There are other options meant for long-term tube feeding. If your pediatrician expects you to feed your baby via a tube for a longer period of time, they may prescribe a different treatment plan.

When someone is very ill or has had surgery that interrupts ordinary ways of eating and drinking, tube feeding is a life-saving necessity, but it’s cumbersome and uncomfortable to use.

A 12-year-old British girl still requires a feeding tube two years after contracting COVID-19 — as the once energetic child battles to recover from the long-term ravages of the illness.

With help from La Rabida Children’s Hospital, Zayne Negoski of Joliet got an alternative tube-feeding formula. But his family and those of other medically needy kids have struggled and often had ...

It was then that doctors suggested a feeding tube. Juliette said she wasn't keen on the idea at first, but realised it could be her ticket to getting back to some version of normal. "I thought ...