What happens if you don’t get feeding tubes?

Created by Jadzia Samuel, Modified on Thu, 24 Aug, 2023 at 9:40 AM by Jadzia Samuel

Patients who don’t receive any nutrition at all, will become progressively weaker over weeks. After several days, they don’t feel hunger or thirst. They usually become unconscious, and will eventually die due to their heart not functioning properly.

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