Enemas and Diarrhea

Have you used enemas in conjunction with having diarrhea? Do the enemas help bring an episode of diarrhea to an end?

Well, I tried that just one time and was so horrible, it's like triplicate the diarrhea and literally you can die for dehydration

Years ago caught the nurovirus, almost didn't make to to a toilet. As soon as I could, prepared a good enema, sort of headed it off at the pass. Now the diarrhea was under my control. Reason for dixarrea, the system is poisoned, rejecting the virus, I helped it, works!

I've posted previously in another thread, that a "bowel flushing enema" has been very effective in overcoming diarrhea in most cases. This is especially true if the causes are relating to a bad food intake or some other bacteria. Dr. Eichenlaub, in "A Minnesota Doctor" text advocates this and has a recipe that has been effective for me.

As a follow up to sse4fun, back in the early 1970s I worked briefly in an institution for mentally handicapped people. I recall hearing the nurses talking about using repeated enemas for certain cases of diarrhea.

@sse4fun said,

I've posted previously in another thread, that a "bowel flushing enema" has been very effective in overcoming diarrhea in most cases.

When my siblings and I were growing up our grandmother, a retired registered nurse, commonly used enemas to relieve and control diarrhea. Her normal enema routine, was a soapy followed by a rinse enema, holding each for five or ten minutes. However, her enema routine for diarrhea, was a couple of high large volume rinse enemas. The first one wasn’t held, but the second one had a hold time of five minutes.

Emollient enemas such as flaxseed, potato starch or slippery elm bark enemas help to soothe the irritation in the rectum and colon.

Years ago I had a round of violent food poisoning. Apparently I got the one bad shrimp off the barbie of a good friend. I got explosive emission from both ends, simultaneously, projectile, gawd! I fouled his guest bathroom thoroughly and thought it had purged itself. It had not. On the way home, about a forty minute drive, it hit again. Fortunately, my wife was driving so I unloaded at a intersection. When I got home I went immediately to the shower and laid on my back while I ran a warm, medium flow high colonic thru my system for about an hour. It was no fun but did clear it out. I crawled in bed and was fine by morning.

When I get diarrhea at home or while walking the dog I end up in the shower to clean myself off externally, then give myself shower-shot enemas until clear to make certain I rid myself of any more bad boluses in a controlled way. Works pretty well for me.

It is not a quick fix, but will help you NOT getting the acid burn on your anal opening

There have been several times I have used an enema to hasten getting the bad stuff out of my guts. One notable time, I had a lunch buffet with some co-workers and I ate some smoked salmon, among other things. On the car ride back to the office, the symptoms started, nausea and a distressed stomach. I barely made it back to the office and the restroom before everything started coming out of me. Between waves, I decided to make a break for home, again barely making it. The first thing I did at home was eat several Tums, and give myself a large soapy enema. As soon the first enema was out, I repeated the enema, thinking I would hasten getting my guts cleaned out. It must have worked, because within an hour, I was no longer feeling like I was going to die.

I do believe an enema can hasten the body's cleaning and healing process.

I have functional constipation. One side benefit is I can smile knowingly when people say "oh, you're going to have diarrhea" about something such as an antibiotic, but every once and a while I actually do.

One time it was the "go ahead and bring your pillow and sleep in the bathroom" level, and while an enema did not cure the diarrhea, it did give me about 4 hours of uninterrupted rest before it started again. Worth it.

I have used enemas to successfully stop diarrhea for myself and several friends whom I have taught the benefits of enemas. I normally use 2 qts of salt & baking soda solution. It helps to get the causal agent out, and soothes the bowel at the same time.

Yes and its helped me the few times I did it. I took a couple liters of clear warm water, held it as long as I could, expelled, and repeated a time or two. Combine that with a gentle diet and what wanted out found its way out.

@Soapy4me said,

I have used enemas to successfully stop diarrhea for myself and several friends whom I have taught the benefits of enemas.

Growing up, my siblings and I always got a couple of salt and baking soda enemas for diarrhea. As preteens, when our RN grandmother taught us personal hygiene. She also taught us what type of enemas to use for various different issues, diarrhea being one of them. Telling us, her most effective routine for diarrhea was a couple of salt and baking soda enemas. Giving with a long nozzle or colon tube. For example, a long curved or straight douche nozzle. When the first enema is in, release it. Then do a second enema and hold it for five or ten minutes. And once we were responsible for ourselves, my siblings and I gave each other enemas for various different reasons, diarrhea being one of them.

After I got married, my wife and I used enemas for problems with diarrhea, much like my siblings and I did. Then after we had kids of our own, we used the same routine for them, that we used for ourselves. Enemas never failing to take care of any problems my family had with diarrhea. It’s old school and gives reliable relief quicker than most medications on the market.

Enemas for diarrhea definitely work.