Fluid replacement and medications may be necessary. Doctors may recommend an ileostomy to fit a stoma after an injury or for a health condition that prevents the large bowels from evacuating waste.

How to Care for Your Stoma. You'll change it a few times a day. Try to do that when the pouch is only a third full to prevent leaks, which can irritate your skin.

High-Output Stoma After Small-Bowel Resections for Crohn's Disease Stephen KK Tsao; ... The aim of treatment is to reduce stomal output and provide water, sodium and magnesium replacement.

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 ...

You might have a temporary or a permanent stoma. Your doctor can tell you which type of stoma you need. Temporary stoma. A temporary stoma is when you keep your voice box after surgery and this hole ...

Waste moves from your body through the stoma involuntarily and into a pouch called an ostomy bag, which collects feces. Ostomy bags are odor-free and sealed to prevent leaks, but they need to be ...

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".