Rare diseases · Sign or symptom

Nasogastric tube feeding

HP:0040288

What it means

The condition of inability to eat normally treated by placement of a thin tube through the nose into the stomach that is then used to carry food.

Rare diseases that can present with this36

The range is how often this sign appears among people diagnosed with each disease — it is not a probability of having any of them. Many of these signs also occur in common, non-rare conditions. A sign on this page is a conversation to have with a clinician, not a conclusion.

Part of the broader category

Nasogastric tube feeding

Tracking symptoms like this for someone? Eleplan keeps symptoms, diagnoses, medications and every specialist in one plan.

Start free with Eleplan

This page uses the Human Phenotype Ontology (2026-06-23) — Human Phenotype Ontology Consortium, hpo.jax.org. Disease associations from Orphanet (INSERM), CC BY 4.0. Content is educational and is not medical advice.