You could try gently plunging with warm water, if that not effective pineapple juice, cranberry juice or coca cola. As mentioned above thorough rinsing of the tube after each use is very important. It should also be rinsed a couple of times a day when not in use just to maintain patency. If all fails contact Dr. who put tube in, it is possible it could have kinked inside the gut. This happened to one of my husband's PEG tubes and it had to be replaced.


Caregiver to husband Dx. Stage 4 SCC of gingiva with 3 nodes pos. Partial mandiblectomy with bone graft from iliac crest Dec. 2006. IMRT x30, Cisplatin x3. Completed Tx. March 15, 2007. Osteonecrosis & removal of graft & plate Oct. 2007. Recurrence of SCC Dec. 2007. Deceased Jan. 17, 2008.