Stoma

When an artificial passage needs in a human’s body for the excretion of waste, like stool and urine, then surgeons make a round hole in the belly of the patient, called a stoma. The stoma can appear on the lower right or left side of the abdominal wall. The location of the round pit or new discharge organs depends on the disease and type of ostomy. The opening or stoma has a part of the rectum, ileum, or colon. Through these ducts, a person discharges the waste of the body. Doctors remove the infected section of bowel, rectum, large intestine, or small intestine (depends on the disease and infection), and bring the remaining and functional tracks to the stoma for the excretion of feces or urine.

Colostomy

Colostomy refers to the incision of the large intestine or colon. The colon is responsible for the excretion of solid waste of the body, called feces or stool. It picks up the feces or waste from the small intestine or ileum and makes it to leave a human’s body through the anus. Due to some diseases, a patient’s anus does not work or the colon diagnosis with the infection, blockage, injury, mucus, cancer, inflammatory bowel disease, or any other chronic disease, then the patient has to go through the colostomy. In this operation, doctors make an opening or hole in the left side of the abdominal wall. They remove the infected area of bowel, rectum, or colon. They show a new passage of excretion to the remaining part of the colon. After this surgery, a patient discharges the solid stool through the opening or stoma. An anus cannot perform its function after the colostomy surgery.

Moreover, in colostomy, a patient does not excrete liquid stool. However, a colostomy patient can feel the bowel movement after the surgery. The colostomy is permanent in the cases of permanent removal of the colon or rectum. But, in a few minor infections and diseases, you need a temporary colostomy. After the healing of the colon, rectum, or bowel, surgeons reverse the passage of the colon. After the reversal, a patient can discharge the feces through the anus.

Pouching System for Colostomy Patients

After getting a new organ in your abdomen, you will need a few new things for it. When there is a stoma in your belly wall, you cannot leave it open and let the feces come out and touch your body and dress. Thus, you require a bag to cover the opening and collect the feces. This is something you cannot get rid of. The pouching system will be the necessity of your life. A bag or pouch that will cover the opening and collect the stool, called a stoma or ostomy pouch. It will also need some other devices; thus, a colostomy patient will want an entire system, called an ostomy pouching system. The tools include; a bag, skin barrier, flanges, adhesive, adhesive remover, and wipes. The bag or stoma sack will collect the solid waste, you will have to empty your bag when you feel the bowel movement.

As the colostomy discharges solid stool; thus, you do not require a drainable pouch. Your stoma will discharge the feces once a day. Therefore, you can empty the content, wash your pouch, clean the stoma and peristomal skin, and wear it again. Moreover, you have an option of a discardable pouching system. These are the bags you do not have to wash and wear them again. After the excretion, you can discard them in the toilet. Use medicated wipes to clean the skin and open and wear a new stoma bag.