You might have a temporary or a permanent stoma. Your doctor can tell you which type of stoma you need. Temporary stoma. A temporary stoma is when you keep your voice box after surgery and this hole ...

Here are the 10 most common misconceptions about living with a stoma, according to Speight: 1. Swimming is fine. Often people believe that having a stoma means you can’t enjoy the same hobbies ...

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 ...

A stoma is an opening made in the skin in front of your neck to allow you to breathe. The opening is made at the base of your neck. Air goes in and out of your windpipe (trachea) and lungs through ...

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".

A teenager will have a stoma bag for the rest of her life after what she thought was period pain turned out to be ulcerative colitis (UC). Sophia Haden, 18, said she had to go to the toilet 20 ...

Amber Davies, 21, has a stoma after having her bowel removed after developing ulcerative colitis. She loves living with her friends but worries about bin collections as there are strict rules in ...