How to change your colostomy bag at home – A step-by-step guide for Crohn’s patients

Crohn’s disease is an inflammatory bowel disease that causes swelling and discomfort in the GI tract. It has no known cure, but the symptoms can be managed with medication, enteral nutrition and colostomy bags. Colostomy bags are essentially an external storage device for the patient’s faeces. This helps avoid inflaming the colon and the anus even more due to the passage of food waste through it multiple times a day. The colostomy bag greatly improves a Crohn’s patient’s quality of life and reduces their pain. Patients can comfortably work, travel, go to the gym, play sports and sleep with their colostomy bag in place. They can also easily change their colostomy bags at home without having to go to the hospital.