That kid can be going through the worst thing ever, and he's still smiling," Samatha Grant says of her son Dawson ...

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

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

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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 ...

Stomas consist of three main output types: Ileostomy – faecal output stoma formed from the small bowel; Colostomy – faecal output stoma formed from the large bowel; Urostomy or ileal conduit – urine ...

Beran endured six rounds of chemo before undergoing surgery to remove her colon. She also got an ileostomy, in which the end of the small intestine is brought through a small opening in the ...

You can have surgery to reverse your colostomy or ileostomy. It's called an ostomy reversal. Your surgeon will sew the ends of your intestine (bowel) back together. This surgery "reverses" your ...

When she was able to see a doctor, she learned she had Stage 3 rectal cancer and would need a temporary ileostomy as part of her treatment. That experience inspired her to write and illustrate a ...

A colostomy and ileostomy are openings of the bowel onto the surface of the tummy (abdomen). You wear a bag over the opening to collect the poo. You might have a colostomy or ileostomy after some ...