I have read where some people rinse their bags and some don't. I always rinse mine but thought they broke down quicker. I read this and thought it interesting. What are your experiences with it? Keep a water bottle in the bathroom with your ostomy supplies to rinse out the pouch after emptying it. This, of course, works best with drainable pouches and applies more for ileostomy and colostomies. But the idea is simple: the output from your intestines is acidic, meant to break things down for digestion. The longer it stays inside of the bag, the more time it has to slowly break down the material. Over the course of days, this can cause the "smell life" of the bag to be reduced, or even cause breakdown in the adhesive around the stoma. Rinsing the appliance out even occasionally can help 'reset' the appliance and slow that breakdown process.
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