How does TAI provide effective bowel management?

Transanal irrigation (TAI)

TAI is an effective bowel management treatment that may help you if you live with a neurogenic bowel. TAI involves introducing water into the colon via a rectal catheter. This promotes the evacuation of faeces in the lower colon.

This method of bowel management can help you achieve confidence in and control over your bowel by helping to prevent faecal incontinence and constipation. The procedure can be administered on your own or with assistance.

Transanal irrigation can be an effective alternative to other types of bowel management like enemas, laxatives, suppositories, manual evacuation, and digital stimulation. It helps reduce constipation and faecal incontinence, and reduces the time spent on bowel management.

Introducing Peristeen Plus

With Peristeen Plus:

  • Users can gain confidence and control over their bowel through
    the effective and predicable prevention of faecal incontinence
  • The number of defecations per day and per night are significantly lowered
    compared to conservative bowel management treatment
  • The irrigation process can be performed independently
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