Unlike your anus, your stoma doesn’t have muscles or nerve endings. That means you can’t control when you move your bowels. Instead, you will place a colostomy bag over the stoma to receive ...

Jackie says that it's possible to live life to the full when you have a stoma Living with a stoma is not always easy. Natalie Toper from London spoke to the BBC about her reaction when she found ...

A woman with a stoma bag was left shaken after being 'assaulted and abused' for using a disabled toilet at an Adele concert. Jessica Storey, 28, who has Crohn's disease, found herself becoming ...

The stool draining from a colostomy will be pasty. Ostomy pouch. An ostomy pouch is the bag that collects the stool draining from your ostomy. Skin barrier. The skin barrier is the part of the ostomy ...

What it's really like to get a colostomy bag in your 20s 'Wearing a stoma bag is part of my life and it is a great one' "We only get one black bin every two weeks, and I am responsible for filling ...

Louise Thompson has proudly said there is “‘nothing” she won’t wear after getting a stoma bag fitted. The former Made In Chelsea star, 34, recently revealed she had a stoma bag fitted ...

As a result, stool passes from the colon, through the stoma, and then into a bag that attaches to the skin. A colostomy may be temporary or permanent. You might need a temporary colostomy to allow ...

A woman with a stoma bag is calling for more awareness of invisible illnesses after describing being "assaulted and abused" when she used a disabled toilet at an Adele concert. Jessica Storey, 28, ...

[4] The application of these products affects the adhesion of the stoma equipment ... that lotions containing propylene glycol impaired bag adhesion even after they were allowed to evaporate.

Riley, aged six, from Melksham, had the stoma - a bag which removes waste from his body - fitted after developing complications following his birth. He plans to walk 10km (6.2 miles) to raise ...

Destiny Pinto was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis near the start of college in July 2021, after which she heavily relied on compression gear to relieve the pain she felt throughout her body.