Enema Deaths

When you read on different medical sites it talks a lot about how enemas can be fatal. When you do searches you really find nothing. If you type in deaths per year from Tylenol you get a figure. Enemas nothing. Anyone know of legitimate statics on enema deaths? from normal practices, not alcohol or other toxic solutions, or ridiculous quantities and or pressures. People have been doing them for hundreds of years.

I suspect that will be a statistic that you will find in protected medical records as opposed to public records such as death certificates.

If you examine a death certificate , under the listing "Cause of Death" there are typically 4 or 5 lines with all but the last line appended with the phrase, "as a result of:" In the case of the man whose significant other administered a deadly wine enema of lore, if you check his death certificate I am willing to bet the coroner entered the cause of death as: "Acute ETOH(alcohol) poisoning." He may also have listed the contributing cause in item (2) in the list of causes to be wine. So the Cause of Death might read something like this:

Cause of Death:

(1)___Acute ETOH poisoning______________________ as a result of:

(2)___recreational injection of ETOH into rectum__ as a result of:

(3)________________________________________________as a result of:

I venture if you pull the death certificate you will find something similar to what is displayed above listed as the gentleman's cause of death without mention of the word enema. Doctors and officials will typically accurately describe a cause of death, but do so without utilizing verbiage that caters to the prurient interests.

So how would you go about finding statistics on death rates as a consequence of enema use? Well I would look for terms such as rectal perforation which is a well known risk with enema use. Another search string might be, "deaths resulting from hypertonic solution," or "renal failure induced by use of hypertonic solution."

Some info may be out there where enemas are directly specified as a cause of death, but it appears normally that such information is mostly of use of tabloids needing to sensationalize someone's misery for profit.

When you read on different medical sites it talks a lot about how enemas can be fatal. When you do searches you really find nothing. If you type in deaths per year from Tylenol you get a figure. Enemas nothing. Anyone know of legitimate statics on enema deaths? from normal practices, not alcohol or other toxic solutions, or ridiculous quantities and or pressures. People have been doing them for hundreds of years.

@src59,

I’m a Ret. US MD and lifelong (well at least >55 years) enema lover. I’d love one today. I’ve never researched this topic, but good advice from Victoria down in #2 ⬇️. There are at least several ways an enema could kill you, mostly just from doing some part of it wrong or badly or ignorantly or stupidly. I’m just curious - what is your interest in death by enema? I’m still here and filling myself whenever I can, so no Darwin Enema Award for me, yet.

Eric

I have only heard of one, A lady gave an enema to her newly adopted son who had been playing and eating dirt using a shower attachment enema. It burst his intestine. All I remember was that it was in or near Ukiah California around 1980 or 1990, not sure of the year. Police hushed it up quickly.

If I remember correctly The kid was 4 or 5 years of age. Other than that I have only heard of alcohol related death's when used with an enema.

Wife gave a sherry enema to her husband, he died from alcohol poisoning. She was convicted of negligent homicide.

I have only heard of one, A lady gave an enema to her newly adopted son who had been playing and eating dirt using a shower attachment enema. It burst his intestine. All I remember was that it was in or near Ukiah California around 1980 or 1990, not sure of the year. Police hushed it up quickly.

If I remember correctly The kid was 4 or 5 years of age. Other than that I have only heard of alcohol related death's when used with an enema.

Wife gave a sherry enema to her husband, he died from alcohol poisoning. She was convicted of negligent homicide.

I hadn't heard of the death in Ukiah. That was senseless. Unless there was another "sherry enema death" - they ended up dropping the charges against the woman in Texas.

https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Charges-dropped-in-sherry-enema-death-1826761.php

I stand corrected. Last i remember she was charged, and I assumed she had been convicted . That's what I get for doing my own thinking !

Hoseted by my own petard !

Sometime twenty or thirty years ago it was written in a newspaper that a patient had died from an enema in a hospital.

The nurse would have perforated the rectum with the nozzle and administered the rinsing fluid into the abdomen. By the time you found that out, it was too late...

If I had smoked as much in my life as I was given enemas, I would certainly have died of lung cancer or a heart attack by now.

Despite, or perhaps because of the many enemas, I'm in the best of health...🤗😎

I don't think the category of enema deaths is something that is even considered. I am sure that they happen on occasion. From some of the practices even discussed on this site, I can see a possibility; large colon tubes, alcohol, large volumes, too frequent use. All of these can cause injury or even death depending on the health conditions and age of the participant. The stories of nurses and doctors of what they found shoved up the ass of people in the emergency rooms are plentiful. I just don't think there is any data base out there that is keeping track. Good sense and moderation should be the guiding rule.

I don't think the category of enema deaths is something that is even considered. I am sure that they happen on occasion. From some of the practices even discussed on this site, I can see a possibility; large colon tubes, alcohol, large volumes, too frequent use. All of these can cause injury or even death depending on the health conditions and age of the participant.

I would also guess that enemas are not on the list for important causes of death. Other things are more easily detected or seen that maybe caused by the enema. Obvious is easier and less work. Less detective work to get to the next case.

Some people believe Marilyn Monroe died as the result of a drug laced enema.

Two possible reasons, to me:

1) Perforating the rectum ; or administration into a perforated bowel (I think I read the story of somebody with a stomach injury in the 16th century or so dying after receiving an enema.)

2) Administration of drugs or alcohol.

People will do stupid things and that's what gets them into trouble. Sadly, at the time they either don't know what they're doing could be dangerous or they do and they do it anyway thinking nothing will happen to them.

I think the folks here on zity are sane experienced and knowledgeable enema users. So I would not expect to hear of anybody on this forum suffering from any life-threatening effect from an enema.

If you just use some common sense and listen to your body, you can give yourself enemas safely for your entire life- at least that is what I believe.

About a year ago I did a series of large volume plain water enemas (I was going for until clear) and I was starting to feel light headed. Remembering something about electrolytes I drank several glasses of Pedeolite but it wasn't until the next day before I returned to normal. I have been more conservative about volume and added salt to the water. Just be careful!

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