Abstract: An adhesive plate with an indicator function, and an indicator therefor, according to one embodiment the adhesive plate being comprised of a hydrophilic composition containing a water-soluble coloring matter such as a food color, a dye, a pigment, or metallic salt applied onto or embedded in a part or the whole of a peripheral region of the plate spaced apart from the center thereof, the water-soluble coloring matter being dissolvable in liquid excrements or exudates so as to change color and provide visible indication of the end of the usable life of the adhesive plate.

Abstract: A body wastes receiving appliance constructed in such a manner that the portion which receives body wastes can be easily removed from the appliance and thrown away into a flush toilet or the like, the body wastes receiving appliance including an adhesive plate which has an opening corresponding to a body wastes discharge hole formed in the surface of a human body, a first flange which is fixed the adhesive plate adjacent the non-adhesive side and has an opening corresponding to the opening of the adhesive plate, a second flange which is detachably fitted to the opposite side, with reference to the adhesive plate, of the first flange and has an opening corresponding to the opening of the first flange, an outer pouch which is fixed to the opposite side, with reference to the adhesive plate, of the second flange and has an opening corresponding to the respective openings of the adhesive plate and the first and second flanges, and an inner pouch which is housed inside the outer pouch so as to be separable from th