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Ileostomy pouch collects a lot of gas: Any tips to help?
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Re: clogged Coloplast filters. I have been using a 2-piece Coloplast appliance since almost when I began this journey. Found a post on another forum about the filters and the clogging. The poster's answer was to cut out the filters before you use them. What a difference that makes. I started doing it each time I received a new box and would never go back. Just be careful to cut only the filter plastic.
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@piki
I really want to learn more about this pouch modification,
I also use Coloplast two part pouch system. The filter is a charcoal disc about the size of a quarter. It is fed gas from a semi-circular perforated collector inside the top of the
pouch. Gas enters at the rim of the quarter sized filter and exits out a hole in the center of the disc. The center hole has a small paper filter which is a barrier to keep liquid (or semi-liquid) matter from leaking out of the pouch. The carbon filter very slowly let gas pass through to the outside. With my wet gassy ileostomy output the filter quickly becomes so clogged it is useless.
I really hope you can tell me more about the modification you found useful.
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@piki there are different filter shapes for different lines. Mio has a circular filter, Sensura has, I think, a small semicircular one.
Are you removing the filter because you don't want it? There are bags with no filters in some sizes.
Which Coloplast product line do you use?