I usually write the Teplitz Blurb on Friday afternoons. Today, I’ve been on the phone with Verizon tech support for hours, so I’ve decided to write a very brief blurb for this week.
I view this as a strange discovery as to how you can speed up your recovery after major surgery – it’s drinking black coffee as soon after surgery as your doctor allows.
This finding was reported in the British Journal of Surgery and it involved 80 patients at the University Hospital Heidelberg in Germany.
The researchers found that patients who drank 3 cups of black coffee a day after surgery had a bowel movement 10 hours sooner than those who drank hot water. The coffee drinking group also got out of the hospital one day sooner and were able to start eating solid foods again sooner than the controls.
Since major surgeries shut down the bowels functioning properly for 2 to 5 days, speeding up the recovery by even a day will allow the patient to heal faster and feel better sooner.
So…. black coffee anyone?
No comments:
Post a Comment