A person’s life is inseparable from eating, drinking, sleeping, and sleeping every day. So the question is, if a person has no anus, can he still live?

A year ago, 40-year-old Mr. Gao continued to suffer from diarrhea, blood in the stool and other symptoms. Because he had hemorrhoids before and the symptoms were similar, he always thought it was hemorrhoids.

It wasn’t until the symptoms got better and got worse that Mr. Gao remembered going to the hospital for a checkup,unfortunate news Here comes: Stage III Rectal Cancer.

After examination, Mr. Gao’s tumor was very close to the anus, so it was impossible to remove the tumor alone. Ultimately, Mr. Gao’s anus was removed along with the tumor. The doctor opened a mouth in his stomach and received a fecal bag.

From then on, Mr. Gao could only defecate through fecal bags, which affected his quality of life and physical and mental health. In fact, the situation like Mr. Gao is not an exception.

Professor Yu Dehong, the founder of modern anorectal surgery in China and the father of Chinese stoma, pointed out: According to incomplete statistics, our country has newly 100,000 permanent colostomy patients. According to data, there are currently more than 1 million permanent colostomy patients in my country.

After the anus was removed, they were “neither disabled nor like normal people” — some “stoma people” could not bear such “shame” and finally chose suicide.

First, the “stoma man” who lost his anus

A stoma, as the name suggests, is an artificial opening in the body. In medicine, a stoma refers to the surgical removal of the diseased intestinal segment, a segment of the intestinal tube is pulled out, and the stoma is turned over and sutured to the abdominal wall for excretion of feces.

Will the stoma affect my normal life?

Actually, the stoma just changes the path of defecation.As long as scientific care, it has little impact on life< /span>, nor does it hinder normal nutrient absorption.

Clinically, stoma patients are commonly seen in patients with malignant tumors such as low rectal cancer, colon cancer, and bladder cancer, as well as in patients with familial polyposis, intestinal necrosis, and anastomotic leakage. , megacolon and other diseases.

Second, many people do not understand the survival dilemma faced by stoma people

< p>Although scientific nursing will enable people with stoma to live a normal life, for them, even minor changes are extremely stressful.

After all, successful surgery is only the first step, and subsequent stoma patients need to face various postoperative care, interpersonal communication, diet< /span>And so on, they are constantly tormenting them…

Judging from the shape of the stoma, it looks like “an open flower” The rose in the belly”, however, behind the optimism, there are indeed cruel facts. There are many problems that people with stoma need to face, such as:

• The stoma is dented, the excrement leaks out from the chassis, and the stench spreads out and damages the skin;< /span>
• Abdominal fat increases or skin folds, resulting in poor stoma airtightness;
• The center hole of the chassis is too large, Inability to block excreta, resulting in excretion of excrement.

In addition to the patient himself, relatives are also suffering.

For most middle-aged and elderly people with stoma, they need family care all the year round due to lack of nursing knowledge or mobility.

If something goes wrong with the stoma, I have to go to the hospital, and I cannot do without the help of my family. For family members, not only sacrifices huge time costs, but also bears a certain amount of psychological pressure.

In addition, even if the nursing problem is solved, the patient’s low self-esteem, depression, and mental disorder are also a big problem.

For some patients, becomes A stoma is not a rebirth, but the beginning of a nightmare.

Mr. Liu had a stoma due to rectal cancer and thought he could deal with the gap in his stomach calmly.No Thinking of living in collapse and pain every day after having an ostomy.

He loves cleanliness very much. After he became a stoma person, he often couldn’t help feeling nauseated when he looked at the fecal bag hanging on him, not to mention the smell sometimes. To the unpleasant smell.

Because he is worried that he will be laughed at by others and that he will affect others, Mr. Liu rarely goes out to socialize, and often puts himselfLocked at home, his temper has also become very short-tempered.

He even thought that it would be better to die than to suffer so much. But seeing so hard taking care of his wife and elderly parents, he couldn’t bear it anymore.

Third, even a “stoma person” can live comfortably

< p>The real pain, only the stoma person understands. So, is there really no way to ease the pain, improve the quality of life, and live like a normal person? Actually not, there are also many people with stoma who are still living healthy and happy, unaffected in the slightest.

For those with stoma who have difficulty in taking care of themselves or whose family members cannot take care of themselves, the emergence of “stoma specialists” allows them to The quality of postoperative care has been greatly improved.

Zhou Fangfang from the Third Affiliated Hospital of Southern Medical University is both a general surgery nurse and an international wound ostomy specialist. She has to deal with wounds, blood, and feces every day, and with different stoma people.

However, she felt that compared with her own suffering, the most important thing was to reduce the psychological pressure of stoma people, ease their pain, and improve their quality of life. Helping someone with a stoma to live with dignity is something that makes her incredibly happy and proud.

Of course, in addition to relying on the stoma specialist, the stoma person must also master the science. Nursing knowledge and habits. Pay more attention to the following points in daily life, you can also live like a normal person and gain freedom:

1. Sleep p>

Empty the ostomy bag before going to bed, try to lie down as much as possible, and avoid lying on the stomach to prevent the ostomy bag from being compressed.

When you get up in the morning, you should also pay attention not to get up on your back. It is recommended to turn to the side of the stoma first, and then use the strength of the swollen joints to get up without increasing the pressure on the abdomen.

2. Diet

Choose high-calorie, high-protein, vitamin-rich foods , drink plenty of water, eat less beans, onions, sweet potatoes and other foods that are easy to produce gas, as well as fried, cold, greasy, indigestible and other foods that are easy to cause gastrointestinal discomfort.

3. Exercise

Exercise moderately, and try to choose walking, swimming, jogging, etc. Low-intensity aerobic exercise, try not to do stimulating sports such as basketball and boxing, so as not to increase the negative pressure and increase the difficulty of stoma care.

The stoma is unfortunate and fortunate, after all, how many people even have a stoma no chance. Although stoma care is difficult, as long as you pay attention to science and calm your mind, you can eventually lead a normal life.

For healthy people, it is necessary to develop good living habits, regular physical examinations, and timely digital rectal examinations if abnormalities are found, so as to avoid aggravation of the disease and cause stoma. situation.

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