Stoma paste is best removed using lukewarm water and a cloth, but you can use adhesive removal wipes or adhesive removal spray too. You don't need to get every bit of paste off your skin, so don't scrub too hard trying to do this, since you may damage or irritate the skin surrounding your stoma.
The Brava Adhesive Remover comes in two forms: a spray and a convenient wipe. The gentle spray makes it easy to remove the barrier, while the wipe gently removes adhesive residues left on the skin. The wipe's discreet packaging makes it practical for traveling or use on-the-go.
Removing paste can be a challenge, but you can either use warm water and a cloth/gauze pad, or adhesive remover wipes. You don't have to worry about getting every last bit of it off your skin, and scrubbing too hard will irritate the skin near your stoma.
Paste can also fill in small creases or dips in the skin around the stoma, preventing leaks or undermining of stool under the barrier. All pastes can be in direct contact with the stoma and will not cause harm.
Squeeze a ring of paste around the inner edge of the ring on your skin barrier. Or, if you prefer, you can apply the paste directly to clean, dry skin around your stoma.
Stoma paste is added directly to the barrier wafer or the skin surrounding the stoma. In both instances, let the product dry for a couple of minutes before securing the barrier.
You can bathe or shower with or without wearing your pouching system. Normal exposure to air or water will not harm or enter your stoma. If you're showering without your pouch, remove the skin barrier too. Try to create a routine that coincides with when you're due for a pouch change.
Taking a Skin Break
Many people enjoy leaving their skin uncovered for 15 to 30 minutes after taking their pouching system off. This is called a skin break. Taking a skin break can help with irritation or keep it from happening. You can decide if you want to take a skin break.
Use the palm of your hand to apply gentle pressure to the stoma, very gently pushing it back into its usual position. 2. Another alternative is to apply a cold compress to the stoma with your pouch on. Then try to reduce the stoma again using the palm of your hand.
Barrier rings are versatile in the way they can be applied. You can either apply the barrier ring to your ostomy wafer or directly to your skin, whichever you prefer.
Stomahesive® Paste
Use as a filler in uneven skin surfaces to help increase ostomy system wear-time and protect skin. Hydrocolloid-based protective skin barrier, filler or caulk to fill gaps between skin barrier and stoma. Use as filler in uneven skin surfaces to help increase ostomy system wear-time and protect skin.
Rubbing Alcohol
Rubbing alcohol is effective in dissolving most adhesives.
You may feel concerned about getting your stoma or skin wet, but normal exposure to water and air will not harm your stoma in any way.
Red or sore skin around your stoma is usually caused by leakage from your pouch and the output from your stoma getting underneath the appliance and onto your skin. It is important to regularly evaluate the skin around your stoma.
The best position to sleep in when you have a stoma is on your back, or on your side. If you prefer to sleep on your stomach, this will be fine at the beginning of the night but increases the chances of leaks as the night progresses and your bag fills.
The dry air can make your airways produce mucus. The mucus can collect around your stoma and get crusty. To protect your stoma and your airways, try to avoid: extreme temperatures.
You should obviously handle your stoma with care, but there is no need to be afraid of touching it. To clean it, simply use tap water and soft medical wipes or soft cotton wool. The stoma and the skin around it doesn't need soap for cleansing, and in fact, soap could irritate it - as could baby wipes.
It involves washing out your colon with water either every day or every other day. To do this, you gently insert a small device into your stoma and attach it to a bag full of water. You slowly move water into your colon so it washes it out.
It is also important to keep the wound properly moist during the stage of wound epithelialization. If the wound surface is dry, it will delay cell regeneration and thus delay the wound healing process. Therefore, keeping the wound warm and moisturized after operation can promote wound healing.
What is Stomahesive Paste Made Of?: 2-BUTENEDIOIC ACID, MONOBUTYL ESTER POLYMER W/METHOXYETHENE, TRIACETIN, CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE, GELATIN, PECTIN, GLYCERYL TRIS 12-HYDROXY STEARATE, ETHANOL, BUTANOL, N-BUTYL ALCOHOL, PROPYL CARBINOL, and BUTYL ALCOHOL.
What does this mean? If your stoma output is loose and watery for more than 24 hours nutrients, electrolytes (eg. Salt) and fluid are not absorbed properly.
To treat irritated skin around the stoma you can use stoma powder under the ostomy appliance. The powder is available from a medical surgical supplier. If skin has a red, raised, itchy pimply rash: If you have a rash this may indicate a yeast infection and you may use an antifungal powder (2% Miconazole).
Adapt paste and other ostomy pastes contain alcohol which may cause a stinging sensation if you have a skin irritation. * Adapt barrier rings are alcohol- free and are an alternative for sensitive or irritated skin.