Anyone got a solution for colitis?

Been dealing with Colitis for about 4 years and this has really cut back my opportunity to enjoy the enema experience. Does anyone have a solution that will work with colutis or at least not bother it?

Normal saline (0.9%) would be it.

Try NaHCO3 (baking soda), 2 tablespoons per quart, warm water. This is pretty gentle. I have radiation colitis from colon cancer treatments and this solution helps me very much. Stay away from ALL irritating solutions: no soaps, glycerin, Epsom salts, no stimulating solutions.

If you see any bloody streaks in expulsion, stop irrigating.

Corticosteroid enemas are supposed to help; they are retention enemas at bed time, held over night and are about 2-3 oz. in quantity. Available only with an Rx from a physician.

Best of luck

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Be careful and know your dosing.

About 25+ years ago on a Saturday morning I was out shopping and was on the checkout line. At that time snuff was on the counter and I decided to buy some and try it in an enema. I described this 8-9 years ago here but can't find the post. I took a couple of teaspoons of the powder and brewed it like tea. I took a two quart enema relaxing on my back. The active ingredient in the snuff is the nicotine. I never smoked anything in my life.

After about 2 minutes I felt pretty good, then I felt a little high, a few minutes later my ears were ringing, then I felt woozy and finally I felt nauseated and just laid there for a while until I could get up enough strength to get on the toilet to expel what I could. Then I laid down on the bathroom floor and fell asleep for about three hours. That's one enema I wished my husband was home when I did it. I will never do that again. It was the worst enema of my life.

I think I described it better in my prior post than I just did because the many years has allowed me to forget the worst parts of that enema.

Any emollient enema would be good. A bulb full of potato starch enema taken at night and retained until morning, by which time all or most will be absorbed. A tablespoon of the starch is dissolved in just enough cold water to completely dissolve it followed by eight ounces of boiling water added to it, stirred to eliminate any clumps and then injected using an eight ounce bulb syringe or make a total of 12 oz. enema and inject it using a 6 oz. bulb syringe refilled once. Be sure to fill the syringe completely to avoid injecting any air. You can also add 2 tablespoons of flaxseed to eight or twelve ounces of boiling water, then squeeze the seeds once the enema cools to about 103 degrees. The enema is somewhat gelatinous and very easy to retain. Ground slippery elm bark also makes for a good emollient enema. I have tried all three and really like flaxseed enemas.

I have a associate condition called Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency (EPI). Under control with CREON some periods of diarrhea occur. I am thinking of taking raw yogurt enemas for the probiotic benefits. That may help with colitis.