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An elderly male patient with stomach cancer recently had a feeding tube…
An elderly male patient with stomach cancer recently had a feeding tube inserted into his alimentary canal to bypass the esophagus, stomach and duodenum. He also tells you that he had his gall bladder removed several years ago. What does this now mean in terms of his diet, food preparation, and possible effects on the rest of his digestive process?
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Upstream causes
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What organs are not able to participate in the digestive process, what chemicals or enzymes are not getting added to the food?
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Downstream effects
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for each thing that is not able to occur in digestion indicate how this will impact the food he can be given
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He would have to have a raw plant based diet with fruits and vegetables grown in nutrient rich soil to receive the enzymes his body is lacking from the bypass