Cancer patients aren’t the only ones living with a chest port. If you’re managing an autoimmune disease or chronic illness that requires regular IV infusions, your port is a constant companion; and so is the needle that comes with every treatment.
Conditions like lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, myasthenia gravis, chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP), multiple sclerosis, Crohn’s disease, and primary immunodeficiency often require ongoing infusion therapy. Treatments like intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG), biologics, and other IV medications are administered through a chest port on a recurring schedule; sometimes weekly, sometimes monthly, sometimes for years.
That means repeated port access. Repeated needle sticks. And over time, the buildup of scar tissue that can make each access more painful than the last.
Our founder, Jamie, knows this reality firsthand. Diagnosed with several rare autoimmune diseases, she receives regular IVIG infusions through a chest port. It was her own struggle with port access pain; and the failure of plastic wrap to keep numbing cream in place; that led her to create Port Protect.
For autoimmune and chronic illness patients, treatment isn’t a temporary chapter. It’s an ongoing part of life. And when you’re dealing with infusions every few weeks, the small frustrations compound: the leaking cream, the ruined shirts, the drive to the infusion center wondering if the cream has shifted, the anxiety of not knowing if you’ll be numb when the needle goes in.
Port Protect doesn’t cure the disease. But it does take one frustrating, unreliable part of the process and replace it with something that works; every time. You apply it at home, add your numbing cream, close the lid, and go. The cream stays put. You arrive numb. And your treatment day starts a little better than it used to.
If you’re receiving regular infusions through a chest port, you deserve a better way to prepare.
Nice product. Worked well. Way better than plastic on my chest.
Service was excellent! It has made my treatments and port access so much easier — even for the nurses. Thank you!
The quality is *chef’s kiss*. I have fallen in love with this product — it helps so much beforehand. The customer service was phenomenal. I’ll definitely be buying again.
All the nurses rave about this thing. It’s super neat and very helpful when applying lidocaine.
Every nurse was so impressed with the Port Protect, and it made life easier when it was needed most!
This made my first port access go amazingly! I didn’t feel a thing, and I wasn’t covered with cream everywhere other than where I needed it to be. I’m *super* sensitive to adhesives and was really worried about this, but my skin didn’t react at all. Amazing purchase.
You can’t take away the diagnosis. But you can take away some of the pain.
Port Protect is available in adult (3.5″) and children’s (2.7″) sizes. Sold in 5-packs and 10-packs.
