Enema solution. Mock barium enema

I would like to simulate a double contrast barium enema.

Any suggestion on a solution that would have the thickness

and weight of a barium enema?

Also when do you administer the air, and how much air do you administer?

How much solution should you administer to get a good equivalent of a barium enema?

P.S I don't know if This in important but I am 6'1in tall and 176lb with a 34in waist.

I did not know if this info would determin how much barium solution should be administered. I would prefer a really full feeling and a very difficult time holding the enema.

With a lot of strong urges to release. The sooner the urges to release start the better. Perhaps even start have strong others to release while the barium enema is be administered.

Also some strong scribing action as it flows in would be great as well.

You could probably add flour or cornstarch to reach the desired viscosity (bleached flour would probably also give you the same color). It probably wouldn't take much flour or cornstarch. A double contrast Barium Enema is a two part process.

First the colon is filled up completely. This is usually 2-3 liters. This gets the barium suspension to cover the walls of the colon completely. At this point one Xray is often taken.

Then the barium suspension is drained out (often by simply lowering the bag). What is left is the coating on the colonic walls. Air is then pumped in to fully inflate the colon.

On the EZ-EM/Bracco nozzles there are two connections 'air' connections. One is a 'puffer' for the balloon, the other is used to pump air into the colon either with a hand pump, or an automatic inflator. Once the colon is fully 'inflated', additional Xray images are obtained. Anywhere from about 1.5-2 of liters air or CO2 is typical.

One suggestion I've seen to simulate barium is "heavy cream" from the super market.

To use it, put the cartons into warm water to warm it up and pour it into a bag. It IS quite thick and you will want to use a barium bag or other large bore tube for administration.

It will run in quite slowly and and expulsion also will take quite awhile. You may want to use a couple of cleansing enemas to get the cream out of your system.

Knox Unflavored gelatin also works very well. There are no dyes, and it makes a heavy solution.

I'd will have to try the gelatin...sounds interesting

Nothing will feel as heavy as barium, but you could try using a large irrigation syringe to pump in oatmeal or metamucil/psyllium.

Thinking back to bacteriology, you could boil up some agar agar, let it cool to about 115 and inject that, let it cool in you body and it will firm up to become like jello in the colon.

The amount of agar agar powder you add to the water will determine how firm/hard it gets when the solution gels when it gels.

WARNING: Do a test run to see how firm your mixture gets when it gels before you actually use it as an enema on yourself. Just pour some into a bowl and let it gel. See how hard it gets. If you don't test it first, you could end up with a real impaction that you won't be able to create a believable lie to tell in the ER when you can't shit it out.

I would be careful about using thicking agents to create viscosity, most of the common ones are dependant on temperature, time and sometimes pH as a function of gel rate and strength--i would experiment outside the body first, especially observing the time effect, in case the session goes longer than expected.

Has anybody tired any of these suggestions as of yet? Sounds hot.

Also to recreate the "heavy" feeling you get with solutions like barium, you might add some glycerol to the mix, that stuff is rather dense and therefore quite heavy. Using it with gelatine or agar will dampen the cramping effect of it significantly. Also add some milk for visual effect (nice and white) and you're good to go 😃

(note: Cramping might occur, from my own experience adding anything to the glycerol other then water will dampen its effects for a large part)

Note that the same amount of powdered agar agar can be substituted for powdered gelatine in a recipe.

That unflavored gelatin is only going to last a couple of minutes. At body temp it's liquid. This is why jello is one of the things you can eat during a prep.

Has anyone tried liquefied bananas. I think that would be heavy like barium. plus once the sugars get into your colon the pressure build up should be quite pleasurable. I think I just talked myself into trying this.

Have tried bananas, firm...slipped inside after two, two quarts of water.

Susie is right (as she usually is) about nothing giving the heavy feeling of barium. Barium sulphate powder is 4,5 heavier than water! Even when it is dispersed in water, the suspension is still almost twice as heavy as the same amount of soap solution. But viscosity can easily be achieved by a number of methods. The problem with it is that of getting thick goo up your bum.

For instance, adding as little as one part of guar gum (buy it in health stores) to fifty of water will thicken a soapy enema to the point where even with the bag six feet above the colon, normal tubes will take five to eight minutes to transfer one litre! Larger diameter tubes work better, but none of your standard bags, nozzles, etc. can then be used. It's strictly DIY - but that can be fun, too!

For anything semi solid (banana mush, oat meal porridge or psyllium husk) a pump of some kind is needed.

Johnny