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OK, I realize the thought of enema bags is giving you the willies. It
does the same for me. I've never used them. I've never had any
desire. I hope I never have the opportunity.
However, enema bags should be part of each family's medical stockpile.
Here are some of the conditions, beyond constipation, that enema bags
are used to treat:
Severe hypothermia. When a person has severe hypothermia, s/he
is close to dying. The patient needs to be warmed up through the usual
methods of warming people with mild to moderate hypothermia, but
additional measures should be taken. And one of those is administering
warm fluid through the rectum. This is most easily accomplished with an
enema bag.
Dehydration. Like hypothermia, most mild to moderate cases of
dehydration (that are not due to diarrhea), can be treated easily using
the usual methods--drinking fluids like water or oral rehydration
solution. However, severe dehydration necessitates a more comprehensive
approach. One way of getting fluids into the body faster is through
the other end with an enema bag.
Medication administration. Sometimes a patient is so nauseous
that he can't take medication orally. Reducing tablets to a powder or
opening up a capsule and then mixing the medication with saline or tap
water and then using an enema bag is one means of getting medication
into a patient who cannot otherwise take it.
As enemas appear to be a popular thing to do at home now just for kicks,
there are all kinds of purchase options online and in stores. They're
pretty inexpensive and quite useful, even as we hope we never have to
use them. Better to have and not need than to need and not have.
Links to related posts:
Hypothermia
Alternative Methods of Administering Medication
Oral Rehydration Solution
7 july 2020
