It is quite evident that living a healthy and normal life is a state of happiness. No one wants an unhealthy lifestyle and any kind of disease in life. However, we cannot control the mishappenings and misfortunes. We may encounter some discomforts, hardships, and illnesses. It changes our normal life and lifestyle. Some diseases are responsible for the alteration of the entire organ, one of them is ostomy. In this surgery, a person changes the natural path of excretion. The patient will have a new organ (stoma) in the abdomen. The purpose is to discharge the stool and urine through this passage instead of the anus. Well, we have to embrace uncertainties in life. However, the good part of the ostomy is it enhances the quality of life of a patient. It does not bother you or bring drastic changes in the lifestyle of an ostomate.

The ostomy is the treatment of the large intestine and small intestine. A disease or defect in the digestive system drives patients towards ostomy. It has various kinds depending on the disease, for example, when there is an infection or chronic disease in the large intestine or colon, it needs colostomy when an infection erupts in the small intestine or ileum, it needs ileostomy, and the same is the case with bladder and rectum, a dysfunctioning of these organs need urostomy.

Colostomy

Globally, thousands of people are living a colostomy life. It means they have gone through the surgery of the colon. When there is a problem in the large intestine, like colon cancer, Crohn’s disease, intestinal obstruction, birth defects, and diverticulitis, a person needs the removal of an infected section of the colon or the entire large intestine. No doubt, it brings a few alterations and adjustments in the life of the ostomate, but there is nothing to fear about. It enhances the life quality of the patient. It removes the infection or disease permanently, and a patient can live a healthy life afterward. The only dramatic change is the appearance of the stoma in the abdomen. It is a circular, artificial opening for the collection of the stool. The primary objective of the stoma is to collect solid waste. It requires a bag or pouch to gather the feces.

The stoma does not have any other impact on the body and life of a colostomy patient. It only picks up the waste material from the colon and passes it into the ostomy pouch. It does not serve any other purpose. It works as anus in your body. However, it is an inorganic part of the body; therefore, you need to pay attention to its care, health, and hygiene. There is zilch additional you need to do with the opening and colostomy. It eradicates the effects of colon cancer, chronic disease in the large intestine, and dysfunctioning of the bowel or colon. Thus, it makes the life of a patient healthy and normal.

Lifestyle and Care

Patients assume that their life after the colostomy surgery is going to daunt them. However, when a patient is suffering from any kind of disease, either an infection or cancer in the digestive system or any other organ, life is tough for them. After the treatment of any kind of disease, patients welcome comfort and health in life.

Colostomy patients suppose that their lifestyle will get changed, and they will not serve their aim of life. No, this is just a myth regarding colon surgery. It only closes the anus and opens the stoma as a new organ of discharge. Moreover, like any other operation, a colostomy patient person needs some rest in the hospital right after the colostomy, and wait for the healing of the large intestine.

Once the colon and stoma get healed, a colostomy patient can join back the previous lifestyle, but with full care and according to the directions of the doctor and ET nurse.