A stoma is an opening on the front of the abdomen which is created during surgery to allow faeces or urine to exit the body via the stoma and be collected in a bag on the outside of the body.

10 things you should know about living with a stoma Musician Tom Speight has lived with a stoma for over a decade, after undergoing an emergency operation that saved his life. Here he unpacks some ...

Peristomal dermatoses commonly afflict the area around stoma openings in ostomy patients. These complications, however, are often unreported by patients and remain untreated for years, thus ...

Millennial Woman With Stoma Who Refuses To Stop Wearing a Bikini Applauded Published Mar 24, 2025 at 10:30 AM EDT By Lucy Notarantonio ...

Louise Thompson has revealed she was left "too overwhelmed to speak" as she broke down following a stoma bag leak while in central London. The Made in Chelsea star, 30, said she found the incident ...

A breathing stoma is an opening in your neck that you breathe through after some types of surgery for mouth and oropharyngeal cancers.

A request from a parishioner leads to the facilities, including a hook and long mirror, being added.

Jessica Storey, 28, from Brampton, Cumbria, who has Crohn's disease, says she was left shaken after fellow concertgoers 'assaulted and abused' her for using the disabled toilet at an Adele concert.

Amber Davies opens up about having to dispose of her stoma bag while living with friends.

A woman is documenting her experiencing living with a stoma bag – including shopping for a wedding dress – because she wants to "normalise it and break the stigma".

Adele Roberts has “casually” learned that her rectum was removed during her colostomy operation in October 2021. The BBC Radio 1 presenter had a stoma bag, which she refers to as Audrey ...