This is normal. You may have very loose stools in your colostomy bag for a while. In time your stools may become firmer, but they will be less solid than before your surgery. You may also have a lot of gas pass into your colostomy bag in the weeks after surgery.

Do you feel the urge to poop with a stoma?

After a stoma, although the bottom part of the bowel no longer has poo passing through, it still produces mucus. Dead cells from the lower bowel or rectum may be mixed in with the mucus. The mucus may leak out of the anus, or you may feel the urge to go to the toilet.

Can you feel stoma output?

In a partial bowel obstruction, you may still experience windy output from your stoma. In a complete bowel obstruction, the bowel is unable to release any output at all from the stoma.

Do you know when you are pooping with a colostomy bag?

Unlike your anus, your stoma doesnt have muscles or nerve endings. So you cant control when you move your bowels. Instead, a pouch, called a colostomy bag, goes over the stoma to collect your poop when it comes out.

What does stoma poop look like?

Your stoma is made from the lining of your intestine. It will be pink or red, moist, and a little shiny. Stool that comes from your ileostomy is thin or thick liquid, or it may be pasty. It is not solid like the stool that comes from your colon.

Can you fart with a stoma bag?

However, lots of stoma bags do have filters that stop there being any pong. From time to time, some people do experience fart-type noises from their stoma. Thankfully, this usually doesnt happen regularly.

Does a stoma bag smell?

Most people will be aware of the smell of their colostomy because its their own body. But someone standing next to you will not be able to smell the stoma. Youll have more gas than usual immediately after having a colostomy, but this will slowly reduce as your bowel recovers.

What can you not eat with a colostomy bag?

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Do colostomy bags stink?

Colostomy bags can have an unpleasant odor, causing embarrassment for patients who wear one. There are ways to prevent smells from your colostomy bag.

What is the life expectancy of a person with a stoma?

In 1998, two studies3,4 attempted to clarify the average age of someone with a stoma, as well as how the population was segmented by surgery type. The studies revealed the average age of a person with a colostomy to be 70.6 years, an ileostomy 67.8 years, and a urostomy 66.6 years.