"They changed the bag and put him right back in there—with feces all on his clothes and all this on the floor. We're like, ...

An ostomy bag can generally hold a good amount of waste—usually enough for a few hours, depending on your output. Once the bag is a third of the way filled, you need to empty the contents.

Crohn's sufferer Bethany Townsend, 23, became an overnight internet sensation after an image she posted of herself in a bikini with a colostomy bag scored more than eleven million views on social ...

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 ...

This creates an opening, called a stoma, on the outside of the body for the stool, or feces, to pass through into a colostomy bag. Usually the colostomy is temporary, until the colon or rectum heals.

A British mountaineer who has a colostomy bag is set to lead a "major" Himalayan expedition next month. Mick Fowler, 62, from Derbyshire, will attempt to scale a 6,000m (19,685ft) peak in the ...