"I always say my stoma bag is my bag for life. It's my new accessory. You don't have to hide it." Lucy Smith Butler, from ...

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 ...

You may not know the word for it, but odds are you've seen a stoma bag before. But while these pouches can be lifesavers for people with certain health conditions, there's a lot the general public ...

MD+DI Senior Editor Amanda Pedersen shares mixed feelings about a nursing program's ostomy unit and her personal experience ...

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 ...

There’s still a lot of mystery (and stigma) surrounding stomas. One vlogger is out to change that. Share on Pinterest Meet Mona. She’s a stoma. Specifically, she’s Hannah Witton’s stoma. Hannah is a ...

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 ...

A person with a stoma may develop a high output stoma, sometimes called a high output ileostomy. It results in an atypically high output of liquids, which can cause dehydration. Fluid replacement and ...

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 ...

An athletics champion with two stoma bags has spoken out about her issue with recent episodes of the soap BETHANY Platt’s nightmare surgery ordeal recently took a twist that Coronation Street viewers ...