kiwisub12 -> RE: Enema Experience (7/22/2008 5:13:00 PM)
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There would be a real danger of electrolyte imbalance. I worked in a hospital where, as a bowel prep, we would put down a NG tube and run in fluid until (basically) it came out the other end. I had several patients who ended up on the floor, fainted. It had screwed up their electrolytes. The problem is that the bowel isn't just a tube. It is permiable, and lets fluid and toxics in and out - think alcohol or coffee enemas. The reason you get drunk from an alcohol enema is because the body absorbs the alcohol. In the same way, an enema can pull out sodium by osmosis. The whole thing is probably a bad idea, and should be relegated to fantasy.
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