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Diet suggestions during mumps
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Hey ,
I’m sorry to hear that! With mumps, the saliva glands swell (sometimes not all at once) and you would like to reduce foods that increase saliva production. Acid foods have a tendency to do that so try to avoid acid foods and acidic drinks like tomatoes, citrus fruits (including the juices), plums, grapes, grapefruits, blueberries, pineapples and peaches. Foods that are hard to chew are also foods you would like to avoid. Soup & mashed foods are better options.
Hydration is also very important with mumps. Make sure she drinks plenty of liquids!
Nutrients that help the immune system are vitamins A, D and B12. The mineral zinc is also important. With young kids, I prefer food-based options usually. Here are some options:
Although most of the vitamin D we make we can get from the sun, some food sources like salmon and eggs do contain vitamin D as well.
Vitamin A you can find for example in orange vegetables like sweet potatoes, carrots and butternut squash. Also, spinach, bell peppers and broccoli are great sources of vitamin A.
Zinc can be found in beef, lamb, poultry, eggs, legumes, cashew and almond nuts and pumpkin seeds.
Vitamin b12 can be found in animal sources like fish, beef, poultry and eggs. Beef and poultry might be hard to swallow, but scrambled eggs for example are much easier to chew.
A hot or warm pack can help reduce swelling in infected areas.
Although I have no experience myself with these types of remedies, I know a lot of people like to apply certain pastes to infected areas. Anecdotal, dry ginger paste seems to bring some relief as well as paste from aloe vera. There is no research done yet on these remedies to back that up though.
I hope these tips can help!
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Thank you Daniel.
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