Ileostomy bags

Hi welcome to the group I'm glad you found your way here okay.

No need to apologies for asking a question, you need to be comfortable with the pouch you are wearing. Have you discussed this with your stoma care nurse as it maybe the adhesive used on the pouch that is causing you the problems. 

Pouches come with various different types of adhesive and can contain things like Aloe Vera and Manuka honey to help protect the skin.

You can phone Coloplast direct and they will give you a body check and possibly suggest different pouches and send you samples. One of the products I've recently started to use is Coloplast Protective Sheets reference 3210. These are square plasters that you cut a hole in and place over your stoma under the pouch base plate and gives some protection to the skin and stops any of your poo irritating skin and causing soreness and redness.

You can contact any of the pouch manufacturers and there are many and ask for samples to try until you find one that suits you. Pouch manufactures are only too pleased to send you samples.

Other manufactures include Salts Healthcare, Convatec, Pelican, Dansac and Clinimed (Securicare Medical).

All the manufacturers have a page in their web sites to request samples you just need to answer a few simple questions and wait for the postman to ring your bell.

As you're experiencing soreness if the peristomal skin around your stoma are you using a barrier film before you apply your pouch, the one I find quite good just now comes from Independent products and is called Fusion reference BW2 website 

www.independenceproducts.co.uk

They are very good with their samples.

Hope this helps, please ask if you need any more help with anything always pleased to help.

Ian

Thankyou so much for your response. I will have a look through this in great detail. I have also seen non-drainable bags but I can't envisage how those are practical? Maybe thats another post.

Many thanks again

Hi again.

As you've got an ileostomy non drainable (closed) bags are not an option as you need to empty the bag as the output will range from porridge like to watery consistency.

You do have the option of using 1or 2 piece bags and if you use a 2 piece you probably won't need to change the base plate every time just click on a new bag, this is all down to personal choice.

You should expect to change your bag on average every other day although it will vary from daily to longer, always make sure you have ample stocks for emergencies.

Ian

Hi ,

I basically just want to second anything Ian said.

Try different bags from different suppliers until you find one that works (most of them will send you samples of different bags). My personal choice was the Salts Confidence Natural Advance; just happened to be what I woke up with in hospital and since it worked for me, decided not to change. But everyone is different, so find what works for you. Non-drainable bags are used by people with colostomies, where the stoma is much closer to the back passage. Naturally the output is more formed and so not really drainable. They basically change bags after every bowel movement. I had a temporary colostomy about halfway along my colon, so even though output was not as runny as with people with ileostomies, it was just liquid enough to use the drainable bags.

Make sure to use adhesive remover when removing the bag / baseplate (I preferred the small cans of spray to the wipes). And as Ian mentioned, barrier film (I liberally used a small can of spray when at home and wipes in my emergency bag when I was out or at the office). The barrier film helps to protect the skin, but also makes the skin a bit more tacky to help with adhesion.

Hope you get it sorted soon.

Yolande

Many thanks for your comments on this. I will take note. Very helpful and thankyou very much for your help.