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EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL FOR RISK MINIMISATION
Very Common: May Affect More Than 1 in 10 People
• Stomach pain
• Infection where the tube goes into your stomach —
caused by surgery
• Thick scarring where the tube goes in your stomach
• Problems from having the tube put in (e�g�, pain or
swelling in the mouth or throat, difficulty swallowing,
stomach discomfort, pain or swelling, injury to the
throat, mouth or stomach, bleeding, being sick/vomiting,
wind/flatulence, or anxiety)
• Problems around where the tube goes into your
stomach — red or raw skin, sores, discharge, pain
or irritation
Common: May Affect up to 1 in 10 People
• Incision site infection, post procedural infection after
the tube is placed in the intestine
•
Inflamed wall of stomach
• Infection in the gut (intestine) or where the tube goes into
your stomach
• The tube moves around in the gut or gets blocked, which
could cause lower amounts of medicine to be absorbed
