A colostomy is an opening that connects the large bowel, or colon, to the skin. The stool draining from a colostomy will be pasty. Ostomy pouch. An ostomy pouch is the bag that collects the stool ...

Crohn's sufferer Bethany Townsend, 23, became an overnight internet sensation after an image she posted of herself in a bikini with a colostomy bag scored more than eleven million views on social ...

A stoma is an opening in your belly's wall that a surgeon makes in order for waste to leave your body if you can't have a bowel movement through your rectum. You might get one if you have ...

The condition, which affects 1 in 650 people in the UK, means many of those affected have to wear a colostomy bag which can make some sufferers want to cover up, even in hot weather. But now one ...

He said he was in a cell with someone else who had a colostomy bag. It was overflowing ... inadequate medical care. If you know a detainee at the CJC who hasn’t received necessary treatment ...