Is it dangerous to hold an enema for a very long period of time?

Is it dangerous to hold an enema for a very long period of time? coz im holding one now coz i want to see how long i can before i run to the bathrom, and im just wondering if there are any dangers of it ?

The purpose of the colon is to remove water from the waste material before it is eliminated from the body. This waste material is toxic. As it moves down the pipeline it becomes more solid due to this water removal until it is down far enough for the body to provide a signal to your brain that it is to be eliminated. So if the body gives the signal, it seems to me that you should do it,i.e.,allow it to happen. As you have guessed, I do not believe in holding at all, or only to a very small degree. Let the toxic material out!

I tend to agree with FunnyFun... The toxins are building up and the intestinal walls absorb more easily, so you may be pushing it a bit. You could end up with a headache (mild or massive) because of the toxins. Is it the first enema? Are you doing more? Maybe holding your last one longer is better since you've already cleaned a lot out.

What I have read about the body absorbing the enema water and toxins tells me that if you add 2 tsp of sea salt to 2 qts that it will not be abosrbed because it matches PH or something. I have seen many many people attest to this.

I don't hold more than about 2 or 3 minutes and then expel.

If the 1st enema did not do the job, just repeat the process and double your pleasure and fun.

You can hold an enema or enemas as long as you want or can. It might make you pee a lot so its up too you

I don't think it is dangerous per se. If trying to hold for an extended period, say over 30 minutes, I would certainly follow vicki's advice. When doing a clean out, I take an Ivory soapsuds enema and hold up to 15 minutes. For recreational purposes, I don't try to retain at all cuz I don't want to wait to repeat 😁. Seriously, someone here wrote to the effect enemas are NOT a competitive sport. So you can hold it as long as you are comfortable or like the feeling. For example, I don't like a lot of cramping but some do...to each is/her own.

I have taken as long as 40 minutes to fill with a 4 qt soapy water enema and never felt a need to continue holding it after it was all in. I felt that after 40 minutes it had already done its work. I have found that taking enemas slowly makes them much easier to take and makes for a great cleanout and expulsion without trying to hold it as long as I can.

I don't hold mine any longer than ten minutes or so. Yes if you hold it long enough, the intestine will absorb the water.

I was wondering about how many enemas might be considered too many?

Is, say several 2/3 quart enemas, several days in a row (like a weekend) OK is one a day for a week OK?

At what point should I worry about electralites(?) etc. At what point would be an enema series being considered dangerous?

One enema for a week is enough for me. Sometimes i feel exhausted

after enema. Too many enemas is not good for health.

There is some danger of bowel expansion and permanent deformation from the overuse of enemas and this has been seen and noted in the medical literature, but this is fairly rare and is only seen after several years of abuse. I know of no medical studies documenting the amount of overuse it requires to develop this condition, but apparently it is more than one per day over an extended period of time. I would extrapolate that data to guess that large volumes held for extended period might exascebate this condition, but I can't quote any studies to prove it. Used recreationally and in moderation, enemas should be safe (and fun) for most people. If there are preexisting bowel problems (IBS, abscesses, Chagas disease, fissures--for instance) however, all bets are off and a frank discussion with a qualified medical doctor is in order.

From my useage. You really can't force yourself to hold an enema too long. Nature takes its course.

Is what it matches is the Osmotic Pressure. The right amount of salt in an enema makes it so that it's osmotic pressure is the same as your body's so it isn't absorbed. If you put TOO MUCH salt in it, then it will take water OUT of your body.

I've held a plain water enema for 30 minutes. With a baking soda/saline enema i can hold it for 40-45 minutes. It's fun but after a while i want to expel so i can get on with my next enema.

I have held one for about 20min with a double balloon rectal catheter very intense and fun

Ive been made to hold an enema for 20 to 30 minutes. He uses a double balloon rectal catheter on me so i dont have a choice. Usually when he does it its an enema that will make me cramp really bad.to top it off im usually tied up tightly so im really uncomfortable. I love it

rikki

From the time the enema solution is injected, osmosis moves the water out of the colon into the blood stream. For an

experiment, inject a ten ounce water only enema into your colon. Hold the water for an hour and measure the amount

of water you get when you expel. I can assure you that the amount that you get back will be considerably less than the

the ten ounces you originally injected. The difference will be discharged from the body as urine. The greater the amount that you inject into your colon and retain, the greater will be the chance for hyper hydration as indicated by a headache. By the way, that headache is likely caused by the water being absorbed by the brain, and causing it to swell. The you hold the water the more water will be absorbed.

Now, you be the judge! For every enema that you take, the water that is expelled will be less than the water you inject.

^^^^ Sorry, nobody's brain is going to swell or explode because they held even a plain water enema indefinitely. If you just drank a half gallon of water, nothing would happen either--and there, you WOULD absorb everything you drank and later pass it out as urine.

OK, if you purposely tried to screw up your body by doing that all day long and didn't eat anything or did colonic irrigation for hours on end, you might begin to have a problem, but that is so far from even the fringe enema taker, that it's likelihood is very remote.

That brain swelling thing is a lot of BS from another enema site a few years ago.

If you are really concerned (and you do not have to be) you can add 9 grams (about 1 1/2 teaspoons) of table salt per quart or liter and you won't absorb a thing.

For why to hold it? Its most funny, sexi and charmful to receiv it very, very slowly.

The answers that explain the osmosis / absorbtion of the water into the body reducing the eventual expelled volume are correct. The water absorbed, then is filtered out by the kidneys and results in extra urinary flow. The additionof salt to the enema affects the osmotic pressure and when carefully measured can reduce or eliminate the water absorbtion. Many saline laxatives work exactly the opposite of enema water being absorbed, but rather the high salt content causes the colon the flow water from within the body into the large intestine causing an "internal enema " from within the body.

Too frequent enemas, or too large by nature of too many right after each other can upset the normal bacteria (beneficial) and mucous protection in the bowel leading to infections (fungal especially) and colitis. Megacolon, or an enlaged colon can be caused by high volume enemas too often and held for too long, but this would have to be done repeatedly over months.

I hold for a very ong time with salt water

I would make sure you had a few enemas before you try and do anything out of the ordinary...

What are you talking about?

I often take 2 quarts and hold it for about 20-30 minutes. No dizziness (the first sign of changes in the blood) has ever been observed. A couple of times I took 2 quarts and held it for an hour.

Lisa, what are you talking about? Read Susie's post. She has a lot more credentials than you do. In this case you have no clue what you're talking about if a person is healthy.

This is not quite true. There is an underlying assumption that kidney function is somewhere near normal. As long as that is the case, water intoxication is possible, but it certainly isn't easy to do, and even a 3 liter enema won't do it. The few times it has happend, have generally involved the ingestion of literally gallons of water over a 24 hour period.

However where Kidney function is serious impaired, such as in Chronic Kidney Disease, and in particular in End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), where glomular filtration rate is seriously impaired, and creatine clearance rates are low this is a potentially serious problem.

The good news is that is unlikely that you would have seriously impaired kidney disease and don't know it.