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Need Medication To Improve Appetite Post Heart Surgery

Hello, my husband had open heart surgery, 4bypass and chaing the aorta valve . It has been almost 5 months, we are still dealing with a few wounds on his foot, they are healing slow, the problem is he is not eating much because any time he eats his stomac hearts and will not eat more. What can I do ?he has lost 43 pounds.

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Carmen
posted on Fri, 14 Mar 2014
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After surgery it happens appetite decreases. Feed her like a kid. Small and frequent meals. Give her what he likes. Include fruits throughout day. Can give her salads.include dal twice a day. Give soft cooked dal ,khichdi or rice. Sometimes u can prepare suji or Dalia sweet or namkeeen. Include curds and buttermilk. Give her soups. Make him walk few steps so that he desire for food. Prepare variety in food.don't give him daily same meals a little of everything is good. If he eat egg give egg white. Enjoy eating with him. Make ambience good for eating.consult dietician with his height weight and diet routine.
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Need Medication To Improve Appetite Post Heart Surgery

After surgery it happens appetite decreases. Feed her like a kid. Small and frequent meals. Give her what he likes. Include fruits throughout day. Can give her salads.include dal twice a day. Give soft cooked dal ,khichdi or rice. Sometimes u can prepare suji or Dalia sweet or namkeeen. Include curds and buttermilk. Give her soups. Make him walk few steps so that he desire for food. Prepare variety in food.don t give him daily same meals a little of everything is good. If he eat egg give egg white. Enjoy eating with him. Make ambience good for eating.consult dietician with his height weight and diet routine.