Enteral nutrition what goes through a tube feeding to replace or supplement oral nutrition. If you cannot get enough nutrition by eating or drinking through your mouth, you may need a feeding tube.

Geraldine was 84 when her daughter Linda moved her into a Alzheimer’s unit five years ago. Geraldine’s dementia progressed and she became bedfast and totally dependent on her caregivers. She ...

Crohn’s disease can make it hard for your gut to absorb enough calories and nutrients for your body to stay healthy. If this is the case, your doctor may recommend enteral nutrition therapy (ENT).

It's likely that you've seen someone with a feeding tube at one time or another. The nasogastric feeding tube was created to deliver nutrition to sick and hospitalized people so they wouldn't starve.

The administration of medications via enteral feeding tubes is a vital practice in the care of patients who are unable to ingest drugs orally. This route enables the delivery of essential treatments ...

Pneumonia caused by inhaling food, liquids or saliva is the most common cause of death in people with long-standing Parkinson's disease, an ailment whose many symptoms include difficulty swallowing.

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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Three years ago, the man known as Internment Serial Number 669 stopped eating. Ahmed Zaid Zuhair, a father of 10 children in Saudi Arabia and Yemen, had been held at ...