Pro tip: If your stoma is soft and mushy but output stops, it’s likely just slow motility. If it’s firm, rigid, or swollen —it’s likely a blockage.
The physical stoma visibly enlarges or elongates due to internal back-pressure. stoma blockage
A stoma blockage occurs when stool is unable to pass through the stoma into the pouch. This can happen for two main reasons: Pro tip: If your stoma is soft and
Immediately. Your gut needs a break.
A blockage (technically a food or mechanical obstruction) happens when something gets stuck where your intestine passes through the abdominal wall. Because your stoma has no nerve endings, you won’t feel pain in the stoma itself—but you will feel it everywhere else. stoma blockage
Pro tip: If your stoma is soft and mushy but output stops, it’s likely just slow motility. If it’s firm, rigid, or swollen —it’s likely a blockage.
The physical stoma visibly enlarges or elongates due to internal back-pressure.
A stoma blockage occurs when stool is unable to pass through the stoma into the pouch. This can happen for two main reasons:
Immediately. Your gut needs a break.
A blockage (technically a food or mechanical obstruction) happens when something gets stuck where your intestine passes through the abdominal wall. Because your stoma has no nerve endings, you won’t feel pain in the stoma itself—but you will feel it everywhere else.