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A 1776 textbook drawing of a tobacco smoke enema device, consisting of a nozzle, a fumigator and a bellows. The tobacco smoke enema, an insufflation of tobacco smoke into the rectum by enema, was a medical treatment employed by European physicians for a range of ailments.
An Australian Kelpie wearing a plastic Elizabethan collar to help an eye infection heal. An Elizabethan collar, E collar, pet ruff or pet cone (sometimes humorously called a treat funnel, lamp-shade, radar dish, dog-saver, collar cone, or cone of shame) is a protective medical device worn by an animal, usually a cat or dog.
Anal sac impaction results from blockage of the duct leading from the gland to the opening. The sac is usually non-painful and swollen. Anal sac infection results in pain, swelling, and sometimes abscessation and fever. Initial treatment usually involves the manual expression of the anal sacs, most often by a veterinary professional.
The topical administration of medications into the rectum, such as corticosteroids and mesalazine used in the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease. Administration by enema avoids having the medication pass through the entire gastrointestinal tract , therefore simplifying the delivery of the medication to the affected area and limiting the ...
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Rectal administration (colloquially known as boofing or plugging) uses the rectum as a route of administration for medication and other fluids, which are absorbed by the rectum's blood vessels, [Note 1] and flow into the body's circulatory system, which distributes the drug to the body's organs and bodily systems.
Anal hygiene [1] refers to practices (anal cleansing) [2] that are performed on the anus to maintain personal hygiene, usually immediately or shortly after defecation. Anal cleansing may also occur while showering or bathing. Post-defecation cleansing is rarely discussed academically, [2] partly due to the social taboo surrounding it.
Purse-string suture, a continuous, circular inverting suture which is made to secure apposition of the edges of a surgical or traumatic wound. [13] [14] Figure-of-eight stitch; Subcuticular stitch. A continuous suture where the needle enters and exits the epidermis along the plane of the skin.