When people go through the ostomy surgery, they rely on the hospital staff, including nurses, suppliers, and doctors. But, after getting back to their homes, they need to become independent and self-sufficient in taking care of their stoma, wearing the pouches, emptying these tools, buying the right pouching system, and spending the normal. Thus, in the hospitals, it is the ultimate responsibility of the hospital staff to teach them about buying the right pouching system, how to wear, empty, and take off the bag, how to measure the stoma opening, how to protect the hole, how to take care of diet, how to manage your daily activities, and when to contact your surgeon back. Teach Your Ostomy Patient About Emptying the Pouch Many patients feel embarrassment and difficulties in their ostomy days due to the wrong timing of draining their bags. They do not feel the discharge and movement of bowel; thus, they end up facing stool or urine coming out of the pouch. Moreover, many patients do not have a high-quality skin barrier and adhesive; thus, it fabricates problems in their social activities and daily routine. You can teach them when to drain it, what is the right time, and how to empty the ostomy pouching system. When the bag or pouch gets half full, it gets heavy. So, a patient can feel the discharge. This is for the stoma persons who do nor feel the bowel movement or having urostomies and frequent discharge of urine. In this case, a patient has to go to the toilet every thirty minutes or an hour to rain the bag, depending on the frequency of the excretion. Moreover, in case an ostomate realizes the discouraged, especially in the case of colostomy, he/she immediately goes to the washroom and empty the pouch. When you empty your pouching system on time, it prevents leakage, it does not harm peristomal skin, it does not cause blockage in the stoma, it does not generate bleeding form the opening. Therefore, an ostomate lives a healthy and happy life when he empty or drains the stoma bag at the right time. Healthy Diet Many ostomates complain about the league, damaged peristomal skin, odor, gas, constipation, bleeding from the stoma, blockage in stoma, diarrhea, and other problems related to skin and opening, even they wear the right sized ostomy pouching system and empty them on time. This is because they do not know about the healthy diet routine. As a doctor, caregiver, and nurse, you must teach your ostomy patients regarding a healthy diet to spend a happy and normal life. Patients face problems and challenges because they eat too much after the surgery. Or, some patients do not eat anything, they lead to the starving. Many ostomates assume that eating will cause too much discharge and create problems for the stoma and peristomal skin. Well, an ostomy person should eat and in a healthy manner. It is the responsibility of the ET nurse and surgeon to prepare an appropriate diet chart for the patients according to the type of ostomy. For example, a urostomy patient should not drink too much water, because it will cause too much discharge and damages the stoma and peristomal skin. Thus, a person having a toma in the belly wall must know what is the right diet for their digestive system. Moreover, try to give up eatables that cause odor or constipation. Many ostomy patients suffer from constipation, gas, and odor. Permanent constipation can lead to the spoilage of the digestive canals, stoma, and peristomal skin. Thus, take at least five small meals per day to get rid of stomach problems. Moreover, do not eat foods that can diarrhea and gas, such as red beans, broccoli, garlic, eggplant, and eggs.
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