enema
Sign in to saveAlso known as enteroclysis, énema, fleet enema, barium enema, transanal irrigation, enemata, clyster, cloister
thumb|250px|Rectal bulb syringe to administer smaller enemas.
Research
14,415 papers- How to administer an enema in adults.Nursing standard (Royal College of Nursing (Great Britain) : 1987) · 2025
- The usefulness of olive oil enema in children with severe chronic constipation.Journal of pediatric surgery · 2021
- No-enema therapy for idiopathic constipation and encopresis.Clinical pediatrics · 1991
- Enema injuries.American journal of proctology · 1958
- Phosphate enema poisoning in children.The Medical journal of Australia · 1994
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Encyclopedic overview
50 sectionsContents
- Medical usage
- Bowel cleansing
- Acute treatments
- Large volume enemas
- Water-based solutions
- Other solutions
- Micro-enemas
- ATC codes for drugs for constipation — enemas
- Single substance solutions
- Chronic treatments
- Transanal irrigation
- Bowel management
- Contrast (X-ray)
- Medication administration
- Inhibiting pathological defecation
- Other
- Adverse effects
- History
- Etymology
- Ancient and medieval
- Africa
- Americas
- Asia
- Europe
- Modern Western
- Society and culture
- Alternative medicine
- Relatively benign
- Colonic irrigation
- Colon cleansing
- Kellogg's enemas
- Dangerous
- Bleach enemas
- Coffee enemas
- Recreational usage
- Pleasure
- Other sexually related uses
- BDSM
- Rectal douching
- Intoxication
- Religious rituals
- Punitive usage
- In arts and literature
- Written literature
- Film
- Song
- Monument
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|250px|Rectal bulb syringe to administer smaller enemas.
An enema, also known as a clyster, is the rectal administration of a fluid by injection into the lower bowel via the anus. The word enema can also refer to the liquid injected, as well as to a device for administering such an injection.
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