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This article is from the Alternative Medicine Therapies guide.

Colon Therapy: Cautions

• If you have any questions about how colon therapy may affect your health, discuss them with your doctor first.
• Colon therapy is not recommended if you have blood in your stool, severe hemorrhoids, Crohn's disease, congestive heart failure, severe anemia, abdominal hernia, heart disease, high blood pressure, amoebic dysentery, gastrointestinal cancer, tumors of the large intestine or rectum, ulcerative colitis, diverticulitis, or recent colon surgery (less than three months).
• If you are in the first or third trimester of pregnancy, colon therapy is not recommended because it may induce labor.
• Make sure the clinic you choose is clean and that the therapist is reputable and well-trained. Infection can occur if equipment is not properly sterilized or disposable.
• Colon therapy is not known to react with any drugs or medications.
• Among the possible but remote complications of colon therapy are perforation of the intestinal wall, disturbance in the body's fluid balance, and heart failure caused by excess water in the blood.

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