Enemas are contraindicated in patients with rectal stones, bowel obstructions, anemia, lupus, hernias, colitis, cancer, kidney problems, and active coronary heart disease.

Mineral oil is used as a lubricant because most of the ingested material is excreted in the stool rather than being absorbed by the body. Retention enemas remain in the colon longer and are either used to dissolve waste for easy expulsion, provide additional health benefits, or permit medical imaging. In Babylonia, by 600 BCE, enemas were in use, although it appears that initially they were in use because of a belief that the demon of disease would, by means of an enema, be driven out of the body. There is some belief that enemas can even help with dieting and weight loss by balancing the gut flora.

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Enemas are sometimes used in sadomasochistic activities [141] [142] for erotic humiliation [143] or for physical discomfort. Focusing on douches for HIV or other disease prevention, it is necessary to determine if the same douche could be used for both cleansing and disease prevention, which would be ideal. An alarm clock is a damn cliche way to start a story, but it’s how all my day-to-day stories seem to start. Inspired by the 15th century Renaissance painter Botticelli, it was created by a local artist who commented that "An enema is an unpleasant procedure as many of us may know. Minor discomfort is normal and expected; however, the enema must be immediately discontinued if the patient experiences pain at any point during this process.g., fecal incontinence or constipation, [52] can use bowel management techniques to choose a predictable time and place to evacuate. If at-home enemas are a good option for your child, your child's care team will show you how to properly give your child enemas. Such enemas' mechanism consists of the volume of the liquid causing a rapid expansion of the intestinal tract in conjunction with, in the case of certain solutions, irritation of the intestinal mucosa which stimulates peristalsis and lubricates the stool to encourage a bowel movement. Colonics are inappropriate for people with bowel, rectal or anal pathologies where the pathology contributes to the risk of bowel perforation. from Latin in which, in the 15th century, [3] it was first used in the sense of a rectal injection, [2] from Greek ἔνεμα (énema), "injection", itself from ἐνιέναι (enienai) "to send in, inject", from ἐν (en), "in" + ἱέναι (hienai), "to send, throw".