An ostomy bag is a waterproof pouch you wear on your skin to collect waste products like stool (poop) or urine. You may need an ostomy bag either permanently or temporarily after an ostomy surgery ...

Medically reviewed by Robert Burakoff, MD Ileostomy and colostomy are two types of ostomy surgery that treat diseases and conditions affecting the digestive system. Both include the creation of a ...

The stool draining from a colostomy will be pasty. Ostomy pouch. An ostomy pouch is the bag that collects the stool draining from your ostomy. Skin barrier. The skin barrier is the part of the ostomy ...

So there's multiple different types of bags that people can use for their ileostomies. There will be an ostomy nurse that will sit down with you and fit you to the appropriate size bag ...

“An ostomy – or a stoma – is an artificial ... But there are ways to build up your confidence she says, and for Witton naming her bag was one. “One thing that really helped me was naming ...

The majority (87 of 174) of the ostomy patients in this study were diagnosed ... Data also indicated that lotions containing propylene glycol impaired bag adhesion even after they were allowed ...

TransPennine Express (TPE) has improved its facilities to include stoma-friendly amenities across UK stations.

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 ...