Medically reviewed by Robert Burakoff, MD Key Takeaways Ileostomy uses the small intestine, while colostomy uses the large ...

Sara Levitt is a model and content creator with over 43,000 followers on Instagram The 30-year-old is also a Crohn's disease and ostomy advocate For 15 years, she kept her ostomy bag hidden from the ...

An ostomy is a surgical procedure creating an opening, or "stoma," on the abdomen to allow waste to exit the body. This may be essential due to conditions like Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, or ...

Sara Levitt from Montreal, Canada, embraces life with an ostomy in a way that challenges expectations. Her ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease journey led to years of pain and a diminished quality ...

Spencer Tay has built a 588,000-strong Facebook following by doing what most entertainers avoid—openly sharing his life with a colostomy bag while creating viral comedy content. Operating under the ...

An ostomy bag is an umbrella term for the types of bags that collect waste from surgical openings in your intestines or bladder. A colostomy bag is a type of ostomy bag used to collect stool. Share on ...

Learning to live with a colostomy bag starts with learning about its general care. Changing and maintaining your colostomy bag gets easier with time. Share on Pinterest PapaBear/Getty Images Like any ...

Tina Aswani-Omprakash and Kimberly Hooks both live with severe inflammatory bowel disease and have undergone major surgery, but in different ways. One had a J‑pouch after a temporary ostomy, the other ...

Sara Levitt proudly carries her story of survival and self-love whenever she walks down the runway or poses for the camera. The 30-year-old model has been smashing stigmas in recent years, being an ...