A client is recovering from an ileostomy that was performed to treat inflammatory bowel disease and during discharge teaching, the nurse would stress the importance of increasing fluid intake to prevent dehydration.
Symptoms of inflammatory bowel disease include persistent diarrhea, abdominal pain, rectal bleeding/bloody stools, weight loss, and fatigue.
Purpose of ileostomy is to allow the small intestine or colon to heal once it has been operated on – for instance, if a region of intestine has been removed to treat intestine cancer. to alleviate inflammation of the colon in folks with Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis to permit for advanced surgery to be applied on the an-us or rectum.
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