A personal journey to better bowel control
Esther, mother of Quint. Quint, 12 was born with spina bifida and uses Peristeen: “With Quint, it helped that we made Peristeen something fun. We didn’t make it seem too serious and that helped put him at ease. By focusing on the positive aspects, we made him see that bowel management was a good thing for him.”*
Learning how to empty their bowels is an important step in every child’s development. It helps them feel more confident and gives them freedom to participate in social activities like swimming or playing with friends.
Encouraging your child to participate in the process
Initially, your child will rely on you for support with irrigations. Make sure that you follow instructions that you've received during your initial product training from your healthcare provider. Remember to have your first training supervised by a qualified healthcare professional prior to trying the system at home with your child. By considering the treatment a shared responsibility, you will build your familiarity with the product while helping your child build the basics. As soon as your child is old enough, encourage your child to participate in the procedure. This can help your child achieve independence sooner and increase confidence. Help your child increase heir independence gradually, by showing them how to use Peristeen Plus by themselves. Start with the simpler tasks like filling the water bag, and getting familiar with the system and pump, and then progress as they get older and more confident.
Make the process as fun as possible
Try turning the Peristeen Plus routine into a game. For some children, it can be helpful to add some fun activities while waiting in the bathroom, such as toys, books, homework or even an iPad.
If anxiety is high, listening to music or downloading coloring apps may help. For some kids, relaxing the mind is extremely important and "doing" things actually tightens their sphincters without them even realizing it.
Reward them
Children love being rewarded for doing well. Introduce a special rewards system to make Peristeen Plus process more fun, and help build it into the daily routine. Talk to your Coloplast® Care Advisor about ideas for fun activities or more personalized support at 1-855-605-7594 or e-mail peristeen@coloplast.com.
*Coloplast has compensated this caregiver to share their product experience. Each person's situation is unique so your experience may not be the same. Talk to your healthcare provider about whether this product is right for you.
Information from Coloplast® Care is for educational purposes only. It is not intended to substitute for professional medical advice and should not be interpreted to contain treatment recommendations. You should rely on the healthcare professional who knows your individual history for personal medical advice and diagnosis. Prior to use refer to product labeling for complete product instructions for use, contraindications, warnings and precautions.
Indication: The Peristeen® Plus Transanal Irrigation System is intended to instill water into the colon through a rectal catheter, which incorporates an inflatable balloon, inserted into the rectum to promote evacuation of the contents of the lower colon. The Peristeen Plus Transanal Irrigation System is indicated for use by children (2 years - <12 years old), adolescent (12 years - < 18 years old), transitional adolescent (18 - <21 years old) and adult patients with neurogenic bowel dysfunction who suffer from fecal incontinence, chronic constipation, and/or time-consuming bowel management procedures.
Contraindications: Peristeen Plus Transanal Irrigation must not be used in the following situations: known anal or colorectal stenosis, colorectal cancer (active/recurrent), radiotherapy to the pelvis, and recent abdomino-perineal surgery, active inflammatory bowel disease, acute diverticulitis, severe diverticulitis, previous diverticulitis and diverticular abscess, chronic symptomatic diverticular disease, within 3 months of abdominal, anal or colorectal surgery, within 4 weeks of endoscopic polypectomy, recent colonic biopsy, recent endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR) and recent endoscopic sub-mucosal dissection (ESD), severe autonomic dysreflexia, ischemic colitis, during Spinal Cord Shock Phase, complex diverticular disease, in patients who are pregnant and have not used the system before*. Since the list is not exhaustive, the healthcare professional should always consider individual patient factors as well. *If the patient is pregnant and has never used transanal irrigation before, they should not start the irrigation procedure during pregnancy.
Warnings: Peristeen Plus Transanal irrigation procedure should always be carried out with caution. Bowel perforation is an extremely rare, but serious and potentially lethal, complication to transanal irrigation and will require immediate admission to a hospital, often requiring surgery. See the device manual for complete user instructions, contraindications, warnings, precautions, and potential complications/adverse events. For further information, call Coloplast Corp at 1-855-605-7594 or consult the company website at www.coloplast.us. Caution: Federal law restricts this device to sale by or on the order of a physician.
