When Your Child Needs a Stoma

If your child has a problem affecting the intestines, he or she may need a stoma (opening). A stoma provides a new way for stool and mucus to leave the body. During surgery to create a stoma, the colon or sometimes part of the small intestine is removed or disconnected. The end of the intestine is then rerouted through the abdominal wall. Waste leaves the body through the stoma and empties into a bag. It's important to help care for your child's stoma at home and to help your child adjust to having a stoma.

Ostomy Care Paediatric Information

Crash course in stomas - Don't Forget the Bubbles

CHNOLA Instrucciones de alta: cómo cambiar la bolsa de ostomía

Ileostomy: Prep, Procedure, Recovery, and Complications

Jessica's stoma journey

Text - Step-by-Step: Taking a Child's Temperature by Mouth

Caring for a baby with a stoma - Colostomy UK

Caring for Your Child's Ostomy, Treatments, Patients & Families

Caring for Your Child's Ostomy, Treatments, Patients & Families