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Peg Tube Feeding Complications. Common complications of tube feeding this material was taken from nutrition interventions for children with special health care needs nausea vomiting and diarrhea constipation gastroesophageal reflux large residuals tube feeding syndrome hyponatremia clogged feeding tube leakage of gastric contents bleeding around stoma infection of stoma. Pain redness or bruising at the sedation injection usually in the hand or arm. Common risks and complications include. Your abdomen may be a bit sore for a couple of days where the tube went in.
This occurs when food is actually inhaled into the lungs. Peg tubes may also be used for many other conditions such as bowel cancer after a head injury crohn s disease or severe burns. A child may need a peg feeding tube for various conditions including any condition that causes difficulty with swallowing. Feeding tubes have been too often inserted in patients who will not benefit from them and whose quality of life in a terminal stage of illness will be adversely affected. Skin issues around the site of your tube unintentional tears in your intestines perforation infection in your abdomen peritonitis problems with the feeding tube such as blockages obstruction and involuntary movement displacement. Aspiration can lead to pneumonia but if the patient is kept upright during feeding the likelihood of developing this complication can be greatly minimized.
Once the dressing comes off and your wound has healed you ll need to wash the area daily with soap and water.
Peg tubes are often used inappropriately because of unrealistic and inaccurate expectations of what they can achieve. Three to 4 of all cases are affected by major complications i e. Aspiration can lead to pneumonia but if the patient is kept upright during feeding the likelihood of developing this complication can be greatly minimized. Once the dressing comes off and your wound has healed you ll need to wash the area daily with soap and water. However the placement of a peg tube is not without its risks. A child may need a peg feeding tube for various conditions including any condition that causes difficulty with swallowing.