Using sugar to treat prolapse?

Hi, just a quickie, I have a small prolapse caused by a coughing fit. I heard that putting sugar, caster sugar on ostomy whilst lying down shrinks it enough to gently push it back?

Has anyone heard of this or tried it?

Thanks

I'm relieved I had my ileostomy approximately 5 months ago. I wear a 7-inch elasticated cloth band over my stoma mainly to try to prevent a hernia from forming, and so far it has worked.

I've eased off wearing it as it is tight, but I've now started having my stoma prolapse nearly every time I don't use it when I'm doing some work, i.e. bending, stretching, lifting, etc.

It comes out about 3 inches. As soon as I feel it through the bag, I take the bag off and lie down on the bed. I hold the stoma up so it's facing the ceiling and try to relax the tummy muscles. Make sure you have paper towels/wipes as it will weep a watery liquid. It will eventually go back in itself. Mine can take 20 minutes or 70 minutes to go back in. You can massage the tummy area around the stoma; it may help, but trying to push it in won't. Be patient, it should go back in naturally.

Thank you, have you heard about the sugar thing?

Hi jules23,

I had an experience with my stoma swelling. I was told by my surgeon to put a little sugar on the stoma. (Regular sugar) It worked for me.

In all honesty, I would have never tried it if not instructed by the surgeon. Hope this helps!

Angelicamarie

Hmm. Sugar? How sweet it is... No, never heard of doing that. I do notice when changing wafter over the sink or laundry tub... I use the sprayer nozzle to clean stoma... Warm water washes away the poop and the stoma retracts magically. Mine only come out about 3/4 to an inch... Or more... But it will retract when warm using water. Neat trick.

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Thank you, I thought maybe I had read the threads wrong, nbsp; being new to all this I must admit I thought it was very odd. I haven't tried it yet.

Just the warm water and lying down bit... I was worried I wouldn't get my bag off as really swollen.. Not too bad now though.

I do feel a bit silly asking questions all the time, but determined this won't get the better of me..

Really odd things happening now, could just be coincidence but don't know yet.

Never had skin problems but I have now, upper back and chest pain, pain started for no reason in my foot yesterday and stopped me

in my tracks.. Bone pain ?? Omg could ask questions all day lol. Won't see my stoma nurse until next Friday, gp is as helpful as a chocolate tea pot.

And appointment for surgeon not until end of Feb.. Don't want to end up a nervous wreck....

Jules

Jules,

If you have no other obvious health issues to cause all your pain, you may want to be tested for a few things that can cause widespread pain. Chronic Pain Syndrome, RA, Fibromyalgia, etc. I have Fibromyalgia and chronic Pain Syndrome. Neither one is fun and I cannot take the meds to help with it. These diseases are often triggered when you have a physical or mental event. Mine started with a car wreck about 10 years ago. It could be from a surgery or any stressful situation. May be worthy to explore the possibility. If your GP is hopeless, go to a pain management specialist.
Puppy

Do you mean your stoma is swollen or has it got longer suddenly? Yes, you can use sugar on a swollen stoma. Swollen is usually only very temporary. I would just cut the hole in the base bigger to fit around the stoma.... but I wouldn't use sugar on a prolapsed stoma. I would speak to my stoma nurse about it to see if they thought it could be left as it is or needed to see a doctor.

Chest pain is serious stuff, Jules. Mine, two years ago, was from a pulmonary embolism. And yes, they are an issue with IBD people. I too had trouble with my foot when I had the clot in my knee. The pain was so bad I could not stand up. I had to crawl around. Indeed, had I waited any longer, the lung clot may have killed me. Not too often one walks away or crawls from a clot. Get checked. That chocolate teapot crack is a pisser. Good luck. And by the way, there's no such thing as a silly question. We are here for any kind of questions. And most questions likely won't be answered by a doctor. So load up and fire away. You're getting top-drawer answers already.

Thanks, I have had central upper back pain for weeks, it radiates to the middle of my chest. I was rushed into the hospital 2 weeks ago as the doctor thought it was a clot on my lung, CT was clear. Still have the pain. Not so bad when I'm up and about, as soon as I lay down it hurts. I know I'm getting up is horrendous! Trying to stay positive but found myself screaming inside..

Everyone here is so kind and supportive. I think without you all I would be bald now (pulling my hair out). Thank you all so much for your help and advice.

What position do you sleep in? I'm usually in fetal...left or right side and yeah there is pain in the morning when I do this. The only way to sleep on my back is with a pillow under my knees.

Mine would prolapse 5"! Didn't worry about it for a year. Finally had a surgeon get it to about 3/4" long.

 I have that same thing, lots of pain when laying down or rolling over but fine once I am up and about. I am trying to sleep in my guest room bed that is an adjustable bed that has both head and foot adjustments. It has made laying down bearable but the bed is so old and the mattress is horrible so I just bit the bullet and ordered a sleep number bed with both head and foot adjustment too. Love that zero gravity position. It really does take all the pressure off of all the bones! Lol Cannot wait to get it. Will be delivered on Saturday! I am hoping that it will make a great difference! Sometimes feel as if you never get any sleep from waking up so many times at night from pain.  
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