Anal cleansing is a hygienic practice performed by someone in the anal area after a bowel movement. The anus and buttocks can be washed with liquid or wiped with toilet paper or other solid materials to remove residual debris. In many Muslims, Hindu cultures, as well as Southeast Asia and Southern Europe, water is commonly used for jet cleaning rectal, such as bidets, or most commonly, watered and hand washed. This can be followed up by drying using a cloth towel or toilet paper.
In other cultures (like many Western countries), cleaning after a bowel movement is generally done with toilet paper alone, although some individuals may use water or wet cloth as well.
In low-income settings in developing countries or during camping trips, materials such as vegetable materials, mud balls, snow, rocks, sticks and leaves are sometimes used.
Having a hygienic way to clean the anus available in the toilet is important for the overall health of the community. The absence of household cleaning agents can be in some circumstances correlated with the number of episodes of diarrhea per household.
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The use of toilet paper for post-defecation was first started in China. It became widespread in Western culture.
In some parts of the world, especially before toilet paper is available or affordable, the use of newspapers, phone directory pages, or other paper products is common. Sears Roebuck's widespread catalog is also a popular choice until it starts printing on glossy paper (at that time some people are writing to the company to complain). With flush toilets, using newspapers as toilet paper can lead to clogging.
This practice continues to this day in parts of Africa; while rolls of toilet paper are readily available, they can be quite expensive, encouraging the poorer members of the community to use newspapers.
People who suffer from hemorrhoids may find it more difficult to keep the anal area clean only by using toilet paper and may prefer to wash with water as well.
Although wiping from front to back minimizes the risk of contaminating the urethra, the direction of wiping varies by gender, personal preference, and culture.
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Water
Water with cleaning soap is a reliable and hygienic way to get rid of fecal remains.
Muslim Society
The use of water in Muslim countries is partly due to Islamic toilet ethics that encourages washing after all instances of bowel movements. There are flexible provisions when water is scarce: stone or paper can be used for cleaning after defecation.
In Turkey, all Western-style toilets have a small nozzle in the center of the back of the toilet rim that leads to the anus. This nozzle is called taharet muslu? U and is controlled by a small tap placed within reach of the hand near the toilet. It is used to wash the anus after wiping and drying with toilet paper. The squat toilets in Turkey do not have this kind of nozzle (a small bucket of water from a hand tap range or a bidet shower is used instead).
Another alternative resembles a miniature shower and is known as a "health faucet" or shower bidet. These are usually placed in a niche to the right of the toilet that is easily accessible. This is commonly used in the Muslim world. In the Indian subcontinent, lute vessels are often used for cleaning with water, although a shower or common nozzle is amongst new toilets.
Indian subcontinent
In India and the Indian subcontinent, more than 95% of the population uses water to clean the anal area after a bowel movement. In places where water is rare or not readily available, similar stones or hard materials may be used instead. Use of toilet paper is rare in this area and is only seen in some urban areas. And even when toilet paper is used to clean most of the waste in the anal region, this is followed by water-based cleaning. Hand cleansing with soap after cleaning process is very important. If soap is not available, soil, ash or sand can be used to clean the hand used or both hands. The toilet may also have a spray bidet (health faucet). The simpler toilet rooms may not have running water for cleaning the rectum and hand washing, but buckets, bails and mugs are used for storing water and for cleaning purposes.
Southeast Asia
In Southeast Asian countries such as Indonesia, Philippines, and Thailand, home bathrooms usually have medium-size plastic scoops (called umbrella in Indonesia, tabo in the Philippines, ??? (khan) in Thai) or a large cup, which is also used for bathing. However, most households use toilet paper, "health faucet", or bidet as well. Some health faucets are metal sets attached to the bowl of water cabinet, with openings leading to the anus. Toilets in public areas mainly provide free toilet paper or distributed, although the scoop (often a plastic bottle or a small jug) is sometimes found in several places. Although most Thai people find it difficult not to clean their anus with water, most shopping centers do not provide health taps because they are considered dirty and can make it difficult for them to keep the bathroom clean. Due to its ethnic diversity, toilets in Malaysia often feature a combination of rectal cleaning methods in which most public toilets in cities offer toilet paper as well as in-built bidets or small hand-held bidet showers connected to the pipeline in the absence of a built-in bidet.
In Vietnam, people often use a bidet. Usually available in public households and public places.
East Asia
The "paperless" toilet seat was first invented in Japan in 1980. Spray seat seats, commonly known as Toto's "Washlet" trademarks, are usually a combination of heating seats, bidets and dryers, controlled by an electronic panel or remote control on the side toilet. seat. A nozzle is placed at the back of the toilet bowl aiming the water jet to the anus and serves the purpose of cleaning. Many models have separate "bidet" functions directed toward the front for feminine cleansing. Toilet spray seating is common only in Western-style toilets, and is not included in traditional squat-style toilets. Some modern Japanese bidet toilets, especially in hotels and public areas, are labeled pictograms to avoid language problems, and most newer models have sensors that will refuse to activate bidets unless someone sits on the toilet.
Europe and America
Some people in Europe and America use a bidet for rectal cleaning with water, bidets are common bathroom fixtures in many western and southern European countries and many South American countries, while bidet bathrooms are more common in Finland. The availability of bidets varies greatly within this group of countries. Furthermore, even when there is a bidet, they may have other uses than to wash the rectum.
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Wipes (wet wipes, tissue gel)
When cleaning baby diapers during diapers change wet wipes are often used, in combination with water if available.
Moisturizing gel can be applied to toilet paper for personal hygiene or to reduce skin irritation from diarrhea. This product is called gel wipe. Special foams, sprays and gels can be combined with dry toilet paper as an alternative to wet wipes.
Fabrics
Cloth or bath towels are sometimes used. They are then washed with cloth diapers and used again.
Sticks, stones, leaves, corncobs
In rural areas of developing countries or during camping trips, sticks, stones, leaves, corn cobs and the like are also used for rectal cleansing. This may be due to the unavailability of toilet paper and similar paper or water products.
Example by region or country
- In East Asian, Western and multicultural societies, the use of Chinese tissue paper is widespread. Other paper products are also used before the advent of flush toilets.
- Some European and South American countries use a bidet for additional cleaning.
- In South Asia and Southeast Asia, a bidet or a bidet shower is provided for use in the toilet.
- In Ancient Rome, a communal sponge was used. It was rinsed in a bucket of salt water or vinegar after use.
- In Japan, flat sticks were used in ancient times, replaced with toilet paper because the country became more westernized. Toilets in Japan may include a built-in bidet for rectal cleaning with warm water.
History
Roman rectal cleaning is done with a sponge on a stick called xylospongium. The stick will be soaked in the drains in front of the toilet, and then stuck through the hole in front of the toilet for cleaning the rectum. In ancient Japan, a wooden skewer known as chuugi was used for cleaning after a bowel movement.
See also
- Wudhu
References
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