Gateshead's Keiran White wants to change the narrative around stomas - and said getting surgery had completely revolutionised ...

If the term stoma is new to you, let’s delve deeper into what they are and the common misunderstanding and myths surrounding them. What is a stoma and its functions? According to Subang Jaya Medical ...

WATCHING her son doubled over in agony on the hospital bed, Hannah Amer begged doctors to act quickly to remove the metal balls that were burning through his bowel. And the 12-year-old, from ...

Debbie Kinder of Charleston, West Virginia has used an ostomy bag for around four years. Her nonprofit, Kinder's Closet, provides free ostomy supplies to anyone who needs them.

And a third need surgery after having this chronic condition for 30 years. Common surgical options for UC include ileostomy and J-pouch surgery. People typically consider surgery when other ...

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 ...

"If we don't talk about it, if we don't teach people, how are they going to know to accept us for who we are?" says Jessica Grossman, who founded the nonprofit Uncover Ostomy Jessica Grossman was ...

One-year-old Araya Whateley ended up needing seven hours of emergency surgery to have part of her bowel removed and now has a stoma bag. The magnetic beads belonged to Araya’s nine-year-old sister ...