What is your preferred water temperature?

A visiting nurse who took care of me years ago said the optimal temp for a cleansing enema is 100-105 degrees. If I'm using an open (fountain) syringe, the solution cools quicker than in a combination bag. She recommended filling the syringe a couple of degrees warmer (always using a bath thermometer to measure) so by the time you're giving (or taking) the enema, the water should be between those temps.

FOr me water temperature is critical. To cold and I cramp. To hot is easily noticeable. From the time I fill the bag to to time I take the enema the temperature can change enough that I have to adjust for by adding a few degrees. Hard to do even with a thermometer. Gettting details like this just right makes all the difference, how it feels and how good it works.

I always used the old 'test the water temp on the back of ones hand." Usually worked just fine. I would take some warm enemas and then somet6imes a cold one and if I really wanted to feel it going in, an ice water enema. Lately I have switched to using a digital thermometer and find that between 102 and 106 is just perfect for me. I am hardly ever bothered with cramps at this temp. I just don't go any warmer than this.

A little warmer than body temp.

Try to get it around 105 degrees F. That seems to be optimum. Colder causes cramping and too much warmer runs the risk of burning the delicate lining of the colon.

I tend to prefer very warm enema water but have never used thermometer to check it.

I like cool water 80-85 degrees. I enjoy the mild cramping it generates

I much prefer a warm enema. For some reason when it is comfortably warm, maybe just a little above body temperature it seems to give a much better cleaning out and is much easier to take and to hold. Too warm is not comfortable at all and once or twice I made myself an enema, but was interrupted by a phone call. Then when I took it it had cooled and was not the least pleasant.

104 is most comforting

Get out the thermometer and stick the probe in the water!! Just running the water from the tap you think from the feel it's ok but it's 130*F!!!!! 'Just a bit too warm!! 98* to 103'F for me!!

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Warm is comforting and easy to hold so I like a temperature of 105 degrees F as measured by a thermometer.

The water cools too fast in the bag for my liking so I usually start at 110 degrees in the bag.

I have been thinking about ways to keep the water in the bag at a constant temperature.

Perhaps one way would be to use a closed top bag and wrap it in a water proof heating pad.

It would take some experimentation to find the correct heating pad setting.

Anyone ever try this? Need to very cautious with electricity around water.

For a rinse I use body temperature water.

I prefer the water temperature a little over body temperature, so about 105 F. Since it does cool down in the hanging abg, I usually start with a water temperature of 110 F.

Sometimes, especially in warmer weather I like to use cooler water at about 80 F to 85 F.

I start a little warm as well so it will be roughly 105 when it's in the bag. Like Janet I also like my enemas a little cooler on those hot summer days.

I prefer very warm almost hot. I find the sensation to be very enhanced by the warmer temps.

I've never used a thermometer to check the water temp. I do like them warm enough so I can feel they are above body temp.

I admit I prefer a hotter water temp.

I find I like water that is comfortably warm on my wrist. That makes for the most comfortable so far. If it is too hot for my wrist, I fear it would be too hot for my internal organs.

I like my enema to be hot, but not so hot as to scald me!!!

I find I like water that is comfortably warm on my wrist. That makes for the most comfortable so far. If it is too hot for my wrist, I fear it would be too hot for my internal organs.

Like Piper, I want it a bit warm on my wrist and that seems to be a nearly perfect temp for a great enema. I do want a cooler temp at times just so I can really "feel" it flowing.

I fill my bag at about 108-110F so it flows in at about 105F.

I prefer as hot as I can stand but sometimes to punish my self after my first enema. When I am done expelling it I'll put in 6 or 7 suppositories hold them for about 10 minutes and do a straight cold water enema. Lots of fun

I prefer a little over body temperature, though I never use a thermometer. I just use the back of my hand.

Remember that 120 degrees is scalding. As a med student I saw several cases of patients who presented with black dead colons from hot enemas. The lucky got colostomies, the unlucky died.

A lot of the time, I use an instant thermometer to measure the temperature and usually keep it below 108o, but the fluid cools off, so the enema is probably less than the 108. Today, just within the past hour, I ran a cool water enema in to experience the temperature. It felt really good.

Just nice warm water, NEVER too hot. If it feels hot on my hand, then it's too hot.

Cool (not cold) water is nice also... but to me, warm is the best.

C.

I prefer my enemas on the hot side, just like I was given when I was little. My mother's enemas were always hot and soapy. I like to feel the hot solution work it's way up into my bowels. The urge to expel is much greater but if you can hold it in a hot soapy enema will really clean you out!

On the hot side for me too. Seems to relax the colon more and enable the solution to go in easier.

Just warm is satisfactory for me, and an occasional cool water enema on a hot day. Very refreshing.

My preferred water temperature is somewhat warmer than body temperature but not really hot. Cold gives me cramps and I read that very hot could actually injure the tissues so I think the safest and best is around body temperature. Sometimes I will check it by peeing a small amount on my fingers and comparing it to the water in the bag.

I've never checked the temp., but I like mine to be very warm. Warm enough that I can feel the heat inside me, but not hot enough to be painful. I find the cooler one to be unpleasant.