Enlarged enema

Sometimes, for various reasons, the movement of stool mass slows down or completely ceases. This phenomenon seems harmless, but in fact can lead to serious problems. Constipation may initially not cause trouble to a person, but, flowing into a chronic form, can pave the way for hemorrhoids.

When you can not go to the toilet in a big way for a few days, you start to worry and analyze your daily routine and diet. Someone, following the advice of doctors, leans on foods rich in fiber, drinks more fluids, goes in for sports - and acts absolutely right. Others, unable to overcome the habit, just go to the pharmacy and buy a laxative. There is another category of people that unites fans of enemas.

An enema with constipation is undoubtedly useful, but you can not always use it as a means to facilitate the process of cleansing the intestine ! First, the body will begin to "lazy" and without the enema will not be able to perform its task. Secondly, frequent enemas contribute to a change in the flora, that is, along with what must be removed from the body, take with them and useful bacteria. Thirdly, an enema of constipation, set incorrectly, can deform the rectum.

In addition, there are cases when such procedures can not be performed. An enema with constipation, no matter how painful they are, is unacceptable with: hemorrhoidal bleeding, inflammatory process in the rectum or colon, bleeding in the digestive tract, prolapse of the rectum, presence of malignant tumors in the rectum, presence of cracks in the anus.

In some cases, the procedure for setting the enema is justified (before a medical examination of the gastrointestinal tract, kidneys, before the operation, before delivery, when poisoning, before the treatment enema). If a person can not empty the bowel for a long time and has tried other methods of treatment, one can resort to the procedure of setting an enema.

Enlarged enema: mechanism of action

What is the essence of the process: using a rubber pear or a mug Esmarch in the lower part of the large intestine is injected liquid. Providing thermal, mechanical and chemical effects, it increases peristalsis, and after a while the process of caloric eruption begins.

Enlarged enema: classification and characterization

There are several types of enemas: purifying, oily, hypertonic, medicinal, emulsion, with bifidobacteria, etc.

Cleansing enema Helps to release the lower intestine from accumulated fecal masses and gases (with constipation), before preparing for various medical examinations and before staging a medicinal enema.

For the procedure, you need a Esmarch mug (rubber / enamel / glass), a basin / bucket, water at room temperature (1 - 1.5 liters), petroleum jelly, oilcloth / sheet (for bed patients - a ship).

Oily enema is a gentle option. Spreading on the wall of the intestine, oil envelops the feces, relaxes the muscles of the intestine and facilitates the withdrawal of feces. Required for the procedure is a rubber balloon (pear), 50-100 ml of hardly warm vaseline or vegetable oil.

The hypertensive enema has a laxative effect, without affecting the intestinal peristalsis. Required for the procedure are a rubber bulb, table salt (10 g), warm water (10 ml).

Medicinal enema introduces the necessary soothing, hypnotic or anesthetic substances. They are absorbed quickly enough by hemorrhoidal veins, which deliver drugs to the blood.

Emulsion enema Has a mild, laxative effect and is placed on the bedside patient. You need two glasses of chamomile infusion, whipped yolk, baking soda (tsp), vaseline oil / glycerin (2 liters), a rubber balloon for the procedure.

Here are the main types of enemas that are put at the time of difficulty in bowel emptying. An enema with constipation is not a panacea, everyone must understand this. It is necessary to revise your diet, your motor activity - and change them, because the body with the formation of constipation signals that in such conditions he himself can not cope.