To treat diseases in modern conditions, there are many medications. One of them is candles for anal use (or rectal suppositories).
Purpose of rectal suppositories
Suppositories are a medicine, but they are not taken enterally (that is, washed down with water in the mouth), but injected into the rectum. Inside the body, the medicine from the suppository is absorbed and further acts, as well as other types of medicines.
Medicinal suppositories are used if the patient suffers from hemorrhoids or an inflammatory process. Also, candles are used with reduced immunity, high temperature, as an anesthetic or laxative.
Advantage
Suppositories do not harm the stomach and liver (unlike tablets that pass through the gastrointestinal tract). It is easy to apply candles, they have a convenient pointed shape, they can be used at home. Children do not like to drink medicine because of their bitter taste, and they are afraid of injections. Introducing candles is neither painful nor bitter. Since it is easy to insert a candle into the rectum of a child who, for example, is sleeping, this is the method of treatment most often chosen by parents.
It is often contraindicated for pregnant and lactating mothers to use medications; the use of suppositories is the best option for them. All absolutely people at any age can be treated with rectal suppositories.
If cracks, wounds are present in the intestines or anus, then rectal suppositories will have a therapeutic effect on them.
What are candles?
Rectal suppositories are elongated cylinders (resembling a torpedo shape), pointed on one side and blunted on the other. They include drugs and auxiliaries. The pointed end facilitates the insertion process, since it is easier to insert a candle into the rectum with a pointed end, and push further too.
Candles are sold in special packages (each candle is packed in individual packaging). Keep the entire kit in the refrigerator. At room temperature, the candles melt and soften, they will not work in soft form. Before use, you must familiarize yourself with the attached instructions, which describe in detail how to properly insert a candle into the rectum. If, on the recommendation of a doctor, the dosage of one candle is too large, then you need to divide it in half (only along and not across) with a clean disposable blade, and put the unused half in the package and in the refrigerator until next time.
Components
The main components are painkillers (analgesics). In addition to them, the composition includes: hyaluronic acid, shark fat, a combination of zinc and bismuth, propolis, hormonal drugs. The specific composition depends on which disease the medicine should fight with.
How to prepare for the procedure?
The use of candles requires hygiene. First you need to wash your hands thoroughly (preferably in cold water, so that your fingers become cold), drain them. Wash the anus with soap and wipe dry. Prepare antibacterial wipes, paper handkerchiefs, pads in advance (you can just dry clean rags). Have petroleum jelly, fat cream, and vegetable oil.
Take suppositories from the refrigerator right before the procedure, they should be cold. In the event that the candles are used for children, it is necessary that their intestines be cleaned (you can make an enema, or just wait for the natural process of bowel movement). Before inserting a candle into the rectum of the baby, it must be warmed in the hands. This must be done in order to rid the kids of discomfort.
The absorption process in the intestine takes about 15 to 60 minutes. The therapeutic effect depends on how the candle is inserted into the rectum, how long it has been there.
Basic Rules
To achieve the result, the candle must be inserted into the anus, pushed into the rectum, it is there that the process of drug absorption occurs (with the exception of cases of hemorrhoids treatment). Ideally, the body should be relaxed.
The main thing in the process is not to damage the mucous membrane of the anus and intestines. For this, the anus (and the tip of the candle) is best covered with petroleum jelly (fat cream, oil). This will ensure easy and painless administration of the drug into the intestines. Facilitates the procedure and the correct position of the body. In no case do not push it with force, the shape of the candle is specially made so that it should move easily enough.
How to insert a candle into the rectum? First, part the buttocks and insert a candle into the anus hole (his muscles must be relaxed) and gently push it with your finger until it passes the anal sphincter and moves into the rectum. After that, squeeze the buttocks and lie in this position for about a minute. Immediately after the procedure, you will want to use the toilet, but you need to be patient, as the medicine will come out with feces, before you can absorb it. If you could not do this, then the procedure will need to be repeated.
After inserting a candle into the rectum, an adult is better to lie down for about half an hour. If you immediately start walking, moving, a candle may leak out and the therapeutic effect will not be achieved.
Introducing the medicine into the anus is not recommended for women with long nails. If there is no one to do this, then it is better to cut the nails to avoid damage to the mucosa.
Correct body position
In order for the process to go quickly, painlessly and without negative consequences, one must take the right position. In adults and children, they are not always the same. There are several options.
- Lie on your back, raise your legs up (you can put a pillow under the sacrum), relax the body. The candle will slide easily. Better poses, how to insert a candle into the rectum yourself, can not be found.
- The knee-elbow pose is also comfortable.
- You can stand with the introduction of the suppository, leaning forward. But the muscles of the legs are tensed and painful sensations can occur with the introduction and pushing of the candle. In this position, the patient can involuntarily push the candle, the procedure will have to be repeated in order to achieve success.
- Lie on your left side in an embryo position, knees rest against the stomach. You can lie on your left side, the left leg is extended, the right leg is bent, the knee is pressed to the stomach.
Treating children
When introducing candles, children must act extremely carefully so that the child does not have a memory of unpleasant sensations in his memory. Otherwise, the next time he tries to introduce a candle, he will resist and be capricious.
The procedure is basically the same as for an adult. Open the buttocks, insert the candle very carefully. After inserting a candle into the rectum, close the buttocks and put the baby. Then put it on for about 20 minutes. It is best to distract him with something at this time (you can turn on cartoons at this time). The procedure is best done before putting the child to bed. Then, overnight, the medicine will be absorbed and will have its therapeutic effect.
Hemorrhoids
A well-defined diagnosis will allow using rectal suppositories to cure external and internal hemorrhoids, wounds, defects of the rectal mucosa, and stop bleeding. There are some features of how to insert a candle into the rectum with hemorrhoids, they must be known and observed in order to be cured. It is best to administer the medicine at night for a future dream.
Before the process of introducing the suppository, make an enema and then wash the anus with soap, wipe with a dry cloth. Lie on your stomach, insert a candle and push inward.
With hemorrhoids, severe pain can occur, then you will have to insert the candle in an upright position, leaning slightly forward. After it, be sure to lie down until the medicine melts and is absorbed.
If there is external hemorrhoids, swollen nodes outward and the patient is painful to sit, the medicine should be administered in a prone position. The suppository does not advance deeply, it should be located close to the anus, and the anus should be covered with a napkin (it is better to hold it with your hand). If the medicine is deep in the rectum, it will not reach the inflamed areas, there will be no benefit from the procedure. At the same time, it is enough to hold the medicine for 5-6 minutes.