How to put an enema
The most important thing that you need to remember - do not abuse enemas! How often you can carry out this procedure, ask your doctor.
For setting an enema, it is important to correctly calculate the volume of the injected fluid. Remember that the baby's bowel is smaller than that of an adult.
Children under 5 years of age are made with a pear-shaped balloon, and for children older than 5 years, use an ordinary Esmarch mug.
Place the baby on the left side( a small child can be laid on his back and slightly lead to the abdomen of his leg).
Lubricate the tip of the enema with vaseline, spread the buttocks and slowly insert the tip for 3-5 cm. The small child is held in the desired position with the left hand, and after removing the tip, clamp his buttocks to hold water.
If you use Esmarch's mug, do not raise it high - the rapid flow of water will cause the child to have a violent pain in the intestine. Usually the mug is suspended 1 m above the bed.
The amount of oily and drug enemas should not exceed 30-50 ml. The oil should be boiled and cooled to body temperature.
Children often put a medicinal enema from the infusion of chamomile( a teaspoon into a glass of boiling water), as it reduces gas formation and bloating. In helminths, soda enema ( 1/2 tsp per glass of water) is effective.
The cleansing enema is very useful. At a high temperature, the absorption of toxic waste increases, which always accumulate in the lower parts of the intestine. Cleansing the intestines, you protect the body from the absorption of harmful toxic products. In addition, after cleansing enema, the temperature usually drops by 0.5-1.0 ° C, and the child's condition improves for some time.
If the child has a sick bowel( colitis), then the cleansing enema can be combined with the curative enema. To do this, brew the flowers of chamomile: 8-10 g( 3-4 tablespoons) of flowers put in enamel ware, pour 200 ml( one glass) of hot boiled water, close the lid and put on a water bath for 15 minutes. Then, cool at room temperature for 45 minutes, strain, and squeeze the remaining raw material and bring the volume of the infusion to boiling water to 200 ml. Chow chamomile infusion -
those with sunflower oil, for babies - 1: 1, for older children to 700-800 ml of solution add 2 tablespoons of sunflower oil. The total dosage of the enema is indicated above. This solution has an anti-inflammatory effect.
Do not make a mistake!
There are several main mistakes that parents make when putting an enema in children.
First, you can hurt the baby's gut. If you enter the tip not at that angle, you will soon feel the resistance of the intestinal wall. In any case, do not be zealous!
Secondly, focusing on the procedure itself, parents forget to check the temperature of the water. Meanwhile, too warm water in the intestines immediately starts to be absorbed, and the cold causes a spasm and, consequently, a sharp pain.
Thirdly, wishing to finish the procedure quickly, the parents can open the clamp completely.
Water quickly fills the intestines, stretches it, causing severe pain.