How you care for your colostomy stoma and ostomy bag can vary from person to person. For example, how often you change your bag depends on your output and the type of bag you’re using. A colostomy is ...

The stoma can measure from 1 to 1 1/2 inches around. Unlike your anus, the stoma has no sphincter muscle (the muscles that control bowel movements), so most people cannot control the exit of waste.

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Belinda Smith: A stoma is a portal in your body, it is most often built in during something like bowel ...