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Does the Epsom salt water's temperature make a difference; is cold or hot better?

@becsbuddy. Do you live in Colorado? My friend sent her granddaughter to college in Denver Friday and it seems like it's going to snow. We in CA had a few days of 100+ degrees. There are also fires too, my daughter said there were ashes on her patio even though the fire was not closr. Weather reports indicate there will be strong Sant Ana winds tonight through tomorrow. This is a treacherous offshore wind that often fans devastating fires. I walked this morning early around 7:30, maybe later this evening, depending on the weather.

@ellens, Warm water dissolves the epsom salts faster and I find it more soothing.

@becsbuddy. Do you live in Colorado? My friend sent her granddaughter to college in Denver Friday and it seems like it's going to snow. We in CA had a few days of 100+ degrees. There are also fires too, my daughter said there were ashes on her patio even though the fire was not closr. Weather reports indicate there will be strong Sant Ana winds tonight through tomorrow. This is a treacherous offshore wind that often fans devastating fires. I walked this morning early around 7:30, maybe later this evening, depending on the weather.

@ellens
Very interesting story. I know you can mix several tablespoons into an 8 oz glass of water to help pass stool, but good to know you can find eggs in the stool so you can treat for pinworms.

I learned how to do flotation when I was working on a horse farm in MT. I used sugar or salt in a test tube of water to saturate it very highly and then I'd have a manure sample in the tube and stuck a clean slide on top and the parasite eggs would float up and cling to the slide (this is all I remember from many years ago). I'd put the slide under the microscope and count parasite eggs. I imagine that sort of thing is what they do for human parasites. My poor mother had to boil our underwear and maybe sheets too for a couple of weeks. My brother was little enough to be using a potty chair on the floor and that's how our mother spotted the pinworms. She had a degree in medical technology and our father was a pathologist so from their education in parasitology they knew what to do. They came in at night when I was asleep with a flashlight trained on my butt and I woke up to hear them whispering "there's one" and "there's one"--they knew the worms came out at night to lay eggs. So then it was off to Mayo because we could stay with grandparents for the procedure.

I learned how to do flotation when I was working on a horse farm in MT. I used sugar or salt in a test tube of water to saturate it very highly and then I'd have a manure sample in the tube and stuck a clean slide on top and the parasite eggs would float up and cling to the slide (this is all I remember from many years ago). I'd put the slide under the microscope and count parasite eggs. I imagine that sort of thing is what they do for human parasites. My poor mother had to boil our underwear and maybe sheets too for a couple of weeks. My brother was little enough to be using a potty chair on the floor and that's how our mother spotted the pinworms. She had a degree in medical technology and our father was a pathologist so from their education in parasitology they knew what to do. They came in at night when I was asleep with a flashlight trained on my butt and I woke up to hear them whispering "there's one" and "there's one"--they knew the worms came out at night to lay eggs. So then it was off to Mayo because we could stay with grandparents for the procedure.

@deborahfrick123 zShe didn't want to try the garlic enema ??