LIGHT RED RING AROUND STOMA?

I think sometimes people in the healthcare industry take uneducated guesses to try and show their value. It's obviously not what the nurse is suggesting if it looks nothing like the images you've looked up. I don't have an answer for you of what it could be but I've learned from experience not to freak out with everything you think is abnormal unless it is causing you pain or some side effects from being present. Just trying to give you a piece of mind after going through so much stuff just try not to stress it or overthink it because it could be something just temporary or maybe just your skins reaction to certain things. We are all different. Like I said I would get to concerned unless it starts causing you pain or other issues. You probably want to ask another nurse or Dr that is not just gonna try and take a guess and then send you off on the wrong path researching something that isn't even close to relevant to your situation. Good Luck.

Poucho, I had a constant red ring around my stoma with my loop ileo - it lasted the whole seven months with it. Sometimes it would get fire engine red and sting a little, probably from my eating red sauce or something, but it was usually at least pink. The eakin ring wasn't quite flush against my skin with my loop. Despite my attempts to level out my skin with product (forget the name, but it was like clay that I could mold and shape and fill in the spaces), I guess the waste was still touching my skin, causing the ring. Could this be the case with you? I ask this because you mentioned a loop ileo.
~Lori

I have something that sounds like what you're describing. Doesn't hurt or burn or itch. Even after showering, it's still there (even though it looks like it's from the pressure of the ring and wafer). I've never investigated it as it never changes.

Laura

I wouldn't worry about it. I have had my illeo for almost 11 years and I have the same thing.

Not to sound mean but if it was a stool leak, how would it be a perfectly red/pink ring completely around the stoma? lol. i do use stomahesive powder when neccesary,which in this case, like i said, is not an open irritation, and i do use Eakin seals every time,if i dont i get a leak..

It's interesting the stoma nurse put it back on you to ask Dr. Shen about this. IMO she should ask Dr. Shen for you. It's her job as a stoma nurse to know as much as possible about her specialty. Maybe you can contact her again, so she knows the problem didn't go away, and ask her to find out what else it could be.

I talked to my regular stoma nurse, who also has one and told her what the other nurse said it may be. she said she believes it is just the way my skin reacts to it and also combined with the pressure of the convex wafer and belt constantly pressing down on my skin. I will go with that as long as nothing changes

I had the same thing when I had my loop ileostomy for three months. Once I had my take down the scar was a big circle which has now, almost five months later disapated into an actual line. I think it is probably just irritated from that fact that a piece of your insides is sticking outside. If it is not causing you discomfort I wouldn't worry about it. If it were from leaking you would definitely feel burning/biting pain. Your body has been through a lot.