recurrent granulation tissue overgrowth around g-tube

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Hello Everyone

I know that we had a big discussion before about what we were using

and this is what I learned yesterday

The nurse said she can't recommend it because they don't know why it

works but it has worked for other pt. She said to try it and see

what type of results we got. The silver nitrate worked but within a

few days we had the tissue growing back again. The next thing would

be to do a day surgery and " burn the tissue inside and out " .

Apply Eucalyptus Oil to the tissue. Found in a vitimin store for

about $5 for a 10ml bottle

I followed the directions of 5 drops to 10 ml of water. Applied it

last night and by morning the site improved.

The nurse also recommended to deflate the balloon a bit so it could

spin. The other nurse we saw said to keep it tight. Go figure.

Hope this helps and have a great day

Maloy

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Hi Maloy,

I wanted to respond about your post. has a g tube and has not

had any problems with granulation tissue at all. His site is

perfect. He has even had three different types of g tubes put in

him. The last being one that Dr. H placed. After she did this,

's site got really red and looked VERY irritated and I was

afraid it may get infected. The bumper was right on top of his skin,

which I never allowed with previous tubes. I have always requested

that they pull it back slightly so that there is room for air to get

in to it and also so that it can move around better. I have always

thought that if it was tight on his skin, it wouldn't allow air to

get to it, and create an environment for moisture and bacteria to

collect and grow. So, as I said, 's site is perfect and I have

even had doctors and even Dr. H comment on how " nice " it was. So,

maybe that is the trick. Don't let the bumper be pulled back so far

that it is floppy and has too much play in it.Just allow enough room

so that it isn't tight on the skin. After I had Dr. H pull 's

bumper back and after some applications of bicatracin, it got better

and the rednees went away, and now it is perfect again. Plus, I only

clean around 's site with a washcloth and baby wash. I don't

use the peroxide/sterile waster mixture. That was creating

irritation also. The peroxide stays there and festers and creates

redness. 's GI doctor told me to just wash it with the baby

wash, and once I did that, too, irritation went away. I hope some of

this helps. It is just what I have learned through trial and error.

Take care,

Jodi R.

IUGR/RSS 20 months old tomorrow! 14 lbs. 5 oz. now! Wooohoo!