Toilet Shield

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A better quality of life

Diarrhea can affect people profoundly in many ways and present a lot of challenges. 

It can not only affect people directly but can also impact others around them, including  caregivers. 

Diarrhea leads to an inconvenient, necessary, immediate cleaning of toilets. Often the areas that need to be cleaned are not easily accessible and typically there are few tools available to employ.   

We have been working on a simple way to prevent/mitigate that called Toilet Shields.  

Toilet Shields are made out of small amounts of flushable paper. Each one equals less than 6 sheets of double ply toilet tissue. 

They can be quickly and easily placed in one of 3 different ways to allow for individual choices and for care situations. 

The idea behind Toilet Shields is to reduce the area needing to be cleaned and to confine it to areas that are easily accessible. After use, the Toilet Shield simply flushes away.

Toilet Shields are a small yet significant way to improve the quality of life for people affected by this problem.

Toilet Shields are Patent Pending.

What causes diarrhea?

According to the American College of Gastroenterology diarrhea is one of the most commonly reported illnesses in the United States affecting over 16 million people every day.

Conditions that cause diarrhea include:

• Communicable viruses including adenovirus and norovirus which are contagious, especially in children
• Inflammatory Bowel Diseases such as Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn’s Disease  
• Medical conditions such as Diverticulitis and Hepatitis
• Ischemic Colitis and Infectious Colitis such as that caused by Clostridium Difficile 
• Other bacterial and viral enteritis including Salmonella, Dysentery, Cholera, E.coli (travelers’ diarrhea)
• Lactose Intolerance, Celiac Disease, Colon Cancer 
• Irritable Bowel Syndrome – functional bowel disease driven by stress or anxiety
• Microscopic colitis (most common among older patients)
• Malabsorptive diarrhea when nutrient absorption and digestive function are impaired
• Food allergies
• Intestinal parasites
• Alcohol, Caffeine and Illicit Drugs
• Pharmaceuticals including laxatives, antacids, proton pump inhibitors, antibiotics and chemotherapy
• Hyperthyroidism and other endocrine diseases