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Types of Feeding Tubes

Whether you're preparing to get a tube, to visit someone who you've heard has a tube or need to learn all the types before professional placements starts tomorrow, here's a quick, concise guide!

To ridiculously oversimplify things, lean these 3 now:

NG & PEG

NJ, J-tube

IV line.

Well done!

To be more comprehensive,

The types are:

NG

ND/NI/NJ

PEG/RIG/G-Tube

GJ/PEG-J

PEJ/J-Tube

Then, some intravenous lines can be used for specialised intravenous nutrition:

PICC

Hickman

It's not actually as complicated as it looks, I promise!

Basically:

Nose to stomach or intestine

Or

Hole into stomach or intestine

Or

Veins

Enteral feeding tubes are ones which go into the digestive tract either through the nose or directly through the skin.

Think ENTER as in gastroENTERology

Sometimes, people need parenteral nutrition. This means bypassing the enteral. Parenteral goes straight into veins. That's PAR-enteral, not parental hehe ;) It's often called TPN for short (Total Parenteral Nutrition), especially if the person is dependent on it. Occasionally the term HPN is used if the person uses it at home. The H is for "home"

Ok. Back to Enteral tubes:

Nasoenteric Tubes (any feeding tubes that go in by the nose):

NG = nasogastric. Goes through nose into stomach. Quite common.

ND = nasoduodenal. Through the nose and stomach into the 1st part of the small intestine called the duodenum. Rare because nasojejunal is typically seen as preferable. Some NJs technically end up in the duodenum but may still be simply referred to as an NJ. My NJ often lands right at the juncture where the duodenum becomes the jejunum.

NJ = Nasojejunal. Through the nose , via stomach and duodenum into the second part of the small intestine called the jejunum.

NI = Nasointestinal. Sometimes this word might be used to include NDs and NJs on a product packet or in a medical paper. Nasoenteric may be a term used too

In essence, NG or NJ

Percutaneous (through-the-skin) Enteral Feeding Tubes:

PEG: Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy tube. Common.

RIG = Radiologically Inserted Gastrostomy. Often these simply get called PEGs anyway.

G-tube = Another word for either PEG or RIG.

PEG-J = PEG with extension tube inside to the Jejunum.

GJ = Gastrojejunostomy. Basically a PEG-J but doesn't necessarily have "percutaneous endoscopic" insertion. It could be radiologically inserted.

J-Tube = Goes directly through a hole made in the skin into the jejunum.

PEJ = A J-tube placed using endoscopy. Like RIGs, sometimes people still call radiologically inserted jejunostomies "PEJ".

So, G, GJ or J

Any feeding or placement into the intestine may also be called "postpyloric", especially in medical academic journals. This means anywhere beyond the stomach. The pylorus is the far part of the stomach before intestine.

BONUS/SIDE NOTE: Most feeding tubes are "single lumen" (lumen = inside channel) but double, even triple lumen tubes exist. Extra channels might be for extra hydration, medicines or "venting" stuff OUT such as painful excess stomach air. Usually medicines and extra water are done through ordinary single lumen tubes and a separate tube is often used if venting is necessary.

Now the Parenteral ones:

These are intravenous lines rather than what's typically classified as a "feeding tube".

PICC = Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter. This is the more common of the parenteral line types and usually short term. It goes into the upper arm. Inside the body the line goes through a vein into the chest, to the heart. Peripheral = opposite of central, so further/outer. (Catheter = tube that goes inside a body channel eg vein, urethra etc)

Hickman Line: This delivers nutrition pretty much the same way but goes in by the chest.

There are other IV line types but usually for medication or hydration rather than feeding. PICCs and Hickmans are often are used for medications too.

Why use gastric enteral feeding (NG, PEG etc)?

Can't or won't eat enough to meet nutritional needs.

Why Postpyloric/intestinal feeding (NJ, GJ, J-tube etc)?

As above but feeding into stomach is ineffective, unhelpful, intolerable or perhaps dangerous.

Why Parenteral (PICC etc)

Last resort if nothing else gives the necessary nutrition and/or balance.

Or if the person is "nil by mouth" but must get the nutrition

Occasionally, people have more than one type.

For example: someone might depend on a line in the veins but spend part of the day on a Nasojejunal feeding as much as they can tolerate, and have an old PEG site used for a tube for venting.

Another example: PEG fed and using PICC every so often to make up for some kind of deficiency.

So you've got the gist of it!

If you have any questions or if I've made any mistakes, feel free to let me know as long as it's nicely! :-)

Now for a pronunciation guide for anyone who needs it:

Nasogastric = NAY-zo-GASS-trick

Duodenum = DYOO-oh-DEE-num. Some might say dyoo-ODD-en-um

Jejunum = JEJ-oo-num or jej-OO-num

Percutaneous = PER-cyu-TAY-nee-us

Endoscopic = END-oh-SCOPP-ic

Gastrostomy = ga-STROSS-tum-ee

Jejunostomy = JEJ-ooNOSS-tum-ee

Parenteral = parENT-er-al

Radiologically = RAY-dee-ol-LOJ-ic-al-ee

Postpyloric = POST-pie-LOR-ic

Intravenous = IN-tra--VEE-nus

Peripherally = per-IF-er-al-ly

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Hey guys! I'm so sorry I've been MIA lately! Between my baby dropping phones in the toilet, being diagnosed with severe gastroparesis, adjusting to tube feeds, and chasing around a little guy things have been crazy! I am adjusting, but we could use some help, so ive started a go fund me. Totally ok if you can't donate, but if you would like an update its all on the page and sharing is greatly appreciated! I'll be posting more pics soon now that I actually have a phone with service 😂 ive missed you guys! Stay tuned for cute baby Pics, he's gotten so big and just keeps getting cuter! Momma on a mission Alexis Tubie backpack fundraiser link: https://www.gofundme.com/alexis-tube-backpack-fundraiser #update #severegastroparesis #MIA #ansurvivor #stayathomemama #gjtube #momlife #hospital #jtube #enteralfeeding #help #medicalhelp #kangeroojoey #tubefeed #anorexiasurvivor #spoonie #spoonielife #tubie #tubielife #potsie #posturalorthostatictachycardiasyndrome

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(The second photo is not of me it’s just a reference to what I’m going to be talking about) so I’ve been keeping this quite till I felt ready to talk about it so as lot of you know I have had a gtube my entire life well back in February I had my Gtube switched to a GJ tube well sense February I’ve already had to have the tube replaced many times which puts a strain on my body and being chronically ill that doesn’t help this tube was suppose to help not make things worse so we are at the point where I’ll have to have two separate tubes (such as like the second photo shows it will be a bit different but that’s the general idea) so I’ll have two separate tubes so this means I’ll have to go in for surgery stay in the hospital for as long as the doctors feel I need to stay and I’ll start off with a tube that dangles then I’ll be switched to a button tube so this has already put a lot of stress on me having to adjust to the fact I’ll have another tube in my body and have to have another hole put in my body (I already have a hard time with my body as it is...) but for who knows how long I’ll have this tube so it’s a lot of just praying and taking things one step at a time I don’t know when the surgery is yet but when I do I’ll let everyone know ❤️ #stressed #gtube #jtube #surgery #notlookingfowardtothis #chronicillness #feedingtube https://www.instagram.com/p/B1ZjO_thjey/?igshid=x1pb1egq9xfp

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[angelshoney]

Sorry I've been missing for awhile. I got a jejunostomy tube placed on Monday. I have gastroparesis and my stomach muscles don't work so I cannot keep down anything to give me nutrition. I got this tube placed to give me formula, water, and my medications. I'm still extremely sore from surgery but at least I am home in my own bed. 💕

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