Learning Ostomy

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thank you everyone for the info, i have used the M9 drops but not recently.  i’ll give it another couple of days then make an appointment with one of my doctors, thanks again for the advice.

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My stoma has a weird color, at least in my opinion, it kinda looks like it has a puplish tinge to it, kinda like a bruise.  My 1 year old son bumps it a lot.  Could it be that there is something wrong or what?  I’ve seen my doctor cuz i was feeling tired  and he’s running tests to see if my crohn’s has come back but i thought maybe i could pick your brains about the color. Thanks TJ

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"tjb" wrote, >My stoma has a weird color, at least in my opinion, it kinda looks like it >has a puplish tinge to it, kinda like a bruise.  My 1 year old son bumps >it a lot.  Could it be that there is something wrong or what?  I’ve seen >my doctor cuz i was feeling tired  and he’s running tests to see if my >crohn’s has come back but i thought maybe i could pick your brains about >the color. >Thanks >TJ

Did you eat something that was purple? I would wait a day or so to see if it is okay, usually it goes back to red.

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If the stoma continues to darken or does not go back to at least a liver color than you need to see the doctor immediately.  This could be a sign of restricted blood flow to the stoma. Paul "tjb" <teril…@telus.net> wrote in message

news:1006ee26fd9c7ac53982d8b7f50935a6@localhost.talkaboutsupport.com… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> My stoma has a weird color, at least in my opinion, it kinda looks like it > has a puplish tinge to it, kinda like a bruise.  My 1 year old son bumps > it a lot.  Could it be that there is something wrong or what?  I’ve seen > my doctor cuz i was feeling tired  and he’s running tests to see if my > crohn’s has come back but i thought maybe i could pick your brains about > the color. > Thanks > TJ

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Hi TJ, If you have used M9 deodorizer drops in your pouch and the blue liquid gets on your stoma it will turn purple.   This happened to me and I thought  something really bad was happening until we figured out that was what it was!   The M9 drops do not do any damage to the stoma, they just stain it. Have a good one, Joy

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