 "OCF Canuck" Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 5,260 Likes: 3 | If your dad is being fed via peg (NPO), chances are he is having some reflux of some sort - otherwise there would be nothing to cause aspirational pneumonia.
Even with first time rads people aspirational pneumonia is very possible (depending on where rads is aimed) Ideally I would seriously look into finding out what is causing it. If there is nothing going in from above, something must be coming up from below...
There are meds that can be prescribed for this to prevent reflux.
And it really may simply be about changing the speed of his feeds and how and when they are delivered.
hugs.
Cheryl : Irritation - 2004 BX: 6/2008 : Inflam. BX: 12/10, DX: 12/10 : SCC - LS tongue well dif. T2N1M0. 2/11 hemigloss + recon. : PND - 40 nodes - 39 clear. 3/11 - 5/11 IMRT 33 + cis x2, PEG 3/28/11 - 5/19/11 3 head, 2 chest scans - clear(fingers crossed) HPV-, No smoke, drink, or drugs, Vegan
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