Carolyn Rickert's tween was diagnosed with emetophobia — a fear of vomiting that stopped her eating. The mom said Vivi was severely underweight and was put on a feeding tube to get essential nutrients ...

Feeding tubes deliver nutrition, hydration, and medication directly to a person’s stomach or intestines. A healthcare professional will insert it through the nose, mouth, or abdomen. A person may not ...

A woman who refused to eat for the first decade of her life choked on her own vomit, an inquest heard. Tia-Mae McCarthy, 21, baffled doctors as a child with her refusal to eat, surviving on tube feeds ...