For individuals undergoing life-saving ostomy surgery due to conditions like Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, or colorectal cancer, adapting to an ostomy bag often marks a significant life ...

His story caused an outpouring of shock amongst the stoma community and prompted the question - is there enough mental health support for those facing surgery? Having lived with a stoma for four ...

An ostomy is a surgically created opening on your abdomen to drain stool. It is the end of the intestine that can be seen on the skin of your belly. There are two types of ostomies: ileostomy and ...

After full recovery, you won’t need to wear an ostomy or empty it, and you’ll have more natural control over your bowel movements. Depending on how many stages your surgery is performed in ...

A Belfast nurse has spoken about her brave decision to have stoma surgery, so she can focus on helping others. Abby Robinson ...

Ileostomy and colostomy are both surgical procedures to create an opening in the abdomen to reroute the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. Diversion colitis (DC) is a condition that causes a part of the ...

If your ulcerative colitis (UC) hasn’t responded well enough to treatment, your doctor may suggest surgery and an ostomy pouch. This might sound intimidating. But for people with certain birth ...

Having an ostomy now is much different than it used to be. Obviously, nobody wants to have this procedure, but if there is a medical condition, and you have to have this procedure, the equipment ...

Ulcerative colitis meant Samantha Leckie needed surgery to create a stoma. Here, she shares how this journey helped her to love her body. I call myself a real-life Barbie. Not because I have ...

One of the main findings was the presence of a relationship between the type of ostomy procedure and the frequency of skin complications: ileostomy patients displayed more peristomal skin problems ...