An enema usually takes 15 minutes to 30 minutes, but it needs to stay as long as possible when performing a retention enema.
Enema refers to the doctor will be prepared enema liquid, drugs into the colorectal, to help patients to clean the intestinal tract, to promote the patient defecation as well as defecation, so as to achieve the purpose of diagnosis and treatment of disease. Generally speaking, the enema time is about 15 minutes to 30 minutes, the specific time is related to the equipment used by the doctor, technology and the actual situation of the patient.
The enema is a single-item examination, generally as a method to assist in the examination of intestinal diseases, the main purpose is to clean up the intestinal tract for the subsequent examination, after the enema is completed, it is also necessary to carry out further laboratory tests, endoscopy, X-ray and imaging tests according to the actual situation, in order to make a clear diagnosis.
There is another kind of enema for retention enema, is the therapeutic drugs into the intestinal tract used for treatment, such as ulcerative colitis enema treatment, hemostatic enema treatment, etc., at this time the need for drugs to be retained in the intestinal tract for as long as possible.
Need to pay attention to do enema is the need for fasting, and the night before the enema to porridge and other light, easy to digest food, and to wear loose clothing, relaxation, etc., to avoid affecting the test results.