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Dec 17, 2010

Advice Needed for Managing Fistulas with Diet

This topic is about finding dietary approaches to help reduce the output from abdominal fistulas after surgery. The person sharing their experience has been through a challenging medical journey, including multiple surgeries and a long hospital stay. They are now dealing with an open abdominal wound and three fistulas that leak continuously. They are seeking advice on whether certain foods or drinks might help lessen or stop the output from these fistulas, with rice water being one potential option they've heard about.

Here are some insights and advice shared by others:

1. No specific dietary advice has been provided yet, as others are also experimenting with different foods to find what might work.
2. There is a shared interest in learning about strategies to reduce fistula drainage, indicating a community of people looking for solutions together.
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