What is stoma
A stoma is a piece of intestine that protrudes through the abdominal wall and is used to release waste.
Normal healthy stoma
- Pinkish red and moist stoma
- Stoma should be above the skin level.
- No separation between the mucocutaneous edge and the skin.
- No pain on touch
- No evidence of erythema, rash, ulceration or inflammation in the surrounding skin (peristomal skin)
- Spots of blood or a small amount of bleeding from your stoma is normal
- Discharge of feces/urine from stoma is involuntary.
