Ileostomy Home Guide
An ileostomy is a surgical procedure to make an opening (stoma) for stool to leave your body. The surgery is done when a medical condition prevents stool from passing through the intestines and leaving your body through the rectum.
During the surgery, a part of the small intestine (ileum) is attached to the stoma made in the abdominal wall. A bag or pouch is fitted over the stoma. Stool and gas will collect in the pouch.
After having this surgery, you will need to empty and change your ileostomy pouch as needed. You will also need to take steps to care for the stoma.
HOW DO I CARE FOR MY STOMA?
Your stoma should look pink and moist. At first, the stoma may be swollen, but this swelling will go away within 6 weeks. …show more content…
• Store all supplies in a cool, dry place. Do not leave supplies in extreme heat because parts can melt.
• To prevent odor, you can put drops of ostomy deodorizer in the pouch. Your health care provider may also recommend putting ostomy lubricant inside the pouch. This helps the stool to slide out of the pouch more easily and completely.
• Return to your normal activities as told by your health care provider. Ask your health care provider what activities are safe for you.
SEEK MEDICAL CARE IF:
• You have more redness, swelling, or pain around your stoma.
• You have more fluid or blood coming from your stoma.
• Your stoma feels warm to the touch.
• You have pus coming from your stoma.
• Your stoma extends in or out farther than normal.
• Your stoma becomes purple, black, or pale white.
• You need to change the pouch every day.
• You have a fever.
• You have abdominal pain, nausea, or bloating.
• No stool is passing from the stoma.
• You have diarrhea, requiring you to empty the pouch more frequently than normal.
SEEK IMMEDIATE MEDICAL CARE IF:
• Your stool is bloody.
• You vomit.
• You have trouble
An ileostomy is a surgical procedure to make an opening (stoma) for stool to leave your body. The surgery is done when a medical condition prevents stool from passing through the intestines and leaving your body through the rectum.
During the surgery, a part of the small intestine (ileum) is attached to the stoma made in the abdominal wall. A bag or pouch is fitted over the stoma. Stool and gas will collect in the pouch.
After having this surgery, you will need to empty and change your ileostomy pouch as needed. You will also need to take steps to care for the stoma.
HOW DO I CARE FOR MY STOMA?
Your stoma should look pink and moist. At first, the stoma may be swollen, but this swelling will go away within 6 weeks. …show more content…
• Store all supplies in a cool, dry place. Do not leave supplies in extreme heat because parts can melt.
• To prevent odor, you can put drops of ostomy deodorizer in the pouch. Your health care provider may also recommend putting ostomy lubricant inside the pouch. This helps the stool to slide out of the pouch more easily and completely.
• Return to your normal activities as told by your health care provider. Ask your health care provider what activities are safe for you.
SEEK MEDICAL CARE IF:
• You have more redness, swelling, or pain around your stoma.
• You have more fluid or blood coming from your stoma.
• Your stoma feels warm to the touch.
• You have pus coming from your stoma.
• Your stoma extends in or out farther than normal.
• Your stoma becomes purple, black, or pale white.
• You need to change the pouch every day.
• You have a fever.
• You have abdominal pain, nausea, or bloating.
• No stool is passing from the stoma.
• You have diarrhea, requiring you to empty the pouch more frequently than normal.
SEEK IMMEDIATE MEDICAL CARE IF:
• Your stool is bloody.
• You vomit.
• You have trouble