A member asked:

Ostomy stoma turning pale/white very often. pain at times and nausea. stays white for hours. what could be the cause of this? my mds dont know.

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Dr. James Lin answered

Here are some ...: Tissue turning pale / whitish off and on suggests a changing local impairing microscopic circulation, which may be related with temperature, positioning, bowel hyper-peristalsis / spam, local autonomic reflection, etc.leading to local tissue "bleaching" effect. Nonetheless, nothing can be done with such but learning to cope with it as long as...

Answered 11/30/2018

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