An ileostomy means that your small intestine is brought out through an opening in your abdomen to form a stoma. This means that food waste...

Constipation, loose stools, and diarrhoea are among the fairly common experiences after an ileostomy or colostomy surgery.

On a first glance, both colostomies and ileostomies sound fairly similar. As the name suggests, they’re both ostomies that involve surgery to bring a part...