Elderly people with gastrostomy tubes are usually fed by means of gastrostomy tubes with fluids.
Generally speaking, if the disease is more serious or it is difficult for the body to take in food on its own, it will be intubated to ensure that the patient has sufficient nutritional intake by means of fluids or semi-fluids through the gastric tube, which generally include milk, diluted rice, and various kinds of broths, etc. The specific operation mainly involves suctioning food into a syringe and then putting the end of the gastric tube.
The specific operation mainly consists of suctioning food into a syringe, then connecting the syringe to the end of the gastric tube, then loosening the clamp holding the gastric tube and slowly injecting the food in the syringe into the stomach through the gastric tube, and so on and so forth. Each nasal feeding should be appropriate amount of food according to the specific situation, each operation do not let the gastric tube and the outside world directly connected, in order to prevent the outside air into the stomach.
After hitting the food and then inject a syringe of water, rinse the gastric tube, and finally clip on the clamp of the gastric tube can be.
Placement and use of the gastric tube should be done under medical supervision.