blocked stoma I think

loosec1974
on 6/11/11 5:36 am - Chicago, IL
How do you know if your stoma is blocked and what do you do to get it unblocked?
Jean M.
on 6/11/11 6:38 am
Revision on 08/16/12
If your stoma were blocked, you probably wouldn't even be able to swallow clear liquids. If that's the case with you, call your surgeon ASAP.

Often a partial or complete unfill will take care of a blocked stoma, but if that plus a liquid diet for a few days doesn't help, you'd need to have an upper GI x-ray and possibly an upper endoscopy to determine what's causing the blockage and scrape it out of there if possible.

Jean

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