Down the tube skin#

Your medicines may need to stop or change before your PEG tube is put in. How do I get ready for the PEG tube procedure? Medicines You can take mild pain medicine to help with any pain. You can have a little pain after it is put in. You may feel pressure or pushing during the procedure. You may not feel pain or remember the procedure. You will be given medicines in an IV to help you relax.

Down the tube skin#

An abnormal tissue opening, called a fistula, may form between your skin.

Your stomach may not empty into your intestines.

The PEG tube can get blocked, crack, break, and leak.

The end of the PEG tube moving out of place.

Bruising, pain, and sores around your stoma.

Infection in your lungs from liquid in your stomach getting into your lungs.

Damage or bleeding in your esophagus and stomach from the scope.

What are the risks of getting a PEG tube? This is a shot of medicine in your skin to numb the area where the cut is made. Your doctor will also give you local anesthesia. This will keep you from having pain while you are getting the PEG tube. Your health care team will put in an Intravenous catheter (IV) and give you medicine through it to help you relax. A small balloon is blown up on the end of the PEG tube inside your stomach, and there is a small disc on the outside to hold it in place. Your doctor will make a small incision (cut in your skin) and put the PEG tube in an opening in your stomach this is called a stoma. The light helps your doctor find the best place to put the PEG tube. It goes down into your mouth, through your esophagus (food pipe), and into your stomach. It is a small camera with a light on a thin, flexible tube. A tool called an endoscope (scope) is used. You go to the Digestive Disease Center to get a PEG tube placed. It can also be used to take air and fluid out of your stomach. Liquid, such as formula, fluids, and medicines, can be put through the PEG tube if you cannot eat or drink all the nutrients you need. It is a soft, plastic feeding tube that goes into your stomach.