What causes nasal feeding

Nasogastric feeding is done because of inability to eat, difficulty in swallowing, eating disorders, etc. to ensure normal nutritional needs. Nasogastric feeding is the process of injecting fluid food into the tube by passing a gastric tube through the nose to reach the stomach or duodenum to supplement nutrition, mainly because of inability to eat, difficulty in swallowing, eating disorders, etc. The need for nasal feeding is usually seen in the following situations, inability to eat such as coma, oral cancer, bulbar palsy, cerebral palsy, etc., dysphagia such as advanced esophageal dynamics, myasthenia gravis, cardia dystrophy, esophageal cancer, esophageal extrinsic compression, etc., and for special reasons such as preterm infants and critically ill infants and young children. If nasal feeding is needed, it should be carried out under the guidance of a doctor and should not be used blindly to avoid adverse effects.