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Ileostomy pouch collects a lot of gas: Any tips to help?
Ostomy & J-Pouch | Last Active: 8 hours ago | Replies (22)Comment receiving replies
@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?
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@susanf8
We are talking about removing filters because they are too restrictive (allow too much pressure to build up in the pouch). Removing the filter but keeping the vent allows the gas to escape much faster so pressure does not build up.
Pouches with no filter (and no vent) would be worse for gas build up.
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@susanf8 Thanks for your answer, Susa. I use the Sensura Mio double-click 60 mm deep convex flange with its accompanying bag. The bag has the extra plastic encased filter which I deliberately cut out because it gets clogged as soon as the output hits it. I also have samples in the Sensura Mio double click flat flange in both the 50 mm and 60 mm size and both come with bags that have the filter thingy in them. I don't know about the bags with no extra filters in them.
I learned about cutting out the filters on the Canadian ostomy forum. In fact Coloplast had been approached by some Canadian clients to get rid of those filters and they had refused.