High Tremperature Scare

I was on my third and final rinse last week, not really keeping track of the water temperature when I had filled the bagged, and realized something was wrong when I could feel the water enter. When I reached up and felt the bag, it was almost hot. And it hurt expelling. My body temp went up, heart started racing, and I started sweating like crazy. Jumped in the shower and turned on the cold, but that didn't help much.

Afterwards, I got on the phone to my nurse of a wife, who doesn't (didn't) know I take enemas every week or so, and explained. She advised to go back up and take a cold water enema, which I did, and it cooled me down fairly quickly.

In the mean time, I gave my GP a phone, and he said that unless there is bleeding, I shouldn't worry about it. It's been a week, with no ill effects.

Bottom line (haha), be vigilent on the water temp. (My boiler must have kicked in while I was filling the bag, giving the hot water system a jolt.)

Another technique is to hold the nozzle in your hand of put it in the solution prior to inserting it so that it isn't cold. -- DD

Here's an idea to solve the high temp problem.Do not fill your bag directly from a faucet,instead,[here's what I do]fill a 2qt juice container,add two teaspoons salt,check temp with your finger,put cap on jug and shake the salt and water to mix well,remove cap and pour the solution onto your bag.

I premix enough solution for 4 or 5 enemas this way in several 2qt juice jugs,give it try.Let the good times flow.w/m72yrs/Western Mass

I would always use the ( run the water over the hand ) method

i went to the local drug store and bought a digital thermometer

i found that the hand method temperature was around 106, which is said to be too hot

with the thermometer i now take the enema around 103 exactly

everybody has different felling sensations in their hands

to hot is very dangerous

hope this was some helpfull information

The digital thermometer is the way to go.

So, now that the emergency has past, tell us about the conversation you had with your wife when she got home, and what sort of fun has that conversation led to...😃

The Cave Man

I always run the water across my tongue before trying it in the bag. And I'm with caveman... what did she have to say???

Oh everyone screws up once in a while!You learned a hard lesson to pay attention so hope all is ok inside and out! 😁

A metal nozzle like the "Silver Bullet" from The Collector would have clued you in immediately that the water was too hot.

Sure glad you did no permanent damage to yourself. And, I'm with the rest of the curious folk -- what did your wife say?

ldb

A buddy of mine had a sub pass out after she recieved her second warm enema, they are both nurses so they were suprised as the temp wasnt that high. Guess it was enough!

I use a Infrared Digital thermometer it is very accurate and easy to use just point and shoot. I used to use it when I was in the HVAC business.

Sticking your wrist under the water is a good, always available, cost-free gauge.

In. Glad it turned out with no real damage. Hope your wife didn't give you too much grief.

That's a dilemma for some of us who "like it hot", but who don't want to do any damage either. From what I've read at least, there's only a couple of degree range between "safe hot" and "too hot" with respect to tissue damage.

I always use a thermometer to make sure the water is not above 110 F which is the maximum that is safe to use as I enjoy hot water enemas but always cautious and make sure first before filling my bag!

HALF fill the bag with the overnight soapsuds mixture, so that part is cold. Then, if you fill the bag halfway with hot water, you should be OK. Don't leave your common sense at the bathroom door.

It's hard to get more than about 100 degrees out of any of my plumbing but even that is a little too hot for me. My hot tub runs at 104 degrees and it seems ok, but I guess that's the difference between external temperature and internal temperature

When going for a hot enema I would recomend the use of an instant read thermometer since temps above 110 degrees farenheit can lead to a ruptured colon

It's interesting reading all of these responses because when I was younger and first started with enemas I wasn't very knowledgeable and because of that didn't really check the temp and more then once took enemas that were to hot and made things hurt quite thoroughly or made my heart race etc. I quickly learned from that but have also spoken with many who grew up with enemas as well as medical professionals of all sorts and even enema givers and enema receivers of various ages, gender and preferences etc. What's interesting is through my various conversations, experimentation and research I've found that 110 or 115 is the very maximum temp most say before damage is possible but I've also found that it's possible that 115-120 could possibly be safe, oh it'll be uncomfortable and you'll be feeling every but but many have told me of various Temps that are above the 115 that they regularly use and have no issues and there's even some medical professionals that have stated quietly that it's probably safe to do a bit above 110 or 115 but isn't recommended because it truly is very close to temps that cause actual harm/damage but I have also been told that a few degrees above 115 isn't generally going to cause any actual damage but if it does it would be temporary like higher then normal core temp, irration of tissues etc. But that once things cool and are given a few days to calm down/recovery you'll be back to normal.

Let me be VERY clear I'm not saying you should do this or that this is accurate, I'm just saying this is what I've experienced and or heard from others and think it's interesting to consider

Also I'll mention that I think we should keep in mind that not everyone likes or reacts the same things or ways to enemas and their ingredients or temps etc.

I limit my enema temperature to just warm and not at all uncomfortable to my hand or any other sensitive part of my body. Better to be safe than sorry. Denise