You might get one if you have surgery to remove or bypass part of your large intestine (colon and rectum) and can't have bowel movements the usual way. The operation is called a colostomy.

Dr. Andreas M. Kaiser explains how a colostomy may preserve a patient’s health and help to avoid colorectal cancer complications.

Two-year-old Rheon Flowers had to have part of his bowel removed during a seven-hour emergency surgery and now has a stoma bag. Mum Cassie Dinham, whose son has epilepsy, was told if he had gone ...

Early colon cancer symptoms, like bloating and abdominal pain, can mimic symptoms of celiac disease, IBS, and gluten ...

Prof Myint said the treatment meant patients could avoid a colostomy – an operation to bring part of the bowel through an opening in the stomach to form a stoma, which collects the body’s waste in a ...

A COLOSTOMY is an operation on the colon - a part of the bowel. It diverts one end of the colon through an opening in the tummy, known as the stoma. This means that the person can no longer pass poo.

Nikki Penrice, 36, was fitted with a stoma two days after having an operation to treat her bowel cancer in January 2022 ...

Some foods can upset the way your bowel works. After treatment, high fibre foods, such as fruit and vegetables, may give you loose poo and increased wind. You may need to go to the toilet much more ...

By the time Robert was diagnosed, she needed to have part of her large intestine removed and replaced by a colostomy bag ... altered bowel movements, constipation, bloating, and diarrhea.

Prof Myint said the treatment meant patients could avoid a colostomy – an operation to bring part of the bowel through an opening in the stomach to form a stoma, which collects the body’s ...