What causes the irritation around the ileostomy? What to do?

Acid from your intestines irritates. There is a special cream to protect you. Ask your doctor.

Depends, what are you using for a pouch/device? It could be the glue causing the irritation if you are using the self adhesive pouches. They do sell skin protectant that you can rub on prior to putting on (for lack of a better term) your device. If it is not due to that than I don't know my only experience was with the glue causing irritations. I put a web site below that has the skin protectant on it. As far as what to do, The second link from the same site has some ideas and there is a phone number you can call too. Hope this helped.

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