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 surgery to ...

A stoma is an opening in your abdomen that allows waste to exit your body, rather than going through your digestive system. They’re used when part of your bowels or bladder either need to heal or be ...

You can see when and how you might have a breathing stoma in our surgery section. Read more about when and how you might have a stoma There are different types of breathing stomas. Your doctor can ...

A stoma hernia, or parastomal hernia, may develop following an ileostomy. This happens when part of the intestine protrudes through a weakness in the abdominal wall around the stoma. Surgery can help ...

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Adele Roberts, who was diagnosed with stage two bowel cancer in October 2021, has completed the London Marathon wearing a stoma. (PA) Adele Roberts has been awarded with a Guinness World Record after ...

Prolapsed stoma is when a piece of your intestine pushes out through the stoma, or opening, in your belly. It’s a possible complication of colostomy or ileostomy surgery. A prolapsed stoma may look ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Belinda Smith: A stoma is a portal in your body, it is most often built in during something like bowel ...

A 39-year-old colorectal cancer survivor talks about her experience living with a permanent stoma A stoma is a surgically created opening on the abdomen's surface to divert the flow of faeces, which ...

But look again at the results of that photoshoot here, and just above his belt is the singer-songwriter’s stoma – a permanent opening in his bowel that allows his faeces to collect in a pouch. For Tom ...

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