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It can take a few days for your stoma to start producing any output. Your bowel will have gone into a shock like state following surgery.

About Your Wet Colostomy After your surgery, your urine (pee) and stool (poop) will leave your body through your wet colostomy stoma. Your stoma will have 2 parts (see Figure 1): A urinary diversion. Your urine will flow from your kidneys, through your ureters, and out of your body through your urinary diversion.

Know How to Describe your Effluent (output from stoma) For a stoma that drains urine: Color: Clear, cloudy, amber, straw, blood tinged. Odor: no odor, musty, fishy, fecal ( stool smell) Volume: No output, low output, high output.

The average daily output of a colostomy is about 500 ml per day, with a range of about 200-700ml. You should learn to monitor the amount and consistency of your bowel movements.

Output will depend mainly on which type of stoma you have: colostomy, ileostomy or urostomy. Like all output, it can also be affected by diet, liquid intake etc. For all types of stoma, it is important to drink plenty of fluids, about 6 cups of liquid a day (8-10 if you have an ileostomy).

Know How to Describe your Effluent (output from stoma) Color: Clear, cloudy, amber, straw, blood tinged. Odor: no odor, musty, fishy, fecal ( stool smell) Volume: No output, low output, high output. Substances other than fluid (e.g., grit, crystals, mucus).

What is a normal ileostomy output? A normal ileostomy output should be 400-600ml over 24 hours. Output should have the consistency of porridge or toothpaste.

The average daily output of a colostomy is about 500 ml per day, with a range of about 200-700ml. You should learn to monitor the amount and consistency of your bowel movements.