I just noticed a little blood inside my bag after a short walk. It's not outputting but coming from the outside of the stoma itself. The tissue looks irritated from rubbing on the bag, possibly?
I'll ask my stoma nurse; I just wanted to see if anyone else has experienced this.
G-Day Milhouse04,
Your stoma should never be rubbing on your bag. If the hole in the base is cut too close to the stoma, that's not a good thing. I leave a couple of millimeters clear of the stoma but make my sealing washer up close to the stoma.
See what your stoma says.
Regards, IGGIE
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I get the same often after my morning walk. At first, I was worried it was coming from within, but then I noticed it was from the flange rubbing sometimes against the stoma. It seems to do it more as the bag fills up and pulls down from the weight. This is the only time it happens, and I really don't worry about it now.
Oh, it's not rubbing on the flange; I mean on the thin plastic of the clear bag itself that collects your discharge.
To an extent, it's normal; there are a lot of blood vessels in the tissue of the small intestine for taking nutrients out of the food.
I sometimes get very small amounts welling up when I'm changing the bag, etc.
If it bleeds profusely, then I would get your nurse to look at it, but if it's just spots, then it shouldn't be much of an issue.
Thanks, everyone. It stopped bleeding as soon as I got back from my walk, so I'm not too concerned. Still, I will run it by my stoma nurse during my next visit.
As you move and exercise, you will raise your blood pressure, so it may make the stoma a little more pink/red in color. Anyway, this may cause a little blood to weep/wick to the surface.
Your stoma is very vascular and will bleed if it gets rubbed. Are you cutting your wafer too small? That is something to consider. Do you use a ring? If you use a ring, it can protect your stoma from rubbing up against your wafer and getting sore and bleeding.
Your stoma rubbed on something; nothing to worry about. If you happen to be changing your bag or have a two-piece system, you can put a little stoma powder on it to help it clot so it stops.
Oh, I'm actually referring to the output end of the stoma, not around the flange. Seems to be better now. Thanks for the reply!
