What is an Ostomy?
An ostomy refers to the hole made by surgery to allow stool or urine to leave your body through your belly. It can also be called a stoma. You will have a small open end of your ureter or small or large bowel stick out through your skin. It is not painful since it has no nerve endings. Your surgeon will connect a pouch that collects urine and stool to your stoma.
Reasons for Getting an Ostomy
Your doctor might have recommended it to treat serious bowel problems. It can also be done to let a part of your body heal after surgery. A person might need an ostomy to remove disease from a specific organ. The reasons can be:
- Colorectal, rectal or bladder cancer
- Injury to the bowel or bladder
- Severe bowel disorders like Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis
- A blocked bowel
- Diverticulitis (tiny patches of your colon become inflamed)
- An infection
- Faecal incontinence (loss of control over your bowel)
Types of Ostomy
Three kinds of ostomy procedures are undertaken on a patient. The name depends on what organ the operation is performed on. Two of the types help remove faeces through an ostomy bag. The other type diverts urine to a urine bag outside of the body.
Ileostomy. The ileum (bottom of your small intestine) is brought up through your abdominal wall to make a stoma. It is usually executed on patients with rectal cancer or inflammatory bowel disease.
Colostomy. A part of your colon is extracted through this procedure. The colostomy attached the remaining colon to the outside of your body.
Urostomy. The tubes that carry your urine to the bladder are re-routed to your stoma. This procedure is executed on cancer or diseases that affect and cause problems in the bladder.
Final Thoughts
Coloplast is a global leader in Ostomy. Their listen and respond approach to product innovation enables them to produce ostomy appliances and accessories that set the bar in stoma care. It can help ostomates around the world to make ostomy care easier and live life to the fullest. They have a wide range of products, from barrier cream for wound care to different types of stoma bags. To provide optimal comfort and simplify wound care, they work together with end-users and healthcare professionals.
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