Dealing with Skin Irritation from Ileostomy Pouches

I AM GETTING SMALL SORE AND I HAVE AN ILEOSTOMY ANY POUCHES THAT LET OUR SKIN BREATHE ??? IM USING S SHALLOW CONVEX I PIECE I SEEM TO HAVE THINNER SKIN AROUND MY STOMA AND I CANT GET ANY SURGERY TO MOVE IT , ITS BEN DONE IM SO WORRIED ABOUT THE FUTURE IM USING FREE CREAM SUDOCREAM AND I MAY PUT A SMALL BIT OF XAF33 ???????????????????????

WOULD LUV TO BE POUCH FREE AND YES HAVE TRIED ALL THOSE SILLY THINGS A STICKY POUCH WITH MORE BREATHABLE WOULD BE GREAT I HAVNT SEEN ANYTHING IN OUR AUSTRALIAN MAGAZINE ??

Hi Mooza, It's me LadyHope.  I sometimes get a rash around the edge of my wafer...and it itches like crazy.  When this happens and I am not ready to change the wafer completely, I wipe the area with witch hazel and dry it.  Then I sprinkle a little baby powder.  It helps me.  As for those pouches, I will bath and shower with the pouch covered so it does not get wet.  I sometime think, but not sure, if a wet pouch on the skin could cause a fungal infection.  For a bath, I just roll the pouch and tape it so I can relax in the tub with the water almost to the wafer.  With a shower, I use a cheap sandwich baggie like a rain coat and tape around the edges.  Sometimes water gets in but that small amount drys quickly.  Yes, I wish I could snap my fingers, make a wish and my stoma would reconnect with everything and I am back to the old way.   But until then, Stanley and I are in this together so we make the best of it.  Stanley is my stoma:)  Hope this helps heal the sore.  Take care.  LH

Hi Mare,

Sweaty Pimples I think is a yeast infection, what about trying some cornstarch right from your pantry on your skin. I use to put a dusting on my kids bottoms when they were in diapers it kept the diaper rash away.

Hi Lady Hope......It's Marsha.   I'm writing to tell you that I love the name you gave your stoma....Stanley!   What a guy.   My friend has a george, and "Rosie's Mom"....  is really a cute "name".  I've never, in 50 years named mine.....   I don't really know why.  And now it seems like it's too late.  Or, maybe I should run a contest, and have other's suggest a name for "My Stoma".  

BTW, I  Like the reply you gave Mooza...  I've become very susceptible to "fungal" irritations....so I've been using  Zabsorb powder., in creases of skin ( I'm overweight)  under "boobs", and now I also use it under the pouch,  after a shower when I'm in a rush and my skin is damp. 

I gave up taking baths more than 50 years ago, although I do indulge if I happen to be in a hotel with a hot tub, or whirl pool tub.  I have no trouble keeping my wafer on in cold water....oceans or pools, but the wafer doesn't always dry well enough if soaked in hot water of a shower or bath.   So I take very short showers, with my back to the water....unless I'm going to change.   Ah....those are nice , hot, long steamy showers, .   As for tape,

I'm allergic to adhesive, and even some paper tapes, but found "Scanpoor", which stay on through at least 2 showers, and acts like a second skin.

Best Regards,

Marsha

Hi Mooza,

Read your post, about trouble with your skin.   If it's under your wafer.....don't use soap....use hot water, and then cold water...and use a good skin prep.  I always spray stoma hesive powder on the skin around the stoma.....and under the wafer.   

I'm allergic to reg tape, and use a paper tape...Scanpoor" with very good results.  It actually stays on through a shower. 

If you're getting a rash under the pouch / where the pouch rubs the pelvic skin, it could be fungal.   Try baby powder, or corn startch....but if it's fungal, try a specialty powder.  I use one callled  Z Absorb.  But check your pharmacy.   It use to be a "male" product for jock itch...but now it's generic.  for men or women... "Crotch itch" ?   Well, not really, just in the creases...sometimes.  

We'll have to skype again soon.  It was a fun visit.   Hope all is well. 

Marsha

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