Is Mucus Discharge Common a Year After Ileostomy?

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bringregory9
Dec 04, 2024 5:05 pm

I have had an ileostomy and have a stoma. I am still experiencing mucus discharge from my rectum on a regular basis. I had the operation a year ago, is this common?

 

CrappyColon
Dec 04, 2024 5:40 pm

As long as the rectum is there mucus discharge will happen. If you’re thinking wow, this is a lot more than normal, you should call your consultant.

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AL77
Dec 04, 2024 5:48 pm

Me too. I have an ileostomy and get mucus draining from my rectal area, mostly at night when asleep; I seem to get it most.
Also, why do you have an ileostomy? Do you have Crohn's disease?

warrior
Dec 05, 2024 4:01 am

Well said. Simple. Agreed.

warrior
Dec 05, 2024 4:07 am

Some people, like myself, were hating this mucus from the unattached stump. It is pretty disgusting, don't you think? And you encounter the situation unpredictably. A spit here... a spit there - in and out of the car, or bending, sitting.

Another thing with me though was bloody discharge, not just mucus. Crohn's-colitis developed in that stump.

No brainer having it all removed and sewn up (just last year).

Best decision made.

 

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Axl
Dec 05, 2024 8:21 am

Yep, that's what's meant to happen, eating and chewing triggers the digestive system and that is part of it.

Beans
Dec 05, 2024 3:02 pm

Yep. It is normal… unless it becomes bloody, changes color, increases, etc… then contact your physician and do not wait!  It took me quite a while before I accepted the fact that this will continue indefinitely. Wearing protective pads daily was not my idea of feeling sexy or great…especially because I thought that I had left that behind after I went through peri-menopause and then menopause. It’s not pleasant. But then again, I think of the alternative and then reality hits. And, Reality sucks at times as well… It truly is an ongoing adjustment… for me, anyway. And I believe for most of us.