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Most children with feeding tubes develop oral aversions, according to Feeding Tube Awareness.

Children with feeding tubes may need some extra attention
regarding oral/dental care, because children who don’t eat orally at all or as
often typically don’t produce as much teeth-cleaning saliva as other children
do.

Is it safe to swim in a pool or a natural body of water like a lake with lines and G-tubes? The answer is a little bit complicated.

There are several items G-tube users or their caregivers need to keep nearby in the event of an incident with the G-tube or an emergency.

Two out of every five patients with feeding tubes are children, so the question of how best to tube feed at school is an important one.