After radiotherapy for esophageal cancer, the doctor will take about 1 week to remove the nasal feeding tube according to the recovery of gastrointestinal function and wound healing of the patient.
Nasogastric tube is the most important nutritional tube for enteral nutritional support of esophageal cancer patients, which is conducive to maintaining the structural and functional integrity of intestinal mucosal cells, reducing the ectopic of intestinal bacteria during intestinal fasting, decreasing the occurrence of phlebitis and other complications, effectively improving the immunity of patients’ body, and promoting the recovery of patients’ early intestinal function.
If nasogastric tube is pulled out too early for esophageal cancer patients, the nutritional support of patients is not strong enough, resulting in malnutrition; if it is pulled out too late, it may affect the daily life of patients and bring discomfort to them.
Doctors will pull out the nasal feeding tube according to the recovery of gastrointestinal function and wound healing, etc. Generally speaking, it can be lifted from the diet ban in about 1 week, and gradually transition from water, liquid food, semi-liquid food to general food, so it is suggested to follow the doctor’s instruction.