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Ostomy

An ostomy is an opening to collect urine or stool outside the body. Learn about different types of ostomies and what they look like.

Ostomy: Day-to-day activities for adolescents (ages 12+ years)

Learn how an ostomy impacts your teen's day-to-day activities and about the considerations for protecting their stoma and ostomy pouch.

Ostomy: Day-to-day activities for children aged 1–11 years

Learn how an ostomy impacts your child's day-to-day activities and about considerations for protecting the stoma and ostomy pouch.

Ostomy: Day-to-day activities for babies from birth to 12 months

Learn how an ostomy impacts your baby's day-to-day activities and about considerations for protecting the stoma and ostomy pouch.

Ostomy care instructions

Your child’s ostomy pouch will need to be emptied and changed regularly to prevent leaks and protect the skin around their stoma. Find instructions for how to care for, empty and change your child’s ostomy pouch.

Hirschsprung disease

Learn how Hirschprung disease affects the bowel and how it is diagnosed and usually treated.

Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC)

Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is a rare but serious disease that affects the bowels of premature or newborn infants. Learn more about the symptoms, causes and treatment of the condition.

Anorectal malformation

Learn what treatment is available if your child is diagnosed with anorectal malformation.

Feed progression in children with intestinal failure

Learn about increasing enteral feeds in a child with intestinal failure to help them achieve enteral autonomy.

Hirschsprung disease: Dietary guidelines to ease stooling

Find out how to ease the symptoms of Hirschsprung disease with a high-fibre, low-sugar diet.

Ileostomy: Dietary guidelines to help with stool consistency

If your child has an ileostomy, learn what they should eat and drink to produce the proper texture of stool.

Ulcerative colitis

​​Information for parents and children with the inflammatory bowel disease, ulcerative colitis.

Antegrade continence enema with appendicostomy (Malone antegrade continence enema - MACE)

Find out how an antegrade continence enema can help your child and how to give an antegrade continence enema at home.

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Low-sodium, low-potassium and low-phosphorus diet

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Hemophilia glossary

A list of helpful glossary terms for Teens Taking Charge Managing Your Hemophilia program.

The Pathology Lab

2 minutes; Ages 7–11

A walk through the pathology lab, where doctors examine blood and other bodily fluids, organs and tissues.