Diday Irrigation

DIDAY IRRIGATION (Diday), are used for local treatment of the urethra in cases of gonorrheal infection. After the patient has urinated, a Nelaton or elastic catheter is inserted into the bladder and approximately 100 cm³ of the solution prepared for irrigation is injected. Then the catheter is carefully withdrawn until no more fluid flows out of the bladder; at this point, the catheter's opening will be in the posterior part of the canal. After this, the mucous membrane of the posterior urethra is abundantly irrigated with solutions of various silver compounds, mercuric cyanide, zinc sulfate, etc., using a large syringe. While gradually withdrawing the catheter, the anterior part of the canal is irrigated, while pressing on the external opening of the urethra to stretch its walls by the flow of fluid. Irrigations are performed daily. They are indicated in cases of significant urethral pain or when it is impossible to perform irrigations by the Jane method due to sphincter spasm.