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What Causes Mucous Vomiting While Suffering From Quadriplegia?

My son is 6 and has quadripalegic CP, he is on a 24/7 feeding tube and listed NPO. Last week he had a bad head cold, but his mucus lessened and he hasn t had any meds since friday. Tonight he is much worse, heavy stridor breathing, and he has begun vomiting mucusy foam, which I ve seen before, except it is brown and not the normal yellowy/green. Any ideas, or should I just try him on some expectorant and decongestant and observe?
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brownish colored mucosy bleeding may be due to gastric ulcers either stress induced or due to irritation by ryle tube. u can use proton pump inhibitors along with prokinetics such as pantoprazole with domperidone in this condition.
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What Causes Mucous Vomiting While Suffering From Quadriplegia?

brownish colored mucosy bleeding may be due to gastric ulcers either stress induced or due to irritation by ryle tube. u can use proton pump inhibitors along with prokinetics such as pantoprazole with domperidone in this condition.