Does prolonged nasal feeding affect life expectancy

Long-term nasal feeding does not affect life expectancy under normal circumstances and is still beneficial for some patients who cannot eat by mouth. Long-term nasal feeding patients should pay attention to nutritional balance and prevent aspiration, otherwise it may have adverse consequences and affect life expectancy. 1. Nutritional balance: We should calculate the daily energy requirement according to the height, weight and disease of the patient, prepare nasal feeding food or nutritional solution, and match the nutrients reasonably. Nutrition should not be too low, otherwise it will not be able to meet the body’s needs; nor should it be too high, otherwise it may aggravate the body’s burden. 2. Preventing aspiration: When nasal feeding food, elevate the head of the bed or sit up by the patient himself, and do not lie down immediately after feeding to prevent aspiration. It is also necessary to control the amount of food at one time, eat less and eat more, too much food at one time may lead to aspiration, and in serious cases, it may lead to aspiration pneumonia, or even asphyxiation which may endanger the life. Long-term nasal feeding diet of the patient’s family to strictly regulate the operation, under the guidance of the doctor.