Experiencing Growths On My Stoma

Jenni

Apr 04, 2009 2:27 pm

Hi, I'm fairly new here and have just plucked up the courage to post a question

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so here goes!

Does anyone else get growths on their stoma, not including the skin?

I had a colostomy when I was around 10 for CD and then had to have it swapped for an ileosotmy at around aged 17ish. For the last 5years or so I seem to get little growths that sprout from nowhere, there is no pain but they do bleed alot and so every 15 months or so I go and get them burned off. My stoma nurse insits it's just overgrowth, does anyone else have this happening?

Regards

Jen

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sweede

Apr 04, 2009 4:23 pm

I imagine the growths you are speaking of are Granuloma, they bleed often and on occasion have to be burnt of with silver nitrate. Does this ring a bell?

When you had your ostomy formed, your surgeon will have stitched together where the skin and your stoma meet, occasionally the area goes through a process of over healing which can lead to granuloma, friction from the hole cut in your wafer can futher accelorate this process. They are generally burnt off before they get out of control for as you said they bleed quite a bit when touched, this moisture can make the wafer loose it's tack and leak, as you've probably experienced.

But yes they are quite harmless in that respect, granuloma are a noncancerous tissue growths with a blood supply of sorts, try not to worry too much about them, perhaps cutting your wafer just ever so slightly bigger may prevent them from forming.

Take care Jenni.x

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Jenni

Apr 05, 2009 6:27 pm

Hi Swede

Thanks for replying, I know what you are talking about, the area right on the stoma/skin, but this is not where the growths are that I was talking about, I should have better explained. The growths that I keep getting are on the actual surface of the stoma nowhere near my skin, cutting the wafer would make no difference. They tend to be too big for the silver nitrate, and therfore I get booked in with the surgeon, who burns them off.

It's not something that I'm worried about, I was just curious as to whether anyone else had them really.

Jen

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sweede

Apr 05, 2009 6:58 pm

Can't say i've ever heard of them lass, how big can they get ?, do they get in the way of attaching your pouch? soz, just being nosey now.x

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Monsieur Le President

Apr 06, 2009 7:03 am

I have in the past had little "skin tags "on my stoma.

It was several years ago & it worried me because I thought it may be something nasty.

My GP referred me to the hospital & I had them removed and they were tested and found no problem.

The surgeon thought that it was possibly scar tissue due to knocking the stoma about playing rugby or sledging with the kids.

Has a belt been tight across your stoma or has anything else been rubbing against it ?.

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Jenni

Apr 06, 2009 6:13 pm

Some of them get rather big, they are just pretty horrible to look at, mine have been tested before with my previous surgeon he has since retired, I don't think that the last surgeon took any away to be tested or at least he didnt tell me.

The only real problem is when I'm being too careless or in a hurry when changing and they start to bleed heavily then of course the bag somtimes wont stick very well. (less haste)

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I never thought about belts rubbing against it, but then again I don't wear belts often but maybe that does have something to do with it.

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