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Ileostomy pouch collects a lot of gas: Any tips to help?
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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.
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@piki Coloplast does make some bags with no filters. But they have such a wide selection of wafers and bags that it can be confusing. They color code the bags and wafers so that it's easier to know what is size compatible with what. I wear a Sensura drainable bag that comes with no filter in the red sizing. The Assura bags also fit my wafer, but have filters. So Assura, and Sensura wafers can use pouches of the other style.
Then there is the Sensura Mio, which has a different attachment system. I don't think they are interchangable with Assura or Sensura pouches. I don't think these have filterless bags.
If you called Coloplast customer service and talked with them, they might be able to send you samples in a system that is comparable to the Sensura Mio, and has a bag with no filter.
I'm very glad to know of the filter removal hack, because I hate the filters. I've not had to move into another product like, but you never know what can happen!
Coloplast, like other manufacturers are limited in what they can make by the number of factories they have. So, while they don't currently have a Mio bag with no filter, if they keep getting customer feedback for it, it could happen!