Question

Compare and Contrast enteral and parenteral nutrition.

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-- The Enteral  nutrition means any kind of method of the feeding that will be using the gastrointestinal tract to deliver part or all of a persons overall caloric needs.It involves the diet through the mouth, using the liquid supplements or the daily needs by using a feeding tube.The place were the tube should be entered and the model of the tube will be said in enteral  access.

-- The Parenteral nutrition means supplying the calories and nutrients to the vein.This will be like as simple as carbohydrate calories supplied as a sugar in an intravenous solution or the important nutrients should supplied which including protein, fat, carbohydrates, trace elements and vitamins.

-- There are a number of reasons for enteral and parenteral nutrition which including Gastrointestinal disorders like bowel obstruction, crohn's  disease, ulcerative colitis and short bowel syndrome and some cancers or in comatose clients or patients.

-- Normally the enteral nutrition is given when technically possible and some of the persons may be having a different type of medical problems that make the difficulty in proper use of GI tract.And their nutrient and calorie requirements may not be correct by present level of GI tract functioning.That is when sometimes parenteral nutrition required to help an single person remain hydrated and perhaps to supply nutrients ad calories to allow for the development and growth.

-- The nutrition supplied by enteral tube will make some complications like diarrhea, not proper absorption of nutrients, vomiting, nausea, increased blood sugar, mineral deficiency, low liver proteins and the tube which is entered through the nose like nasoenteric tubes may cause nose and throat irritations and acute sinus infection. And also the tube which has been entered through the skin like gastrostomy tubes can cause some kind of wound and infections.

-- Complications of parenteral Nutrition: The thrombosis of the blood vessel surrounding an catheter Is a potential complication with the intravenous therapy or intravenous nutrition.Many things are involved in the clotting of blood vessels.

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