{"id":1189,"date":"2021-09-15T17:57:06","date_gmt":"2021-09-16T00:57:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/joinbetter.com\/community\/blog\/?p=1189"},"modified":"2021-10-07T13:11:21","modified_gmt":"2021-10-07T20:11:21","slug":"what-is-an-ileostomy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joinbetter.com\/community\/blog\/ostomy\/what-is-an-ileostomy\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is An Ileostomy?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A&nbsp;ileostomy&nbsp;is an operation that creates an opening for the small intestine, through the abdomen, called a stoma. A&nbsp;ileostomy&nbsp;may be temporary or permanent, depending on the reasons that it was required in the first place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more information about ileostomies, the best ileostomy products, and how to adjust to life with an ostomy, watch the video below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/b64CBPpNnXY?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;start=8&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"video-transcript\">Video Transcript<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hi, my name is Siobhan and I lead ostomy education here at Better Health. I&#8217;ve had my own ostomy for six years. So I know the ins and outs and ups and downs of daily life with an ostomy. One of my jobs here at a Better Health is to be a coach, to other people who have just recently had ostomy surgery and might have questions about what life with an ostomy is like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So I&#8217;m here with Duncan and Duncan recently had a colostomy. Now, Duncan, you were telling me about your aunt who has an ileostomy, and you were wondering what&#8217;s the difference between the two. Exactly. She had a daily asked to be, and I know that my surgery is a colostomy. So I have an ileostomy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That&#8217;s my particular brand of ostomy, if you will. And the way that it&#8217;s different from a colostomy is just it&#8217;s about where the stoma is constructed from. My ileostomy stoma is constructed from my small intestine and that was because my small intestine was so dizzy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I had to have my, sorry, my large intestine was so diseased. I had to have my entire large intestine removed, so I don&#8217;t have a colon anymore. And so an ileostomy is basically functions the same way as a colostomy. Okay. It&#8217;s still different though. What is the output from an illeosteomy like?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The output from an ileostomy is different from a colostomy and that it will tend to be more liquid. It might not it might have some formation to it, but it&#8217;s, it&#8217;s pretty much all liquid and you might need some special products. Hmm. So there is a difference between the products used for ileoestomy versus a colostomy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yes. So the main difference between those products is around what kind of barrier you might wear and what kind of pouch you might wear usually? They&#8217;re pretty interchangeable if it depends on some people might with a colostomy experience, more liquid output, but with an ileostomy, your ostomy is always active.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Your small intestines are always active and so there&#8217;s yeah. A small amount of output happening. With that being the case in a an illeosteomy, you might need a barrier called an extended wear barrier. Now that doesn&#8217;t mean that the barrier will last 20 days, although I wish that were the case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It means that that barrier can stand up to the high amount of output and the high amount of acidity. 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