What are the parts of a PEG tube?

Here are the important parts of your PEG tube:

• PEG/Gastronomy feeding tube.
• 2 small discs that are on the outside and the inside of the gastrostomy opening (or stoma) in your stomach wall.
• A clamp to close off the feeding tube.
• A device to attach or fix the tube to the skin when not feeding.

What is the G tube hole called?

The gastrostomy tube is inserted during surgery. A small hole called a “stoma” or “gastrostomy” is made in the abdomen. The tube usually remains in the stoma. If the tube is removed, the stoma may get smaller and even close.

What comes out of G tube?

Gastrostomy tubes (G tubes) and gastrojejunostomy tubes (GJ tubes) are feeding devices. A G tube gives liquid nutrition, medication and other fluids directly into the stomach. A GJ tube gives liquid nutrition, medication and other fluids directly into the small intestine (the jejunum).

What can you put in G tube?

You can easily feed yogurt through a g tube. Not if you gravity feed, but most of us who feed only real food through a g tube push food through with a 60ml cath tip syringe connected to an extension if the person has a low profile button or into the peg.

What is the difference between a G tube and a PEG tube?

though both terms are often used interchangeably, g-tube implies tube placed in the stomach only while peg tube may be tube placed in the stomach, duodenum , and jejunum . A gastrostomy, G, or PEG tube is always in the stomach. A gastrojejunostomy consists of two tubes in one.

How do you clean a G tube?

Steps for Cleaning the G-tube at Home Dip a corner of a washcloth into warm clean water. Add some mild unscented bath soap to the corner of the washcloth. Gently wipe around the G-tube hole using the wet and soapy corner of the washcloth. Dip a new and dry corner of the washcloth into clean warm water (do not add soap).

What size is a G tube?

(G-tubes, G-buttons, Bard, Nutriport, Mickey) Gastrostomy tube size consists of 2 numbers: the tube diameter, and the length of the tube within the tract. Tract length is measured in centimeters (cm) and generally ranges from 1.2cm to 4.0cm for button type gastrostomy tubes.