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New to the Ileostomy world: Any tips?

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@harrison221

Be sure you have a Stoma Nurse that you can see promptly should the redness gets worse and you need help. If you do not have Stoma Nurses available in your area find a Wound Care Clinic which is located at most Hospitals.
The Stoma Powder never worked for me. I use Hollister Stoma Paste on my barrier ring and after two changes the redness improved and then went away.

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lmiller116 | @lmiller116 | Feb 11 8:25am

We do have a Stoma nurse. I may have been the problem 🙁 My role was to measure and cut (his stoma is still changing in size) and I was cutting it too big because I was afraid of making it too tight around the stoma. This was causing leakage. Now I know better and we are temporarily increasing the changing frequency (every 2-3 days) since it is shrinking rapidly.
Good to know about the paste - I didn't know there were other options beyond the powder.

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