Brooks Bell and Sarah Beran were diagnosed with colon cancer in their 30s. Their doctors initially thought they hemorrhoids ...

Dawson Grant was born with several birth defects and underwent many surgeries. He is now thriving and is like "any 2-year-old ...

An ileostomy and a colostomy are surgical procedures that reroute part of the intestines to an opening in the abdominal wall. Ileostomies involve the small intestine, while colostomies involve the ...

Anthony Brotherton, 81, was admitted to Colchester Hospital in February after suffering from sickness and abdominal pain.

Anthony Brotherton, 81, was admitted to Colchester Hospital in February after suffering from sickness and abdominal pain.

Lindsay Bowers was nine when she suffered a life-threatening attack on a bus that left her in intensive care with a damaged stoma, broken jaw and cracked ribs ...

In Tom’s case, doctors had performed an ileostomy – a stoma in the small intestine. ‘They saved my life,’ he says, ‘but I was in denial about what having a stoma meant. Having an ...

Medically reviewed by Robert Burakoff, MD Toxic megacolon is a serious condition of the large intestine, or colon, that ...

With an ileostomy, which creates an opening in the small intestine, the pouch will need to be cleaned about every three days. “Due to the acidic nature of the small bowel, the bag will wear at t ...

"In some cases patients may have a colostomy or ileostomy which allows the contents of your intestines to empty into a bag, through a stoma, a hole created in your abdomen. "This may be temporary ...

Praise God.” An April 11 surgery reversed the ileostomy that had allowed her lower bowels to fully heal. “Healing has been a humbling process,” Dean said. “At times, my recovery has been ...