Diets and stoma function.
Fifty ileostomy and 50 colostomy patients were questioned as to which foods upset their stoma function. Most patients had no problem in finding a suitable diet and 70 per cent would eat any food on occasions, although half the patients found that side effects with particular foods were a nuisance. Only a small range of foodstuffs seemed to produce symptoms in a significant proportion of patients. We feel that no particular foodstuff should be eliminated from a diet without an adequate trial as most patients are able to eat entirely normally.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003125:Colostomy; D004032:Diet; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007081:Ileostomy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged