Bowel Preparation
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A Bowel Preparation is a standard medicine preparation that is an injection of fluid into the Large Intestine by way of the rectum.
- AKA: Enema, Clyster.
- Example(s):
- Counter-Example(s):
- See: Drug, Large Intestine, Rectum, Lower Gastrointestinal Series, Encopresis, Rehydration Therapy, Proctoclysis, Intravenous Therapy, Alternative Health.
References
2022
- (Wikipedia, 2022) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enema Retrieved:2022-8-14.
- An enema, also known as a clyster, is an injection of fluid into the lower bowel by way of the rectum.[1] The word enema can also refer to the liquid injected,[2] [3] as well as to a device for administering such an injection. In standard medicine, the most frequent uses of enemas are to relieve constipation and for bowel cleansing before a medical examination or procedure;[4] also, they are employed as a lower gastrointestinal series (also called a barium enema),[5] to treat traveler's diarrhea,[6] as a vehicle for the administration of food, water or medicine, as a stimulant to the general system, as a local application and, more rarely, as a means of reducing temperature, as treatment for encopresis, and as a form of rehydration therapy (proctoclysis) in patients for whom intravenous therapy is not applicable.
In other contexts, enemas are used by some alternative health therapies, used for enjoyment, chiefly as part of sexual activities, but also in BDSM, as well as simply for pleasure, used to intoxicate with alcohol, used to administer drugs for both recreational and religious reasons, and used for punishment.
- An enema, also known as a clyster, is an injection of fluid into the lower bowel by way of the rectum.[1] The word enema can also refer to the liquid injected,[2] [3] as well as to a device for administering such an injection. In standard medicine, the most frequent uses of enemas are to relieve constipation and for bowel cleansing before a medical examination or procedure;[4] also, they are employed as a lower gastrointestinal series (also called a barium enema),[5] to treat traveler's diarrhea,[6] as a vehicle for the administration of food, water or medicine, as a stimulant to the general system, as a local application and, more rarely, as a means of reducing temperature, as treatment for encopresis, and as a form of rehydration therapy (proctoclysis) in patients for whom intravenous therapy is not applicable.
- ↑ Cullingworth, A Manual of Nursing, Medical and Surgical:155
- ↑ "enema noun". Noah Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language. Merriam-Webster. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
- ↑ "Enema". The Free Dictionary. TheFreeDictionary.com. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
- ↑ "Soapsuds enema". Biology-Online Dictionary. Biology-Online. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
- ↑ "Barium enema". MedlinePlus. U.S. Department of Health & Human Services – National Institutes of Health (NIH). Retrieved 6 August 2014.
- ↑ Krokowicz, L.; MacKiewicz, J.; Wejman-Matela, A.; Krokowicz, P.; Drews, M.; Banasiewicz, T. (19 October 2014). "Management of traveller's diarrhoea with a combination of sodium butyrate, organic acids, and A-300 silicon dioxide". Przeglad Gastroenterologiczny. U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, National Institutes of Health (NIH). 9 (5): 285–290. doi:10.5114/pg.2014.46164. PMC 4223117. PMID 25396003.