Ask your nurse whether you should wear a stoma guard, hernia belt, or other support garment to hold the stoma in place and protect it. You may need to switch to a bigger pouch with a larger opening.

“I’ve had Crohn’s disease for 45 years, and after five bowel resections, I got fitted with a stoma bag last year. I was at Heathrow airport when, due to the bag, I beeped when walking past ...

One way to track dynamic changes in guard cell vacuoles during stomatal movements is to use cell imaging techniques, such as confocal microscopy and TEM. In 2005, Gao et al. did just this when ...

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 ...

It is estimated that over 13,500 people in the UK undergo stoma surgery every year, but despite this, it’s not something that is talked about much in general conversation - and many of us aren ...

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 stoma is an abdominal opening to allow faeces or urine to be collected. The Court of Protection judge, Mr Justice Hayden, ...

Introduction. More than 1 million persons in the United States and Canada are currently living with intestinal stomas, and there are approximately 100,000 new ostomy surgeries every year ...

Evgeny Stoma is a tall, slim, soft-spoken man with a quick smile and a relaxed character. ... convincing his staff that protection of tigers and leopards required a constant presence.

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 ...

Last week, Isabel Oakeshott wrote about her ‘humiliating’ experience at airport security, where she was manhandled by a female member of staff. In her article, she highlighted how “increasingly ...

Reader Seán Reddy recalled the time he was “forced to drop his trousers to prove” he had a stoma bag. “I’ve had Crohn’s disease for 45 years, and after five bowel resections, I got fitted with a stoma ...