Sha, deputy director of the Department of Gastroenterology, Guangzhou First People's Hospital, told reporters that there are three kinds of routine "intestinal lavage". One is saline enema, as an auxiliary measure before abdominal surgery or laparoscopic surgery for some patients, to completely discharge the feces in patients for surgery; The second is soapy water enema, which is generally used to treat constipation and other diseases in the elderly. The third is liquid enema. For patients with intestinal diseases, some drugs that need to be absorbed in the colon are basically ineffective when taken orally to the colon. In order to ensure the concentration of drugs reaching the affected area, drugs are usually added to water and then enema is given to patients. After the drug stays in the intestine for a period of time, the liquid medicine is excreted with the intestinal waste. This method is called "retention enema".
With the temperature rising, people's clothes are getting thinner and thinner, and the weight loss market is becoming more and more prosperous. Some merchants put up the banner that "washing intestines once a week can detoxify, beautify and lose weight", and even took Song Meiling, who insisted on washing intestines regularly to keep healthy and beautiful, as the "spokesperson". Can the intestines be washed? The reporter interviewed the doctor concerned.
Instructor/Wang Sha, Director of Plastic Surgery Laser Treatment Center of Guangzhou First People's Hospital, Deputy Chief Physician of Gastroenterology Department of Guangzhou First People's Hospital
Intestinal lavage can detoxify and beautify?
Most gastroenterologists disagree.
According to reports, there are many ways for the human body to detoxify, not just to expel feces from the intestines. Almost all cells in the human body have some detoxification systems to decompose poisons and fight oxygen free radicals, among which the liver is the most important detoxification organ. Toxic substances in the blood, after a series of detoxification chemical reactions in the liver, become low-toxic or even non-toxic substances and are excreted through the intestine or urethra. Kidney is the most important detoxification organ in the body, and toxins in the body are excreted with urine, so drink more water and urinate more. The skin can also excrete toxins through sweating. If a person does not urinate for a few days, his life will be dying; If you don't defecate for a few days, as long as your liver function is normal, intestinal endotoxin will not be life-threatening.
Wash the intestines and relax the bowels? Temporary!
Sha Wei Hong said that bedclothes are feces that stay overnight in the human body, which will not be adsorbed on the intestinal wall for a long time, and cannot be completely discharged without external help. On the contrary, when feces stay in the large intestine, the water inside will be absorbed by the large intestine, and the longer it stays, the drier it will be, while the mucosa of the intestine is very smooth and basically has no adsorption force, so it is even more impossible for dry feces to be adsorbed on the intestinal wall. In fact, under normal circumstances, as long as you eat and drink, you can completely clean your stool. "In any case, intestinal lavage can only play a laxative role and temporarily relieve constipation, but it is impossible to cure chronic diseases simply by intestinal lavage."
In addition, some experts have warned that people with severe hemorrhoids, excessive physical weakness and serious heart disease are prohibited from using intestinal lavage machines. Long-term use of machine washing will lead to relaxation of anal sphincter and insensitive defecation, resulting in unexpected and serious consequences. So be careful when choosing. Sha Wei Hong pointed out that the human stomach has its own normal metabolism. If it is not difficult, you need to "wash the intestines" to defecate, and it is not easy to promote fecal excretion with external force.
Washing intestines to lose weight? Washing off grease is an illusion.
Many people have to wash their intestines in order to lose weight. It is said that they can really see floating grease after washing. What's going on here?
The feces in the large intestine have no nutrients, but only participate in the formation of feces and absorb water and electrolytes. Intestinal lavage only washes away wastes such as feces in the large intestine and takes away a very small amount of nutrients in the small intestine. Of course, if you eat too much oil, the absorption of the small intestine has reached a state of supersaturation, and excess fat will leak into the large intestine. In this case, people can often see a small amount of fat floating in the water, so they believe it. It's feces, not fat.
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Drinking tea and washing intestines lead to melanosis of large intestine
According to reports, intestinal lavage tea is basically a laxative with different ingredients. These teas can promote gastrointestinal movement and achieve the effect of relaxing bowels. However, the more these drugs are taken, the weaker the intestinal peristalsis, which makes people dependent on drugs and aggravates constipation. For people who use intestinal lavage tea for a long time, the natural ecology of the intestine will be destroyed, leading to a vicious circle. Shah Wei Hong also said that a rare disease, melanosis coli, was found in clinical treatment. Through colonoscopy, it can be observed that the inner wall of the colon of the patient with this disease has black and white patterns similar to zebra, which are tiger-like, indicating that the intestinal mucosa of the patient has changed and black pigmentation has appeared. This pathological change is caused by taking laxatives and drinking tea containing laxatives for a long time.
Intestinal lavage destroys intestinal flora
Some white-collar workers who love beauty will wash their intestines regularly. Sha said that the anal sphincter function of constipation patients is not very coordinated. If they wash their intestines repeatedly, foreign catheters will come in and out of the anus, which will make the anal sphincter more relaxed and make them less sensitive to defecation. Secondly, people with constipation usually exert less force. If these people can defecate easily by washing their intestines, they will be more lazy to defecate actively, further causing atrophy and disharmony of anal sphincter function, and the consequences will not be optimistic.
Sedentary women should be active.
In addition, there are normal flora in the intestines of normal people, which are interdependent and mutually restrictive, forming an ecological environment that plays a natural defense barrier. If the intestinal flora is chaotic, it will lead to intestinal dysfunction, causing abdominal flatulence, diarrhea and other symptoms.
The indications for professional treatment and intestinal lavage in regular hospitals should be strictly mastered and controlled by medical staff. For some people with diseases, including intestinal adhesions and volvulus, careless bowel washing will lead to intestinal perforation.
Secondly, the problem of reverse infection may occur because the catheter is inserted into the anus during bowel washing. In addition, there is no guarantee that the liquid injected into the intestine will not flow out at all. If some people's anal sphincter is slack, it may fall 100 ml, and 5 ml may flow out, especially in women. The anus is very close to the urethra and vaginal orifice, so it is easy to pollute the urethra and vagina when the feces in the lavage fluid flow out.