Yet it was meeting a nine-year-old girl, who also lives with a stoma, that has enabled him to talk publicly about his ...

In September 2023, Gill Castle became the first person with a stoma to swim the channel and now she is embarking on a new challenge. She is leading 16 women – most of whom have suffered birth trauma, ...

A neck stoma describes an opening in the neck that a person breathes through. A surgeon may perform this procedure if someone requires surgery to remove tissue in the neck. In some cases, this may be ...

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 ...

A bodybuilder who was told he might not live past 40 after his bowel cancer was missed said it felt "incredible" to return to the stage with his scars and stoma bag. Doctors initially dismissed Mat ...

After undergoing a colorectal cancer surgery and getting an ostomy, patients may experience a prolapse, but it is not cause to panic, an expert says. Stoma prolapses are usually “alarming, but not ...

A Birmingham-based medical device manufacturer which was established in 1701 and is one of the UK's oldest family-run companies has reported a strong financial year in which turnover ...

Dating can feel daunting at the best of times, but imagine the difficulties faced by those with an inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), like Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. The lifelong ...

Colonic stenting for colorectal cancer achieves high success with low complication rates and radiation exposure within safe ...