Just wondering why patients are offered ice cream after surgery? Saw it on films (US films) quite a lot and am wondering if that actually happens in real life. Definitely does not happen at hospitals in my country.....
2007-02-08 23:28:46 · 5 answers · asked by Sith Programmer 2 in Health ➔ Other - Health
i dunno..have had 2 surgeries and i never had ice-cream offered to me..
2007-02-08 23:31:56 · answer #1 · answered by sweetDove 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is so not true. I had two surgeries last year, none of them offered me an ice cream. Don't trust everything that appears on the screen. What if the patient was lactose intolerant or something and doctor just scooped a huge spoon of ice cream into his mouth? I don't think that's happening.
2007-02-08 23:38:10 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is used after surgery in the tonsels, pharynx etc. Ice cream is cold and soft and -opposite to foods which are warm and not soft- it doesn't cause hemorrhage(bleeding) to the still not healed wounds.
2007-02-08 23:36:44 · answer #3 · answered by cpinatsi 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
maybe mostly with removal of tonsils because it helps sooth it and reduce the swelling, yes it happens
2007-02-08 23:32:59 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Placebo lol
2007-02-08 23:34:58 · answer #5 · answered by Eat My Shorts 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋