Ileostomy and colostomy are two types of ostomy surgery that treat diseases and conditions affecting the digestive system. Both include the creation of a stoma, by which a small piece of intestine ...

A TODDLER is lucky to be alive after swallowing 19 magnetic metal beads from a children’s toy. Two-year-old Rheon Flowers had ...

Then you’ll get a plastic pouch over the stoma to collect wastes. You'll stay in the hospital for a few days to a week after your surgery. Before you leave there, a doctor or nurse will teach ...

I’m sharing this (with permission from her parents of course) because I think that people facing the reality of stoma surgery need to know that it’s not the end of the road for you.

Inspector Morse star Tony Mathew had died 'unexpectedly after an operation' in 2023. The inquest into his death ended on ...

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 ...

After your colostomy surgery, you will likely speak with a doctor ... If you run a lot, rubbing or chaffing at the stoma can cause small red marks or sores that look like mouth ulcers around ...

Some people may also need their rectum removed during surgery. Your surgeon will only do this if it is needed. Your surgeon will bring the end of your bowel out through your abdomen as an end ...

Poppy Williams, 27, from Cardiff, is documenting her experience of living with a stoma bag – including shopping for a wedding ...

A STAR who featured in Inspector Morse, The Bill, and Poirot has died unexpectedly just hours after a routine surgery. Tony ...

Poppy Williams, 27, from Cardiff, was left with a stoma after emergency surgery in December 2021 and initially thought her "life was over". "But then I thought, my stoma isn't going away.