what is a picc line???

Reading a post and wasnt sure what it is or why you might have to get one. Could someone explain please?

My best explaination is it's small tube inserted into your stomach and liquid nourishment is fed through the tub for nutrients if someone is unable to keep food down by mouth.   Hope that helps, maybe someone else can give you a better detailed explaination.

Have a great day,

Sherry

Um, no, it's not.  You're talking about a g-tube or a j-tube. A picc line is a venous cather. It is not inserted into your digestive system.

It is similar to an IV but can be used for a long time. My sister had one and it was in the vein of her upper arm.

A picc line is a type of IV catheter that is inserted when a patient needs to have repeated IV infusions over a long period of time. PICC stands for Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter. It is frequently used when a patient is on long-term IV antibiotics or chemotherapy. The catheter is inserted in a vein, often in the upper chest near the shoulder and then threaded under x-ray guidance to the vena cava, the body's main vein.  It is not something you would ordinarily need prior to or as a result of RNY surgery unless there are serious complications,

Hope this helps!

I had a PICC line for 3 months after my Bypass. I had to get TPN ( Total Parenteral Nutrition) through my PICC because i was severly dehydrated and malnurished. So pretty much i lived off of a iv in my upper arm for 3 months. 

Yes, Jonsoca is correct.  I had to have a PICC line placed a week after my surgery because of a leak and some other issues.  I was instructed NPO (meaning nothing by mouth... not even water) for an undetermined amount of time and by then they had tapped every other vein available in my arms and they just wouldn't hold anymore.  I was sent home (after my second visit to the hospital) on TPN (Total Parental Nutrition) and this along with antibiotics twice a day is what I went home on a PICC line with.  My arms were so sore from then sticking me all the time so I was happy to get the PICC line because they can do blood draws from there too.  My TPN gave me all the nutrients and fluids I needed until I was able to eat and drink again and then I also had to set up antibiotics to run twice a day.   The antibiotics were for 2 weeks and the TPN I was on for about 4-6 weeks.  It sucked big time.  You feel very confined because although you can go out of the house if you want to, my TPN ran 16 hours a day so I always had to drag the stupid backpack with me.  Plus, taking a shower was a big hassle because PICC lines can get infected so easily, you had to take extra precautions to make sure it was wrapped air tight so that no water would get in it while you got washed.  Thank GOD for my hubby because he would help me wrap it and then usually got in with me to help me wash so that I could keep that arm in the air, LOL.  I had a very rare complication, not many people get and was in the hospital twice after my original surgery.  This was just back in April and May of this year and I'm fine now.  It was a miserable couple of months but I had good doctors and family to help see me through it all.  Best of luck to you.

 So to get a picc line...why would you have to? I'm having major issues with foods (as in I'm now on a liquid diet only for the next several days to see if this vomit situation improves) and its progressed to troubles with getting fluids in. Today (it's 320 here) I've have about 10 oz of fluids. I just get so nauseous. I'm going to the doctors to get bloodwork done in an hour or two and I'm gonna obviously ask of they can tell I'm dehydrated then and there (can they? I imagine so, but this is new to me). But for this picc line, you'd have to be SEVERELY dehydrated and malnourished, right? Lol the thought of one terrifies me. And obvious next question, how badly does it hurt??