I wear a clear transparent ostomy bag and have started to notice a white freckled substance spotting the inside of my bag. Is this bacteria? Possibly from something I'm consuming? I don't want this to cause an infection, so I'm going to change it out. It's probably been about 4 days.
Could also be mucus...
I don't wear transparent ones because I would be wondering and worrying all the time ehehhe
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I wear a clear bag as well - do you wear a barrier ring? I have noticed from time to time if the barrier ring is not tightly adhered to wax, pieces will break off and fall into the bag - sounds kind of like what you are describing. jb
Could also be a medication you are taking. When I took magnesium in pill form, it used to come out as a white powdery substance in my bag. I switched to liquid magnesium, and the problem went away. But it could be a medication that is not being absorbed.
