Hi all,
I have a colostomy and am wondering if anyone else experiences burning or stinging of their stoma while passing stool. It isn't all the time and is more of a recent development. When I look at the stoma in the mirror, I don't see anything obvious, but I have noticed a little blood coating the stool too.
Any ideas or suggestions?
Thanks,
Hey Sean. Long time no hear.
You were battling a little red thing out of your stoma last time.
This does not sound good.
There should be no burning or stinging with output, dude. If there is blood, I would take no chance and visit the E.R. You didn't mention any pain, so that's good, but blood present means ulceration. Something is going on. Unless you ate something to cause this, do get it checked out.
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Are you eating anything acidic, like cranberry sauce? Or juice with a high acid content?
Periodically, I will get a stinging at the stoma when it is hard at work. I have never been able to detect anything as it doesn't last long, and when I change, there is nothing to see. I figure it's just the output annoying the stoma and don't give it a thought anymore.
Thanks, everyone. I made an appointment with the surgeon to let him look at it again. We'll see what he says.
