Then the patient has to wear an external colostomy pouch. It will contain liquid stool passed out of the abdomen through a surgically created hole called the stoma. If there are infections or complications, the stoma may bleed and emit a foul odor of the waste. Patients of colostomy need to increase fiber in their diet to help digestion and bowel movements. Foods which give flatulence are banned from the diet.
Dietary fiber needs to be added slowly to avoid problems with intestinal gas.
Colon cancer is genetically inherited. Other factors are cigarette smoke, chemicals, pesticides and radiation. Diet plays an important part in preventing colon cancer. Fiber helps to move waste faster so that the digestive tract bacteria do not stick on the colon walls to cause tumors and eventually cancer. Fiber binds with cholesterol and fatty bile acids to eliminate them as wastes.