Stoma Bleeding

The area around my stoma is one huge mess and has been for months. I am now living with pee pads (dog training pads), baby diapers, and paper towels to hold in the poop because my stoma area will not hold a bag for any longer than an hour.

This situation has been going on since late June 2019, and I am at my wit's end.

I had an ileostomy last October 2018 due to rectal cancer (stage 1) surger...

Hi everyone!

So I've been going along since my ileo in Dec 09. Not feeling the best (as good as I was hoping for) but doing ok.

I didn't have a Barbie Butt done ... so I have about 6" of rectal stump left. Has been a problem to some degree ever since the op. Still getting minor UC flares there and using Cortifoam and Salofalk enemas.

Usually, pressure, mucus, some blood -- enough discharg...

I have had  a ostomy for 25 years and I know the stoma can bleed when wiping or cleaning.  I noticed in the past month that I have a small spot on my stoma that bleeds a little more when changing the appliance and sometimes when I rub the area over my stoma to move contents down away from top of bag beofre I remove the appicance there is blood on edge of wafer from doing this.  It does stop ...

have any of you had bleeding from the stoma?  

 

I'm a new ostomate and have been struggling in keeping my skin irritation and blisters at bay. I've had some luck streaks before where skin irritation was controlled but as my stoma grows smaller (doc says it's normal as inflammation goes away), I had to make the hole in the flange smaller too (used to be 40mm now it's 35mm). But my problem now is that the skin around the stoma is irritated and...

ive had an ileostomy for 18 years. ive had some discharge from the rectal stump but now its red blood.     i have crohns. does anyone have experience with this? i hate going to the dr.  ugh.

I noticed today that the stoma surface was weeping blood. Not on the peristomal skin but the stoma itself, quite bloody really. I did not think that I touched it or anything. I have read that bleeding is normal but I figured that was regarding the skin around the stoma and not the stoma itself... any thoughts?

My work week started out with a random stomach area discomfort that started like a hunger pain x10 and moved to inflamming my sore back and gave me sore joints and my water  intake went from 1-2 water bottles  a night to 5 a  night. It took 3 days because I got use to working with pain as a normal part of my job but on the 3rd day I know something was wrong, went to the hospital and after a ...

I have had my Ileostomy sine March 2021.  At first, during recovery, I had occasional rectal mucous.  My Surgeon told me this was normal "for a while"  Since about this March (2022), I have had Loose stool filled with blood pretty much every time I feel a need to urinate.  Anyone ever had anything like this occur?  Should I discuss this with my Surgeon or the Gastro (who was a quack and I ...

Has anyone suffered with this.I have been working on the garden for the last few day,s.I have been doing a bit of heavy lifting.For the last three evening,s,i have had quite a bit of blood in my pouch.Three evening,s ago there was quite a lot of blood.It seems to be coming not from the bowel,but from the area around the Stoma.

Hey Ostomates,

How do I stop bleeding from the sides of my stoma? My stoma has been getting bloody a few times. I cut-to-fit my appliance if I gain weight or if it gets swollen. I know it bleeds sometimes when cleaning, but recently, it has been doing it a lot. It bleeds like a cut hand, but does stop. I took a CT scan and the Drs say everything is fine on the inside, except for the cancer. I ...

I woke this morning to find my bag had burst and quite a bit of blood was on me and the bed.All blood,nothing else.I have had my bag for two years and this is the second time its happened.The last time.the doctor said it was like a nose bleed,and would happen now and then.I had the camera in there  at Christmas and all was clear.Anyone else had this problem.

Hello I'm a new member and hope to get some help. In my 5th year after bowel cancer and all my mri and ct Scans and blood test are good. 
Since 3 years a have sometimes from my rectum bleeding and my doctor advised to irrigate water (special) daily with a plastic injection. Sometimes it's ok after one day sometimes after 2 days. But it was never a lot. Since 4 days I a have daily blood coming o...

Hello everyone, first post here...I've had a permanent ileostomy for 6 years as a result of beating colon cancer..Now I know that mucous and discharge are common from my rectum but the the last few weeks I've been noticing a significant amount of blood, I am extremely active and feel good but this blood issue has me worried, any thoughts on this?

 

Thank you everyone for being here and as so...

I received such great responses to my pancaking problem I thought I'd delve alittle deeper. Does anyone besides me have a stoma that bleeds? I have a 2 piece system and occasionally if I just nick the stoma in taking off my bag it will bleed. However, I have recently had a stoma that has little dots of areas that bleed when I'm just sitting back with everything off while changing my system. Som...

I had a TIPS procedure to correct bleeding from my stoma. It was terrible. I got 26 units of blood last June and was in the hospital for the whole month while they tried to stop the bleeding. Then At the end of February I got another 11 units, and they performed a TIPS procedure which involved going in my jugular vein through a portal to my liver and a bypass was put in to relieve the pressure ...

Hi there,

I have had an ileostomy for almost a year now and this website is soo helpful!!
I always had discharge from my rectum, at least once a day, but lately its been very painful and bloody. I have tried using some supositories from the past but I haven't seen much of a result. Any suggestions??

Thanks!

Does anybody have severe pain and blood/plasma leaking from their stoma? 

Hello, hoping can get some info from others who have had iliostomy reversals, feeling quite anxious......

Just had my reversal last week and out of hospital yesterday.  I had some issues with severe gas and vomiting so was on liquid diet for most of my time in there.  I finally passed some gas and very loose stool and they let me go yesterday after only having one very small regular meal t...

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I have a concern and a worry that brings on this question! I had emergency surgery 5 years ago and thats how I ended up with a colostomy. This past june I had another emergency surgery due to a blockage caused by my small intesting slipping into a muscle and some hernia repairs. So now I have mesh in alot of my stomach. I healed up very well but then I had an soroma (pocket of fl...

Does anyone have bleeding at times around the stoma?  Whenever I change my ilieostomey to take a shower, I notice blood around the stoma. Ive had this since surgery. At times when I have removed the seal, it has been ok, but more so than usual... Its not alot of blood but when I dab it with a soft cloth it stings some. wondering if its from the fluid that causes this
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I have a very sore bleeding stoma. So painful I cannot sleep. Been to see my nurse about 5 times.... no change. Anyone got any ideas. I'm desperate now. Ruining my life. Thanks.

 

New here- first post. Just had an ileostomy on March 22. Tried the convex seal (and the hollister barrier rings) but went through 3 bags a day. Started using the flat wafers and the hollister barrier rings, which started off okay (a day between changing). Saw the wound care nurse on Friday. There is a skin fold right by the stoma, so it's hard to seal and keep the bag on. We got the prescriptio...

This past year my mother passed away at the age of 95. I cared for her for the last 16 years. I lived with her in her home she bought in 1968 so there was a lot to move and liquidate to vacate the house in order to sell it. I had 3 weekend garage sales, many trips to charities, disbursements for family, yard cleanup and on and on. I had help but it was my responsibility to get it done and to g...

I have permanent colostomy for 3 years.........does anyone have bms often during certain days? 

 

Lately I have bright red spotting around and in stoma.  I stop it with cold compress and it is gone within a few minutes.

often it comes after and not in.....a bowel movement....often on days of frequent movements.  What causes this as I know stoma can be irritated as solid stool passes.

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Has anyone ever heard of a link between IBD and blood disorders? Specifically polycythemia (thickening of the blood). My doctor has noticed this increasing over my last few checkups, and I'd just like to know if it could be a common thing with IBD patients, or if it's just a one off thing.

About once a week when I change the bag, blood will start to spurt out. I took paper towel and applied with pressure to the stoma. This happened several months ago so I went to the emergency room and was told I could have ruptured a capalary while applying the bag. But this time I could not stop it for about an hour and I was livid not to go back to the hospital, has anyone had this problem?

I need some advice about my stoma. The stoma is bleeding from the end and where it comes out of my body. I am on coumadin. It is bleeding pretty bad and don't know how to stop up or help it heal. Has anyone ever used vaseline gauze on it and know if that helps or does anyone know how to stop it?

hey this is new felt i was leaking sure enough when i went to change it it kept coming out theres a split across the middle and its leaking blood like i cut it im going to keep an eye on it  cannot aford tomiss work big grand opening tomorrow i have to show up or ill be fired what should i do and why the hell is this happening