See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. In November 2021, 29-year-old Holly Fleet was in an emergency ward, ...

While advances in stoma bags have made them easier to use and live with, you may still be interested in possible alternatives. These depend on your specific condition. A colostomy bag (pouch) is a ...

Not everyone with colorectal cancers and bowel diseases needs a colostomy. You may be able to avoid ostomy surgery, depending on the reason for it. A colostomy is a surgical procedure that creates an ...

I slammed down my vodka mixer, spilling it across the bar. “I need to get out now,” I screamed, already stumbling towards the club toilet sign in my high heels. The urgency was unbearable. A few hours ...

But the 26-year-old, from Arnold in Nottinghamshire, has found life with a stoma - a surgical opening in her intestines ...

Blogger Krystal Miller was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease at 15 when she started having severe stomach pains. After eight years of doctor’s trying to get her disease under control, as she says in her ...