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PEG tube feeding

PEG tube feeding

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Chronic (lasts years to lifelong)

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A 40-year old asked:

Tell me about peg tube feeding?

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A 37-year old asked:

What are the symptoms that I am not tolerating peg tube feedings?

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A 48-year old female asked:

Hi, I had recently had a peg tube feeding tube removed from my stomach, on march 11th this year, I'm not sure if they properly removed I'm still having a lot of leaking and drainage coming from the wound, they said it would take 3 days to close,?

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A 22-year old female asked:

How do I clean a peg feeding tube when it's stained with a pink/red colour ?

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A 40-year old asked:

Could a doctor please give me the pros and cons of a peg feeding tube?

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A 46-year old asked:

Can you give me the pros and cons of a peg feeding tube.?

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A 28-year old female asked:

Can I crush Levaquin 500 mg and mix it with water and pour it through my peg feeding tube since I have impaired swallowing?

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A 26-year old female asked:

I'm going to have a peg feeding tube because I have impaired swallowing after having botox in my neck 9 months ago. Is this a permanent injury?

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A 37-year old female asked about a 67-year old male:

My dads bowel was punctured from a peg feeding tube? Can this cause frequent painful bowel movements? No sign of infection!

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A 39-year old male asked:

There is a posibility that i can have a periprostatic hemorrhage or other bad conditions as anal cancer if i like to be pegged everyday.My girlfriend peg me and we make 'pegging' almost everyday.

1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in

A 44-year old asked:

My husband is currently eating through a feeding tube (peg) inserted in stomach, I need professional advice on how it should be handled?

1 doctor answer • 4 doctors weighed in

A 35-year old asked:

What are the pros and cons of feeding tube?

2 doctor answers • 4 doctors weighed in

A 39-year old asked:

What are some of the negatives of using a feeding tube?

1 doctor answer • 2 doctors weighed in

A 29-year old asked:

What're the effects of having a esophagostomy feeding tube?

2 doctor answers • 4 doctors weighed in

A 37-year old asked:

What are the effects of using a esophagostomy feeding tube?

1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in

A 33-year old asked:

How do they do a feeding tube insertion?

1 doctor answer • 2 doctors weighed in

A 56-year old female asked about a male:

How do I keep a feeding tube in a 3month old baby?

1 doctor answer • 5 doctors weighed in

A 47-year old asked:

How would I feed my baby through his gastrostomy tube?

1 doctor answer • 3 doctors weighed in

A 48-year old asked:

How do you administer or start a gastrostomy tube feeding?

1 doctor answer • 2 doctors weighed in

A 56-year old female asked about a male:

How do I keep 3 month old baby from dislodging NG feeding tube?

2 doctor answers • 2 doctors weighed in

A 37-year old asked:

Feeding tube insertion - how often do the tubes have to be changed?

1 doctor answer • 3 doctors weighed in

A 37-year old asked:

How to stop the dumping syndrome after a feeding through my feeding tube?

1 doctor answer • 3 doctors weighed in

A 33-year old female asked:

Do you have a normal life expectancy if you have a feeding tube for gastroparesis?

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A 21-year old asked:

What do I need to know about feeding tubes?

2 doctor answers • 2 doctors weighed in

A 45-year old asked:

What's a feeding tube for?

1 doctor answer • 3 doctors weighed in

A member asked:

What is an NJ feeding tube?

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A 18-year old male asked:

When should I get tube feeding.

1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in

A 39-year old asked:

Why would someone need a feeding tube?

1 doctor answer • 4 doctors weighed in

A 40-year old asked:

How is a feeding tube replaced and removed?

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A 28-year old male asked:

What is the definition or description of: tube feeding?

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