three meals.
2, why patients of Polymyositis and dermatomyositis (PM/DM) should take diet of high fibrin? Patients of Polymyositis and dermatomyositis (PM/DM) are more likely to suffer the disease of smooth muscle in digestive tract and disease of sphincter, and the peristalsis of the patients is slower, so the normal defecate function will be damaged, leading to the retention of defecate. Therefore, food of high fibrin can prevent the constipation, including leek, celery, soy-bean milk, carrot and such vegetable and fruit.
 3, what kind of food patients of PM/DM can not take? Patients of PM/DM should not take spicy, cold, greasy and trill food, and patients need to give up smoking drinking. Less marine fish, shrimp, crab and so on should be taken, because this kind of food is easy to cause allergy. In addition, vegetables and meat in the food should be cut up as far as possible, so that the food can be easier to be digested.