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Feeding tube bleeding

cat9870
cat9870 CSN Member Posts: 1
in Head and Neck Cancer #1

Hi, I have been taking care of my mom who has been on an uphill battle with tongue cancer. She has had a feeding tube for the past five months. She is in constant pain in the area directly around the entrance into her body. She has always had some stuff (some blood and other discharge) but tonight when she changed the guaze pad around the feeding tube it started bleeding pretty bad. Not super bad to be an emergency but enough to stain her shirt and start dripping. It did stop after a few minutes. My question now is, Is this a normal thing? Is there anything we can do to help ease the pain and bleeding? Thanks in Advance for any help.

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  • caregiver wife
    caregiver wife CSN Member Posts: 234
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    Feeding tube bleeding

    This needs checked by the doctor before it becomes an ER situation.  Husband's  feeding  tube has been swapped out in the office 3 times these past few years. 

     

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