Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A stoma is an opening from an area inside your body to the outside, according to the U.S. National Library of Medicine. (Photo: ...

A stoma is an opening that a surgeon creates on a person’s abdomen to allow them to pass bodily waste. Stomas can be lifesaving for people with certain conditions. A person has ostomy surgery to ...

Hannah Witton, 27, from Manchester, is a YouTuber and author of Doing It! and The Hormone Diaries. When ulcerative colitis left her with a stoma, Witton adjusted to her new normal. But the enduring ...

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 ...

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 blonde ...

This paper explores some of the complications that may occur following formation of a stoma. All of the complications described can have a deep impact on a person with an ostomy, affecting physical, ...

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 ...