When you have a colostomy or ileostomy the end of your bowel is brought through an opening on your tummy (abdomen). The opening is called a stoma. If the small bowel (ileum) is brought out onto the ...

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 ...

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

TransPennine Express (TPE) announced this week that all of its accessible station toilets would have disposal facilities to be "stoma friendly". TPE accessibility lead Chris Jeffery said the ...

Poppy Williams, 27, had a stoma put in after emergency surgery in December 2021.

"In the six years I've had a stoma, I've had one toilet that's been completely accessible for me," says Emma Sellars. "It is a real downer to be honest." The 23-year-old from Lincoln has been ...

The process involves putting water into your colon through the stoma, causing the colon to empty. Irrigation is most effective about an hour after a meal, which is when the colon is most likely to ...

A woman diagnosed with rectal cancer who was faced with the possibility of having a stoma for the rest of her life has said she is "so glad" she went for a clinical trial. Sharon Price, 51, from ...

Experts at the NHS Clatterbridge Cancer Centre on the Wirral discovered that people with early-stage rectal cancer can avoid the need for a stoma and may be cured if they have a type of specialist ...