Are there circumstances where colonic therapy should not be performed?
Yes. Conditions such as active infections, active inflammation (such as diverticulitis, Crohns disease, ulcerative colitis), a painful fissure or painful hemorrhoids mean treatment cannot be comfortably carried out until they are healed or in remission. Diseases such as congestive heart disease, severe uncontrolled hypertension, severe anaemia, liver cirrhosis, kidney disease, severe hemorrhaging and colo-rectal carcinoma are also absolute contra-indications for treatment as are some physical conditions such as severe abdominal or inguinal hernias which cannot be easily reduced. Treatments are also not performed during the first three months of pregnancy and not at all during complicated pregnancies.
