In this article, I have brought you some necessary information for healthy peristomal skin, useful tips to keep the surrounding happy and itchy-free, and a few preventions if you already facing itching or rashes. Well, this is one of the ordinary and biggest problems for ostomy patients. Most of the ostomates complain about the unhealthy and itchy skin on the surrounding of the opening. This kind of situation can irritate you, create discomfort, make you unhappy, and you will face hurdles for passing a happy stoma life. Many new ostomates do not know much about the opening, its surroundings, and its care; therefore, they go through the skin complications and mood swings. Well, for permanent ostomates, it is vital to know about the healthy peristomal skin and how they can keep it clean and dry. Moreover, in the initial stages, patients do not go to their doctors, most of the time, they ignore the initial symptoms, or sometimes they do self-medication. If you are doing the same, then you are damaging your cuticle and health with your own hands. Go to the doctor and try to find out what has happened to your skin. However, if you are already suffering from itchy peristomal skin, then here are a few tips for you to prevent this terrible situation. Useful Tips to Prevent Rashes and Itching on Peristomal Skin Well, you are late to recognize that your peristomal skin is burning and damaging, the readout these tips, and make the cuticle smile. The itchy peristomal skin has a specific name, called pruritus. If you do not feel skin problems in the initial days, then it will show you the disaster. This will be a chronic disease for the health of peristomal. However, the first thing you should do is to understand the type of skin itching and disease. So, here are various kinds of itching, you must know about: The simplest kind of the itching, we all know about is to scratch the skin with your nails. This irritates you and your skin. It makes the area you rub red, Sometimes, due to harsh rubbing or scratching, you face bleeding. This is an annoying situation for every ostomate. Almost 87% of the ostomates suffers from the common itching. It breaks down your skin and disbalance the level of PH. Another skin problem, ostomates face is burning. The area around the opening gets red, it gives a sensational feeling in the surroundings of the hole. You cannot touch the skin, as it gives you pain. The skin becomes red and dry. The situation makes the peristomal skin dehydrate. Almost 71% of ostomates have complained about this skin issue. Some other peristomal skin diseases (related to itching) are candidiasis (a fungal skin infection) and dermatitis. Candidiasis - A Fungal Infection This is a fungal infection that can extreme itching and redness. When your skin round stoma is warm and moist, then you have to face candidiasis. Moreover, due to leakage and contact of the waste to the skin, you suffer from fungal infection.
When an ostomate feels irritated on the peristomal skin, the situation has called irritant dermatitis. Therefore, you have to avoid scented products and cosmetic perfumes, soaps, lotions, and wipes. Moreover, if you are allergic to some specific ingredient or products, avoid it. Useful Tips to Avoid Itching
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