colostomy

faith05

Has anyone had leakage at rectum after having colostomy . My mother has had colostomy for two years and after being in hospital from severe diarrhea and nausea from Erbitux she noticed some discharge from rectum

FRANTIC

What kind of leakage? Is it stool or muscous?? I have a rectal stump with an illeostomy. The lining of the rectum secrets mucous. Normally when connected the whole colon and rectum has a mucous lining which helps the stool move along. So when not in use it still produces active cells. My GI Dr said also when not in use you get a colitis. Hope this answers your question.

spongebob

Ahoy, Faith -

I have a number of friends who have had a rectal discharge with an ostomy. Just be sure to let the doc know.

- SpongeBob

JohnWest

FRANTIC said:

What kind of leakage? Is it stool or muscous?? I have a rectal stump with an illeostomy. The lining of the rectum secrets mucous. Normally when connected the whole colon and rectum has a mucous lining which helps the stool move along. So when not in use it still produces active cells. My GI Dr said also when not in use you get a colitis. Hope this answers your question.

I had a rectal stump for 10 years until Apr 2005. It always discharged mucous (a thimblefull daily). Some days there was blood due to colitis. Then precancer was found Dec 04. I had the rectum out in Apr 05 and they discovered a tumour Dukes stage 3 (4 out of 22 lymph nodes affected). So dont wait too long if you have UC in colon or rectum!!! I'm currently 8 weeks into 12 week 5FU with infusion pump. I've had no adverse side effects. Just metallic taste in mouth. See http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jmwest/ileo.htm for more details.

Best wishes John West