Monitor cleaning (AMOK or hydrocolonotherapy) is the name of a wellness procedure that allows you to rid the body of waste products and toxins. This technique is able to treat constipation, indigestion, and also help in solving skin problems.
Indications for the procedure and preparation
Monitor bowel cleansing is performed using a special apparatus that supplies water to the tract without pressure. Such manipulations are allowed only in clinics that have the appropriate license. The advantage of cleaning is that after it is done, there is no need to sit next to the toilet. The procedure is indicated for chronic inflammatory diseases of the colon, which are not in the acute stage. It is also recommended to carry out such manipulations with constant constipation, which bring pain and discomfort. Performing AIOC is often advised under the following conditions:
- anatomical defects in the form of an elongated sigmoid colon;
- dysbacteriosis of different degrees of severity;
- strong alcoholic, narcotic, medicinal and food intoxications;
- acute allergic diseases of various origins;
- recurrent chronic aphthous stomatitis;
- varicose veins in the legs;
- problems with the epidermis - acne, oily seborrhea, neurodermatitis, psoriasis, etc.;
- diseases of the urinary and hepatobiliary systems.
Hydrocolonotherapy is sometimes prescribed during the rehabilitation period after suffering serious illnesses that are associated with antibiotic or chemotherapy. It is recommended to use such cleaning before performing surgical operations on the large intestine. Hydrocolonotherapy is effectively used as a preventive method for various chronic ailments, as well as to maintain the relative purity of the body. This is also true for perfectly healthy people.
The procedure requires careful preparation. The main aspect is the observance of a special diet. The patient will have to completely abandon fatty, spicy, smoked foods. Be sure to stop drinking alcohol. You will have to be very careful with coffee, because the drink delays the process of removing moisture, causes constipation and stagnation of feces.
The daily diet should include a large number of vegetables, fruits, which are saturated with fiber and complex carbohydrates. The day before cleaning, you will need to spend a fasting day. To do this, choose fermented milk products, oats or apples. Immediately before the session, it is forbidden to have breakfast, it is only allowed to drink 250 ml of hot water.
In preparation for colon hydrotherapy, you can eat oatmeal, buckwheat or rice. It is allowed to season salads with bran, since such a product is able to get rid of primary toxins. And it can also normalize the state of microflora. From drinks it is allowed to use freshly squeezed juices and mineral waters (alkaline). As sweets, it is allowed to eat dried fruits, apples and pumpkin. Among vegetables, special attention should be paid to the intake of cabbage and beets.
Carrying out hydrocolonotherapy
Monitor bowel cleansing begins with the fact that the doctor gives instructions and instructions on how to behave to the patient at the time of manipulation. At this time, it is forbidden to strain the stomach, try to get up or make sudden movements. After familiarizing yourself with the safety precautions, you must choose the solution with which the procedure will be carried out. It depends on the indications and medical goals that the specialist faces. These drugs often include:
- water-soluble sorbents;
- medicines that have anti-inflammatory and antiseptic effects;
- saline, soda and alkaline solutions;
- extracts of medicinal herbs (chamomile, mint, valerian, birch, nettle and wormwood);
- polybacterial agents of the colon flora.
To start exposure, the patient lies down on the couch, the doctor inserts special tubes through the rectum and connects the device. The procedure is performed in 3 stages, each of them involves exposure to different pressures. First, the solution is injected in small portions (up to 1 liter in 60 seconds). When the urge to defecate appears, a pumping hose is connected, which sucks out water at a rate of 1.6 liters per minute.
Then comes stage 2, during which the solution is introduced into the gastrointestinal tract (strength 1.4 liters in 60 seconds). After that, patients do not feel heaviness, so the doctor increases the speed to 1.8 liters. Manipulations last for 5–7 minutes, during which time fecal accumulations have time to wash out of the places of bends. At the final stage, the specialist gradually reduces the force of pressure and turns off the device. After this procedure, sometimes doctors massage the abdomen or apply a warm compress there. At the end of hydrocolonotherapy, the patient needs to rest for 12-30 minutes. At this time, you need to lie down on the couch or sit on an armchair. Sometimes medical staff measure blood pressure and pulse. For 1-2 hours after the manipulation, it is forbidden to eat.
The course of therapy should be determined by the doctor, depending on the individual indications of the patient. Usually prescribed 3-6 procedures, the interval between which is 7 days.
Contraindications and possible complications
There are situations in which monitor bowel cleansing is contraindicated. Hydrocolonotherapy should not be carried out in acute diseases that occur with high fever and fever. Manipulations are prohibited in case of circulatory failure and myocardial infarction. AMOK should not be performed during the course of basic treatment - antibiotics, hormones, or chemotherapy.
Colon hydrotherapy is contraindicated in the following pathologies:
- diarrhea
- ulcerative colitis;
- inflammation of hemorrhoids in the acute phase;
- the presence of infiltrates in the abdominal cavity;
- tumors of the rectum that disintegrate;
- absolute insufficiency of the sphincter;
- mental disorders;
- during menstruation (especially in 1-2 days);
- prolapse of the rectum.
It is forbidden to perform AMOK after operations in the gastrointestinal tract, which led to its deformation. Colon hydrotherapy should not be performed if a person has a tendency to convulsions, fainting and epilepsy.
If such bowel cleansing was carried out incorrectly, if safety precautions were not observed, then this can lead to damage to the hemorrhoid. Sometimes hydrocolonotherapy contributes to bleeding from the anal fissure. If there is suction to the central channel, then this sometimes causes local hemorrhages on the intestinal mucosa. In addition to mechanical damage, there may be general adverse reactions that are associated with a decrease in blood pressure. The most common symptoms are weakness and dizziness. Sometimes for 2-3 days there is a slight discomfort in the abdomen.
In extremely rare cases, infection of the intestine with various infections or a violation of the microflora can occur. Many useful bacteria are washed out of the body, therefore, after manipulations, a course of taking special preparations is sometimes prescribed, which normalize the work of the intestines.
To improve overall well-being, increase efficiency, stimulate immunity, normalize the metabolic processes of the whole organism, many doctors recommend timely with the help of an effective technology called hydrocolonotherapy (monitoring bowel cleansing). With the help of this procedure, various harmful toxins and slags are removed from the human body. Significantly reduces the formation of pathogens.
Hydrocolonotherapy improves the functioning of the gastrointestinal tract.
The first mention of bowel lavage, for therapeutic and prophylactic purposes, was found in ancient Egypt, in papyri that have survived to our era.
All washings were carried out on the basis of hollow reeds. Famous physicians Hippocrates and Galen suggested monitoring bowel cleansing in order to improve overall performance. But basically, the doctors of that time used this procedure to reduce fever, and it also worked.
The first devices for the procedure of hydrocolonotherapy began to be used in the United States, back in the 1920-1930s of the twentieth century. In our time, monitoring bowel cleansing has become much more effective, since innovative devices based on irrigation have been used for its implementation. Therefore, this procedure has become safer and more natural.
Indications for monitoring bowel cleansing
Diseases of the gastrointestinal tract can be investigated using colon hydrotherapy.
There are many indications for this procedure:
- diseases of the gastrointestinal tract;
- diseases of the biliary tract;
- a syndrome in which constantly;
- pyelonephritis;
- chronic pelvic pain syndrome;
- pain in menopause;
- premenstrual syndrome;
- prostatitis and andexitis;
- low potency, frigidity, infertility;
- lymphostasis of the lower extremities;
- radiculitis, osteochondrosis;
- rheumatic diseases;
- bulimia;
- people with reduced immunity;
- heart diseases;
- hangover syndrome.
For the prevention of a healthy body, it is recommended to monitor bowel cleansing several times a year. The entire procedure will take no more than thirty minutes. For people with any of the above diseases, colon hydrotherapy should be repeated from four times, but not more than ten.
Contraindications for monitoring bowel cleansing
Preparation for the IOC procedure
Special preparation for the procedure of monitoring bowel cleansing is not required. You just need to follow some simple rules, such as non-gas-producing foods (beans, grapes, bread, sweets, etc.).
You can also make your own enema. Be sure to remember that the procedure can be performed no earlier than 1 hour after eating. For people suffering from hemorrhoids, you need to put down a course of healing candles.
How often should colon hydrotherapy be done?
Monitoring bowel cleansing is recommended several times a year. If a person needs to get rid of a certain disease with the help of this procedure, then the treatment, of course, should be prescribed by the attending physician. The effect after the procedure usually lasts more than six months, but you need to monitor your diet.
A healthy lifestyle will prolong the effect of the procedure.
For which diseases can you get a referral to the IOC
A referral to the IOC can be issued by a gastroenterologist.
A referral to therapy can be given by an allergist or. The procedure is prescribed for diarrhea, dysbacteriosis.
Essential for diabetic patients. After this procedure, the work of not only the intestines, but also the pancreas and gallbladder improves.
Are there complications after the procedure?
Inserting an umbrella into the anus can damage it. They can arise from already existing cracks, and the doctor can also damage the hemorrhoid. But these are all mechanical reactions, but there is a possibility of general reactions (weakness, dizziness).
After the procedure, the patient must rest on a couch or chair. Rest is carried out under the supervision of a doctor, the nurse is obliged to measure blood pressure. After performing the IOC, you need to refrain from eating for several hours.
How is Colon Hydrotherapy Performed?
Colon hydrotherapy is a virtually painless procedure.
Before the procedure, you should have breakfast or if it is lunch, then have lunch. But food should be light so that there are no difficulties.
Before the procedure itself, you should empty your bladder. Entering the office, the doctors will offer to put on special underwear and make yourself as comfortable as possible in a chair or couch.
The location of the patient is determined by the doctor, so you need to forget about all the previously read recommendations regarding this section, and also forget the advice of friends.
All instructions will be given by the attending physician, on the spot. If you experience discomfort, tell your doctor immediately! It will solve the problem if the sensations are abnormal.
Before the procedure itself, the doctor conducts a conversation, finding out all the features of the body. He talks about acceptable sensations for turnover, also talks about his actions, which he will directly perform. The doctor should conduct a complete external and internal assessment of the condition of the rectum, as far as possible.
Having found out all the necessary information, the doctor inserts a disposable (sterile) probe into the anus. The probe is inserted to a depth that does not exceed the distal section.
A special solution intended for washing the gastrointestinal tract is fed through the probe channel, with immediate removal through the channel for suction of this liquid. In this case, the range of feed rate (Vp) of wash water is used and its pumping speed (Vot) is: Vp = 1.0-1.5 l/min Vot = 1.0-1.5 l/min.
First step of the procedure
In order not to start a reflex spasm of the sigmoid colon, hydrocolonotherapy begins with the lowest speeds of the apparatus, so that the solution is evenly distributed over.
If there is a feeling of a call to defecate, the doctor will immediately turn on the pumping mode until relief, and then continue to fill the body with the solution. In the pumping mode, doctors closely monitor that the probe does not stick to the mucous membrane.
The second stage of the procedure
In the middle of the procedure, the machine works constantly. Cleansing the intestines from the contents. After the body is activated again, after increasing the speed, calls for defecation disappear. The doctor does not turn off the supply of the solution throughout the procedure, so as not to injure and prevent the penetration of the probe into the central canal.
The third stage of the procedure
The procedure for monitoring bowel cleansing can be completed at any time by smoothly turning off the device.
In case of systematic constipation in a patient, the doctor performing the procedure may decide to finish the IOC by filling the intestine with a solution, and after the urge to defecate, direct him to the toilet. This method stimulates the colon to contract.
Another option, according to the testimony of the doctor, the last liquid can be administered with medicines, herbal decoctions, mineral water, but any liquid must be heated to the required temperature.
Some doctors may do an enema containing intestinal flora to improve.
Such washings may be accompanied by warm procedures or deep palpation of the rectum (manual), such actions are only at the discretion of the doctor.
What is hydrocolonotherapy will tell the video:
What solution is used to wash the intestines
Various solutions are used for hydrocolonotherapy.
In order to accurately determine which solution should be used for monitoring intestinal cleansing, you need to understand what problem of the body needs to be solved.
The modern rhythm of life, the use of poor-quality and unbalanced food, nervous overstrain and constant haste lead to the fact that the digestive organs stop working fully, become clogged and toxins accumulate. This condition entails more and more malfunctions in the body, so bowel cleansing is an issue that requires attention. A clogged intestine is a breakdown, poor health, an unhealthy appearance of the skin and hair. Monitor bowel cleansing (MOC) is a modern method of cleaning the body, thanks to which poisonous accumulations are evacuated from the body. This helps to improve the health of the entire body. Who can clean the intestines, and for what conditions are there contraindications? How is the procedure carried out? Let's consider in more detail.
The main goal of monitor bowel cleansing
What is Monitored Bowel Cleansing (MOC)
It is a very sad fact that colon cleansing is becoming kitsch, a fashion trend and is applied to the place and out of place. In fact, this procedure should be carried out in a hospital setting and under the guidance of specialists. Inappropriate or incorrectly performed cleaning of the organ can lead to a violation of the microflora and a deterioration in the health of the organ. A cleansing effect is prescribed only after a series of examinations.
The patient should be examined by a proctologist who will exclude contraindications and give permission for the procedure. Monitor bowel cleansing is carried out in a specially equipped room. It goes like this:
- A tip is inserted into the rectum, through which liquid is supplied under a certain pressure. A computer program regulates the intensity and speed of water supply, which allows you to completely eliminate painful and unpleasant sensations for the patient. In general, up to twenty liters of liquid are passed through the organs of the gastrointestinal tract.
- Having passed the entire tract, the liquid comes out, the procedure is such that there are no unpleasant odors.
Monitor bowel cleansing (MOC) is a newfangled procedure, rumored to have a pronounced healing effect. About what it is, our article will tell.
The essence of monitor bowel cleansing
IOC or monitor colonic dialysis is a procedure carried out using a special machine. Through the supply channel of the probe, a special herbal composition enters the patient's large intestine with a pulsed flow, and through the suction channel, the waste fluid is removed along with the feces (everything happens in an isolated environment, so the appearance of unpleasant odors can be avoided). In the process of manipulation, intra-intestinal pressure is under strict control. The speed and pressure of fluid supply and withdrawal are selected individually, in accordance with the physiological characteristics of the patient's body. The procedure usually does not cause discomfort and is easily tolerated.
The volume of a single procedure is 15 liters - 5 daily procedures are enough to completely cleanse the intestines. In difficult cases, this amount is increased to 10 and the procedure is carried out every 2-4 days.
What effect does the IOC provide?
In addition to cleansing the intestines from feces, bile, stones and gases, the IOC also removes toxic compounds from the body. This procedure has a beneficial effect on patients with rheumatoid arthritis, bronchial asthma, autoimmune and skin diseases. IOC removes excess cholesterol and normalizes blood sugar levels. After a full course of cleansing, stagnation in the small pelvis decreases (often even the volume of the abdomen becomes smaller), blood outflow improves with varicose veins, the monthly cycle normalizes, pain during menstruation disappears.
Indications for monitoring bowel cleansing
Diseases of the gastrointestinal tract (colitis, constipation, peptic ulcer, biliary dyskinesia, bile stasis)
Autoimmune diseases
Tendency to allergies
Some diseases of the pelvic organs (cystitis, chronic adnexitis, prostatitis)
Intoxication (drug, industrial, alcohol)
Some skin diseases (eczema, acne, neurodermatitis)
Overweight (as an aid)
Worm infestations
Preparing for a medical examination
Contraindications to monitor bowel cleansing
Surgery in the past that affected the large intestine
Rectal cancer
Hemorrhoids (only in the acute stage)
Pregnancy
In case of hypertension and exacerbation of peptic ulcer, as well as after a heart attack and stroke, the procedure is allowed only in a hospital setting.
Monitor bowel cleansing is presented to the masses as an absolutely comfortable and safe procedure. Meanwhile, there are "pitfalls" and one of them can be considered the negative impact of the procedure on the intestinal flora. Whether you need to use the IOC or not is up to you.
Hydrocolonotherapy is one of the methods of cleansing the large intestine by irrigating all its departments with large volumes of liquid. Adherents of monitor cleaning justify the effectiveness of this technique by its ability to soften and bring out even the hardest fecal masses, and with them toxins that accumulate in the colon. At the same time, most specialists working in the framework of evidence-based medicine insist on the failure of such a cleaning method. In their opinion, harmful substances that clog the body are partially excreted along with feces, and those absorbed into the blood are neutralized in the liver and excreted in the urine. Another argument against this method of cleansing is the washing out of beneficial microflora, leading to intestinal dysbacteriosis.
So, what is the hydrolonotherapy procedure really and does it have a positive effect on the body? In many private clinics and medical centers where hydrocolonotherapy is done, the term “deep bowel cleansing” means a regular cleansing enema, which is quite justified in some pathological conditions.
Indications for colon hydrotherapy
- Preparation for surgery on the intestines, abdominal organs and small pelvis.
- Chronic constipation, accompanied by the formation of fecal stones.
- Preparing for a colonoscopy.
- Dynamic intestinal obstruction.
Contraindications
- Severe general somatic pathologies.
- Intestinal bleeding and acute stage of hemorrhoids.
- Anemia.
- Cirrhosis of the liver.
- Aneurysm of the aorta and major blood vessels.
- Cancer of the distal regions (colon or rectum).
- Crohn's disease.
- Anal fissures and anorectal fistulas.
- Nonspecific ulcerative colitis.
- Diverticulosis.
- Intestinal perforation.
- Recent abdominal surgery.
- Hernias.
- Renal failure.
- Pregnancy.
If we summarize all the existing contraindications, the conclusion suggests itself that it is more reasonable to undergo the procedure of colon hydrotherapy only in specialized medical institutions, the addresses of which can be found on Russian websites and open data portals of the Moscow Government.
Colon hydrotherapy technique
Before a colon hydrotherapy session, it is recommended to refrain from eating for several hours. During the procedure, the patient lies on the couch, in the “lying on his side” position. A special two-lumen tube is inserted into the anus, through which purified water (or solution) is supplied in portions from the apparatus for intracavitary intestinal irrigation. The removal of the used liquid along with the contents of the intestine is carried out through a system of special hoses.
The duration of the procedure is 20-40 minutes. During this time, about 25-50 liters of fluid passes through the intestines. On average, the course of treatment consists of 3-10 sessions.
Possible complications and side effects
The hardware method of bowel cleansing is a rather serious undertaking that can only be trusted by a true professional. Despite the fact that the main advantage of colon hydrotherapy is its low cost, the professionalism of the doctor and the sanitary condition of the equipment are considered no less important.
The most common side effects of monitor cleaning include nausea and vomiting, abdominal cramps and bloating, diarrhea, and electrolyte imbalance. The most formidable complication of hydrocolonotherapy is perforation of the rectum, which occurs as a result of a violation of the technique of the procedure. It is also possible to develop inflammation of the pancreas, dehydration, convulsions, colitis and exacerbation of chronic diseases. Thus, hydrocolonotherapy is a procedure in which the price of a medical error can be too high. Therefore, before deciding to carry it out, you should carefully weigh all the possible consequences.
