pump

[luco1110]

is it possible to buy a portable stomach pump
thanks

[joggerjayne]

Stag weekend coming up ?

[sandyRoe]

I don't know. But why would you want one?

[luco1110]

a friend of mine gets constipated very often thats why i ask

[joggerjayne]

Can you pump that far down ???????

[weas]

No!! don;t be silly

[sandyRoe]

You're not thinking of an enigma kit, starting at the other end?

[gingejbee]

Surely the sensible thing is to fix the constipation?

[JMR27]

Stomach pumps were used for bringing stuff up not shoving it down. Hasn't he tried laxatives?

[joggerjayne]

I've just remembered, I have a ... err

... really important appointment ... at, err ...

... on another ... err ... thread ... err ...

Bye!



(runs, with hand over mouth)

[luco1110]

he has tried laxatives
they take ages

[weas]

I think your having a laugh!! try watching some tv.

[luco1110]

im serious serious

[bednobs]

i don't really understand why "your pal" thinks a stomach pump will help with constipation. Even if such a thing were available (which it probably is - people are strange!) a "stomach pump" brings things up from the stomach. Poo is too far down the GI tract to be bought up. Also, unless the poo is very liquid just think how wide a tube you'd have to get down your throat and past all the sphincters. If the poo is that liquid, and that high up your "friend" has a very big medical problem (bowel obstruction), for which he should seek help right away.
If the "friend" just has constipaton (and when i say "just" i am not trivialising it at all cause it can be an all consuming and very miserable condition) and finds that laxatives don't work as he'd like, it might be an idea to chat with his gp, because different laxatives or a change in diet/fluid intake might be considered

[starone]

I reckon a stomach pump should only be used by a professional medical person, preferably in a hospital, so my reaction to the question is what the hell do you want a stomach pump for - you would be more likely to do some damage than the original constipation.

[radiogaga]

has he/she tried a diet rich in friut/smoothies. ?
as an alternative than the more extreme mesures

[Hopkirk]

Sandy, I think an Enigma machine was a WW2 German secret code device, so of marginal use for constipation.

[sandyRoe]

When the Germans learnt that the people at Bletchley Park had cracked its secrets it cured their costive problems.

[NazNomad]

I suppose with an Enigma kit you could eventually work it out? ... ewww.

[Hopkirk]

Fair point. The Germans were the enema after all.

[Mamyalynne]

Glycerine suppositories work well but are rather explosive.