I have worked in the past on a paediatric hospital's general surgery unit as an RN. Often we had babies and kids seen for GI problems and will either get an NG (short term) or a G or J tube. I was wondering about feelings of hunger/satiation before/after tube feeds. From my understanding you aren't solely reliant on J tubes (sorry if I misunderstood!) but after you tube feed do you feel 'full'? I ask this because the J tube bypasses the stomach and without that stretching of a full stomach, can you feel 'full' just based on the familiarity/anticipation of a tube feed? Sorry if this seems like a dumb question, a lot of my kids are either young or non verbal and I've always wondered this!
Good luck with everything, I hope we find a cure one day!
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Hi there! Thanks for doing this AMA.
I have worked in the past on a paediatric hospital's general surgery unit as an RN. Often we had babies and kids seen for GI problems and will either get an NG (short term) or a G or J tube. I was wondering about feelings of hunger/satiation before/after tube feeds. From my understanding you aren't solely reliant on J tubes (sorry if I misunderstood!) but after you tube feed do you feel 'full'? I ask this because the J tube bypasses the stomach and without that stretching of a full stomach, can you feel 'full' just based on the familiarity/anticipation of a tube feed? Sorry if this seems like a dumb question, a lot of my kids are either young or non verbal and I've always wondered this!
Good luck with everything, I hope we find a cure one day!
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