Popularity of Enemas In The UK

Hi Folks,

I'm wondering just how popular enemas are in the UK. To me they seem to be a dying art and appear to have gradually faded away. I know plenty of folk in the USofA and France use them, but as a youngster some 35 years ago, I can remember seeing Higginson's Syringes in red-rubber and huge rubber bulbs on display in chemists and surgical supply shops.

I remember whilst rummaging in my parents bedroom (whilst they were out) I found a lovely red rubber syringe and several long and curved nozzles, neatly packed in a strong blue box.

A decent enema prior to childbirth was nearly always given to an expectant mother (poor thing in her labour agony) these have now been dispensed with. Often a good cleansing enema was given on a hospital admission or certainly before exploratory surgery in the stomach. I wonder do any hospitals still retain good old enema tubes and nozzles?

Severe constipation is now treated with tiny 'fleet enemas' or suppositories.

Is the good old long and plentiful soapy enema really disappering from our households, even behind closed doors' ? I know there are plenty of discussions on enemas of all descriptions on this forum, but I'm talking in far more broader terms.

I can even recall adverts in magazines such as 'Forum' for enema nurses offering all sorts of treatments for afectionado's, but even these practices have long since disappeared. I know one can still see adverts for colonic irregation in certain gyms, health clinics etc. But no enemas. Are we losing the skills to cleanse the bowel, tone-up after a hangover and keeping our bodies clean.

Any thoughts on this people?

Frazer

Really seems to me more popular in UK than elsewhere.

That settles it....i need to relocate to the UK!! 😃

I think enemas are as popular in the UK as they are any where else in the world it is just that people keep it under wraps.

I think the reason enemas are not given as a routine in hospital is that it is too much trouble for the nurses. They do not keep the old fashioned higginsons syringe or the rubber tubing as it has to be sterilized by boiling afterwards. Added to this, there is the matter of "fashion." At the moment, enemas are out of fashion in the UK as doctors do not think they are needed either on admission to hospital or during childbirth. Personally, I think this is a great pity as an enema before childbirth allows more space for delivery and an enema on arrival at the hospital gives a nice feeling of being empty.

There may be another reason why enemas are not commonplace and that is because many lucky people actually like them. Medical procedure is not meant to be pleasant (in the minds of the medical establishment)so enemas are taboo or if they are given, they are made deliberately as unpleasant and painful as possible.

The anal canal is the most sensitive part of the body and can give rise to excruciating pain or orgasmic pleasure. Anyone who has had a digital examination down there will bear witness to the fact that doctors are trained to give as much pain as possible, at least male doctors are.

If I am ever given a rectal examination I tell the operative that I do not mind as long as they are gentle. By emphasizing this, they usually relent a bit.

Proper enemas, given slowly and if the well lubricated tube is gently stroked back and forth in the anus by a nurse of the opposite sex, can give rise to the most pleasurable feeling on earth.

Let's hope enemas come back into fashion or at least that more practitioners offer them.

I'm 67 yrs old living in the UK, and have never received an enema.

Enemas are indeed out of fashion in hospitals simply because they are not cost effective, as they take too much time and they prfer to use quick disposable enemas when needed. Still, in private, I believe that they still are in use, although fewer young people are aware of them due to their declining use by the medical establishment. A site like this keeps the interest alive and hopefully will get the curious to try this very erotic practice.

I was friends with a lady from GB when working for NATO in Germany. This was in the 90s. She was very familiar with the benefits of enemas.

I also live in the UK and have met a few guys who enjoy taking or giving enemas but think generally speaking The English are too shy or embarassed to admit or talk about anything that might suggest enemas can be pleasurable as well as healthy!

I do think now through all the various enema related sites and suppliers more of us here are using these to find what we want and keep our fantasies a secret!

I've never met anyone who wasn't familiar with enemas, but they're not simply a topic of conversation with casual friends, at home, or at the bar.

I think enemas are very polular in the UK they use the Higginsons Syringe mostly in UK.