If you’ve had an ostomy – a surgery that reroutes the way waste leaves your body – for ulcerative colitis (UC), the idea of exercise can seem intimidating. You might worry whether you’ll injure ...

A colostomy bag is a plastic bag that collects fecal matter, also called stool or poop, from the digestive tract through an opening in the abdominal wall called a stoma. Doctors attach a bag to the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A stoma is an opening from an area inside your body to the outside, according to the U.S. National Library of Medicine. (Photo: ...

If your ulcerative colitis (UC) hasn’t responded well enough to treatment, your doctor may suggest surgery and an ostomy pouch. This might sound intimidating. But for people with certain birth defects ...