How to use enema by yourself

Suppository is a common topical medication, which is very effective in treating constipation. We know that long-term constipation is very harmful and can easily cause other diseases. In addition to paying attention to diet, if the symptoms of constipation are very serious, you can use suppository to treat it. It has a good therapeutic effect and can promote defecation in a short time. Let’s take a look at how to use suppository ourselves.

How to use enema yourself

Using a suppository is not as simple as inserting it into your anus. It has its own usage method, and the method for adults is different from that for children. Let's take a look.

1. How to use enema for adults

Remove the bottle cap, apply a little grease on the bottle mouth, slowly insert it into the anus, and then squeeze the medicine into the rectum.

2. How to use enema in children

Since the opening end of the enema is hard and rough, its use in children with constipation often causes redness, swelling and pain in the perianal mucosa, causing pain to the children and making it difficult for them to cooperate. Using a 20ml syringe and a disposable scalp needle instead of a enema to give children a laxative is easy to operate, and the children feel comfortable and easy to cooperate.

The method is: draw all the enema liquid into a 20ml syringe (discard the needle part), then connect a disposable scalp needle (cut off the front end of the scalp needle with the needle part, leaving 2~5cm for spare), apply paraffin oil and insert it for use.

How to improve the effectiveness of enema?

If you want to maximize the effect of enema, there are certain methods, and you must pay attention to the way of using the medicine. First of all, the method of use must be correct, and secondly, there are things to pay attention to during the process. Let's learn together.

1. Help the patient to lie prone. Those who cannot lie prone can lie on their left side with their hips raised appropriately.

2. Cut off the top of the enema and squeeze out a little glycerin to lubricate the enema into the anus.

3. Hold the bulb of the enema, slowly insert it into the anus until it reaches the neck of the enema, and quickly squeeze the bulb of the enema. At the same time, ask the patient to take a deep breath.

4. After squeezing out all the liquid, hold the gauze in one hand and massage the anus, and quickly pull out the enema shell with the other hand (adults generally need 30 to 40 ml). Instruct the patient to maintain the original position for about ten minutes.

5. For patients who complain of abdominal distension and the urge to defecate, they should be instructed to continue to inhale and be assisted in massaging the anus.