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What is the recommended diet for a paraneuritis patient?

Ms Arunima Saha
Nutrition Counsellor,
Apollo Gleneagles Hospitals,
Kolkata

Q: Please recommend a diet for a patient suffering from paraneuritis (a paralysis like condition) due to viral infection. He also suffers from severe gas and bouts of vomiting and is constipated.

A:All I can say is that the diet has to be high in iodine and rich in unsaturated fatty acids. The meals should also emphasize high quality (maybe first class) protein and meals should be in intervals of 2-3 hours in small amounts.