Yet it was meeting a nine-year-old girl, who also lives with a stoma, that has enabled him to talk publicly about his ...

A teenager will have a stoma bag for the rest of her life after what she thought was period pain turned out to be ulcerative colitis (UC). Sophia Haden, 18, said she had to go to the toilet 20 times a ...

In November 2021, 29-year-old Holly Fleet was in an emergency ward, undergoing surgery to remove her colon. Just over a year later, she is pregnant with her first baby. Fleet, aka Stomababe, was ...

A stoma is an opening from an area inside your body to the outside, according to the U.S. National Library of Medicine. (Photo: Getty Images) You may not know the word for it, but odds are you've seen ...

A stoma is an opening in your abdomen that allows waste to exit your body, rather than going through your digestive system. They’re used when part of your bowels or bladder either need to heal or be ...

Earlier this month, a man who did not want to live with a stoma died after a judge ruled life-support treatment could end. His story caused an outpouring of shock amongst the stoma community and ...

Caring for a person with a stoma is also about helping them find peace and providing them emotional support. Read more at ...

A stoma hernia, or parastomal hernia, may develop following an ileostomy. This happens when part of the intestine protrudes through a weakness in the abdominal wall around the stoma. Surgery can help ...

But look again at the results of that photoshoot here, and just above his belt is the singer-songwriter’s stoma – a permanent opening in his bowel that allows his faeces to collect in a pouch. For Tom ...

Adele Roberts has revealed she may be forced to undergo surgery after being unable to return her prolapsed stoma into it's bag, three years after having colostomy surgery following a battle with colon ...

A bodybuilder who was told he might not live past 40 after his bowel cancer was missed said it felt "incredible" to return to the stage with his scars and stoma bag. Doctors initially dismissed Mat ...

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