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When should i have a normal bowel movement after taking a 500 ml tap water cleansing enema?

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Dr. Stevan Cordas answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Enema: Taking an enema doesn't automatically cause a normal bowel movement. Why did you take it to begin with?

Answered 8/2/2014

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