Medically reviewed by Qin Rao, MD A perforated bowel, or intestinal perforation, occurs when a hole forms in the wall of the ...

was in his 30s and had given judge Mr Justice Hayden an "advanced decision" to indicate he did not want to live with a permanent stoma, after a decade of "painful and complex abdominal problems".

I have a stoma, which means a part of my small intestine pokes out of my stomach and a little bag collects all my poo, taking my bum completely out of the equation. Yes, it feels a little strange ...

Stoma not a bag for life ... but the most common symptoms are diarrhoea, bleeding, stomach pains and extreme fatigue; Medicine can alleviate the condition, but for many, surgery is necessary.

A cancer survivor and wheelchair user narrowly cheated death in a hit-and-run incident at a Cork shopping centre. Jim Hosford-Lynch (71) had a stoma bag torn free from his stomach such was the ...