Warning About Sea Water Enemas

I heard that it was fun to insert one of those tunnel butt plugs that hold your anus open and then go skinny dipping. I was planning to try that at a Florida nude beach to experience water injections from breaking waves. I guess I'll have to limit such fun to sloshing around in my bath tub.

Don't do that in my pool.

What do you think happens when you get peristalsis and your anus is held wide open????

Have you ever inserted an anal or collins speculum and discovered shit between the blades that you couldn't feel coming out because the speculum was covering the rectal skin and the shit fell out as you stood up? We have had that happen. It's one thing to have that happen on a tile floor in the bathroom but it can be messy and in water you will have contaminated the pool or hot tub with coliform bacteria which can cause very severe infections.

Having posted a warning about sea water enemas in an earlier post on this thread, I pose a question: why not try one round of Russian Roulette instead? If you lose, the result is immediate and (I suspect) painless. Death from antibiotic resistant bacteria or flesh eating protozoa is slow and extremely painful. I'll echo another post in this thread: "Why would you want to?"

!!! ABSOLUTE MADNESS !!!

All the old medical encyclopedias for families that I read suggest even to boil the water to be used for enemas even if it come from the tap.

Any solution injected must be guaranteed free of pathogenic germs/poisonous chemicals: it's sad to lose the life for such a pointless experiment :-(

My sister had a lot of trouble getting up on water skis - although it was lake water and unintentional, she described it as a 50 yard enema!

Please note:

Sea water is the ideal petri dish for thousands of kinds of bacteria.

Primitive life apparently originated in sea water

Even before humans contaminated it, sea water contained at least traces of ALL 92 naturally occurring elements since man has been polluting it everything from industrial waste to farm runoff to raw sewage to excrement of land-dwelling wildlife which contains many bacteria not natural to the oceans.

In the modern world, for better or worse sea salt needs more processing and purification than salt mined from under areas contaminated with industrial waste like the big salt mine under Detroit to areas with centuries of heavy metal mining like the salt mine under Sudbury Ontario.

that's how bad our oceans are

Whether surface ship or submarine, EVERY US Navy vessel uses ACTUAL STEAM DISTILLATION AND NOTHING ELSE to produce potable water, or water for showering or clothes washing or hand washing.

They also heavily treat all sewage before pumping it overboard.

As LisaK said, seawater is a haven for a whole world of bacteria, and more dangerously, protozoa. Bacteria are classified as plants, protozoa are microscopic animals. So, since we are animals, killing a protozoan infection without killing ourselves can be a very tricky business. Marine prototoa live in seawater (obviously). Our blood and lymph are very much akin to seawater. So, once a protozoan gets into our bloodstream, it feels right at home, and starts multiplying like crazy. The result is frequently a violent illness, followed by a funeral. DO NOT USE SEAWATER AS AN ENEMA!!!

@Soapy4me said

As LisaK said, seawater is a haven for a whole world of bacteria, and more dangerously, protozoa. Bacteria are classified as plants, protozoa are microscopic animals. So, since we are animals, killing a protozoan infection without killing ourselves can be a very tricky business. Marine prototoa live in seawater (obviously). Our blood and lymph are very much akin to seawater. So, once a protozoan gets into our bloodstream, it feels right at home, and starts multiplying like crazy. The result is frequently a violent illness, followed by a funeral. DO NOT USE SEAWATER AS AN ENEMA!!!

Bacteria are definitely NOT classified as plants. Plants are eukaryotes and bacteria are prokaryotes, among many other differences.

The most recent classification by biologists describes seven kingdoms of organisms.

Prokaryotes (which include bacteria which are single-celled organisms that have neither a distinct nucleus with a membrane nor other specialized organelles), Archaea (a type of pre-historic bacteria with different DNA) Protozoa (single celled eukaryotes), Chromista (single and multi-celled eukaryotes with photosynthetic organelles and includes Protists which used to be its own kingdom), Plants (trees, flowers, algae, etc), Fungi (mold and yeasts), Animals (things that swim, crawl walk and fly).

Viruses and prions are NOT part of any kingdom because they do not contain living cells.

Right now, in 2020 sea salt requires MORE processing to be considered "Market Ready" that is ready to be on the shelves at your local store, than does mined salt.

Right now, in 2020 sea salt requires MORE processing to be considered "Market Ready" that is ready to be on the shelves at your local store, than does mined salt.

Lisa,

Interesting point. Didn't know that before. How does that relate to a SW enema? Maybe - if more processing just implies more impurities, but it doesn't say anything by itself about what the particular risks of a SW enema are.

BTW, where did you find that information? Thanks,

Eric

Not only are ALL 92 naturally occurring elements present in sea water, so is a trace of plutonium. Probably leaked over the decades from the various nuclear facilities that use it.

There are all kinds of bacteria, some unknown to science.

There are dumped, dead fish that are the bycatch from the trawlers.

All sorts of biomatter, including invertebrates too numerous to mention.

There IS raw sewage in the world's oceans.

There are all the chemicals used in chemical warfare as well, plus more ordinary explosives and munitions

All sorts of algae that can make you sick.

It is still full of industrial toxins. Any farm runoff into any river or lake eventually makes it into the ocean.

And then there is the issue of plastics.

It's a slow process but the UV light in the sun eventually breaks plastic down to microbeads.

We are still not sure what the impact of the microbeads is. Suffice it to say that no good has come from them so far.

All in all you CAN"T POSSIBLY know what you are getting yourself into by injecting raw, or even strained sea water into the body.

The US Navy now equips all it's surface ships and submarines with steam distillation facilities to create potable water for the crews.

This is relevant to the topic of raw sea water certainly!

https://www.latimes.com/projects/la-coast-ddt-dumping-ground/

I would not use sea water for enemas:

"because fish fornicate in it" W.C. fields

That seems to be a good enough reason not to use sea salt for any use involving body contact.

That seems to be a good enough reason not to use sea salt for any use involving body contact.

There is no question that sea salt is contaminated and often polluted, especially when you consider that it is harvested at the shoreline after being exposed to the air. Don't fall for the sea-salt bullshit.

Salt that is mined deep in the earth is much purer.

Salt that is mined deep in the earth is much purer.

That is EXACTLY why some people decide to use sea salt - they want all the trace elements and compounds in it!

I would not use sea water for enemas:

"because fish fornicate in it" W.C. fields

And among many other contaminants, toxins and infective agents, where do you think a lot of the (many, many, many, not just bacteria) infectious agents come from? 😉 Taking a seawater enema strikes me as not entirely unlike having a Coronavirus sufferer sneeze in your face. You MIGHT get away with it, but you're knowingly exposing yourself to a potentially deadly infection.

I'll manufacture my own saline at home from tap water and purified mined salt, thank you very much. My oversensitive rectum and colon have been very happy with it for many years.

Eric

That seems to be a good enough reason not to use sea salt for any use involving body contact.

In Germany, we have many medical products that advertise using sea salt or sea water. That includes, for example, nose and ear rinsing solutions. But the water has probably been cleaned and sanitized.

N.

Sea salt contains microplastic particles, as does every square inch of this damned planet.

That will probably not harm you in your colon but there are many organisms living in sea water that might.

I would not use sea water for enemas:

"because fish fornicate in it" W.C. fields

Also, a reason not to drink water.

Also, a reason not to drink water.

EnemaRunner,

Interesting view I hadn't heard before this. Not a criticism, but rather curious about your solution to that conundrum. Do you just avoid drinking water per se? Or just some type of water, like from the tap? Isn't anything you drink also composed largely of water?

Eric

I would not use anything except pure water with a pinch of salt in it. Sea salt is full of impurities and using it for anything including cooking because it is better is pure urban legend. Not a bit of truth to it.

Sea salt contains microplastic particles, as does every square inch of this damned planet.

That will probably not harm you in your colon but there are many organisms living in sea water that might.

Like plankton.

Do you just avoid drinking water per se? Or just some type of water, like from the tap? Isn't anything you drink also composed largely of water?

Eric

I once met a man who never drank water. His source of liquids was Diet Pepsi. Drank about 12 a day. Drank it like water. At age 50, he was in renal failure. He bragged how he never drank water. I can't understand how anyone can drink any diet sodas, they are so awful. A doctor once said, "All you need is water" referring to obtaining liquid.

I once met a man who never drank water. His source of liquids was Diet Pepsi. Drank about 12 a day. Drank it like water. At age 50, he was in renal failure. He bragged how he never drank water. I can't understand how anyone can drink any diet sodas, they are so awful. A doctor once said, "All you need is water" referring to obtaining liquid.

Very interesting case history. I'm a retired doctor but have no knowledge of the relationship of caffeine or artificial sweeteners (which one is in Diet Pepsi?) to incidence of renal failure but it wouldn't entirely surprise me. I drink a bit of Diet Coke now and then but try to avoid it when possible. I think your quoted doctor above is correct about water, as long as it's relatively pure. But I do like to have some flavor to it most of the time. I drank a lot of Gatorade for years until realizing how much sugar it contains. After a taste test of most of the drinks in my local market, I wound with one I'd never heard of before called ICE drinks, sort of a carbonated flavored water, usually raspberry or lemon lime for me. It still has artificial sweetener but not as much as many others. With luck it eventually won't be my immediate proximate cause of death!

Eric

If you just drink water, you get used to it. When you drink soda with it's sweet flavorings, you start to expect that. Sodas have a lot of ingredients. I personally cannot drink any diet products due to the taste. I don't know how anyone can, they taste horrible to me.

On sea going merchant ships, sea water is used for everything including enemas. However, that is only half of the story! The other half is that water is distilled at high temperatures and pressures. Sea water should be considered poison!! Unless you have such a distillation plant, sea water should never be used for enemas or drinking. Stick to the distilled water from the drug or grocery store which is pure or safe. Of course, domestic fresh tap water is also safe because it has been tested for purity and its cheap!

Of course nothing beats a nice warm tap water enema from the bathroom or kitchen sink. It's good to the last drop!

Enjoy your fresh water enemas because an enema a day keeps the doctor away.

Untreated sea water contains at a mimum trace levels of ALL 92 naturally occurring elements! the most common man amde element is plutonium and its there two!

As well as many kinds of bacteeria, some still unknown to science.

The seais full of microorganisms of all sorts.

In the modern world it is also full of every industrial chemical that can be dissolved in water, and more recently microplastics and the "forever" chemicals associated with them!

This is WHY both the US and the British Navy as well as others build all their ships and subs with on-board steam distrillation facilities, integrated into the vessel's design from the start. All potable water comes through that system!

Remember the high seas are lawless and there is no effective means to stop a ship from discharging raw sewage overboard, especially at night when it is impossible to see!

Sea water HAS to be treated to some degree before it is fit for ANY human use.

Even the beaches are often just plain trashed.

I would not use untreated sea water for much

A quick swim at a well established beach is probably OK but i would not want to do it every day.

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This is WHY both the US and the British Navy as well as others build all their ships and subs with on-board steam distrillation facilities, integrated into the vessel's design from the start. All potable water comes through that system!

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I cannot speak for the Brits, but the US Navy had been using reverse osmosis to produce fresh water from sea water for decades when I retired in the 1990's. Used mostly on submarines it is a a silent and dependable method. Even some surface ships (sub hunters) use RO, now, for the same reasons. Flash distillers need pumps (NOISE) to draw the vacuum required to get the water to flash to steam, more pumps (MORE NOISE) to ingest the seawater and discharge the fresh water, and even more pumps (EVEN MORE NOISE) to discharge the sludge left over from the process. They also use seawater to condense the created steam into water (more pumps, but you get the idea) so making fresh water in the tropics can be difficult when the sea water is too warm. Flash distillers are very finicky and prone to under-producing.

But, to the issue: Sea water is not a healthy product to ingest orally or anally. As already pointed out it contains bacteria and even some viruses that are not kind to the human body. Sea salt sold in stores for human consumption has been processed to remove the bad stuff and is as safe to ingest as table/mined salt, which is also processed/refined before being sold in the grocery store.

When making enema solutions, sea salt is as safe as table salt and should be used in the same ratios. Just don't use sea water.

I think this covers just about everything regarding seawater enemas.

I experimented one with putting a lot of salt in an enema (much more than normal saline) and the results were horrifically. I put it in high and it was so strong that it came back out in 30 seconds. What was left in made me poop for an hour afterwards.

I've had a water skiers enema a few times (Mississippi River & Lake of the Ozarks) water. I don't know how it got thru my swimming suit. No ill effects, although the MS River is a mess of chemicals. I didn't realize it happened until I got back in the boat and has to take my suit off and relieve myself, profusely, over the side in view of an audience. I don't water-skiing anymore.

@ericmacson

As I'm diabetic, all sodas (especially the "diet" ones) are all contraindicated. The artificial sweeteners are particularly hard on the liver and kidneys. One of the guidelines of the Gerson therapy is the avoidence of sugary drinks, along with proper hydration. The enema part seems to help accomplish that, as well as being a lot of fun!