Foods To Eat After Stem Cell Transplant

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Foods to eat after stem cell transplant. Some foods are more likely to cause a foodborne illness than others. Most people should avoid eating at restaurants for about 3 months after their stem cell transplant. These diet guidelines should be used before and after therapy. Once your healthcare team says you can start eating at restaurants follow the guidelines below to lower your risk of getting a foodborne illness.

Mouth and throat sores are common after transplant. Talk with your medical team about when it s safe to eat at restaurants. In traditional stem cell transplants patients are given extremely high doses of chemotherapy leukemia or who have had a relapse after a previous stem cell transplant. The diet that ll help you shed 10 pounds in 7 days.

Mouth and throat sores. If mouth sores are a problem for you try. Dylan who had a stem cell transplant in 2014. Raw or undercooked meat poultry seafood including sushi eggs and meat substitutes such as tempeh and tofu eating well after your stem cell transplant 3 10.

It s best to avoid these foods. We are back down in houston at md anderson where my husband will be getting his stem cell transplant in a couple of weeks. This period is described as neutropenic because your white blood cell counts will be very low. You can listen to his story in our patient insight video on diet.

Stem cell transplant diet these pages list the foods that are safe or not safe to eat when your immunity is low and or when you may be at high risk for foodborne sickness. With all the things to think about i completely forgot about his diet post transplant and what he can and cannot eat. Below are suggestions for managing some common problems after transplant that may make it difficult for you to eat. Thanks to you paul for posting the question and the rest of you for your informative replies.

Eating a low microbial diet will lower your risk of getting sick while your immune system is weak such as when you have leukopenia a low number of white blood cells after chemotherapy radiation therapy or a bone marrow or stem cell transplant. After your stem cell transplant it will take time for your new immune system to develop properly.