Anal itching
Oh No my butt itches!
You are at a party or a recital for one of your children and suddenly it happens.
Your eyes go big and you look for some way to hide what you must do. Your most embarrassing problem comes to the forefront of your life and now, your butt itches and you can’t resist the need to scratch.
You have what is called pruritus ani or anal itching. It is an intense itching about your anus, the canal that is the outlet for your rectum. It can be an embarrassing and an uncomfortable situation.
Anal itching is a common problem that many people have experienced. Do not let this most embarrassing problem keep you from talking to your doctor about this condition. You can achieve complete relief from anal itching with proper treatment and self care measures.
Like bloating and gas, anal itching may be just an annoyance or it can take center light and be a real pain in the ….neck. It can become overwhelming and dominate your life. The skin about the anal opening is wrinkled and ridged and easily becomes irritated and inflamed.
Again there are many reasons why this is so. It is hard to keep the area clean and dry. The little wrinkles trap moisture from sweat and particles of feces. For women it may also remain moist because of vaginal lubrication or discharged.
Unfortunately when it becomes irritated we scratch. But in doing that we cause further problems and we get on the itch/scratch merry-go-round. Putting ointments or creams onto the irritation may only cause more dampness and more irritation.
Anal itching is can be extremely embarrassing and is defiantly not something any one of us wants to go see our doctor about and most times we do not have to. However if it comes to the point that you just can not seem to get a handle on it and it is starting to effect your life in bad way then it is time to bite the bullet and seek help.
The good news is, that though the problem is unpleasant and usually embarrassing it seldom means anything serious. In this series of articles, causes, treatment, prevention and medical treatments, we are going to tackle the problem of anal itching. What is it? Can we prevent it? Are there easy treatments for it or do we have to seek some sort of embarrassing medical treatment?
Some of the treatments we shall be discussing are simple over the counter ones, some will be home type remedies and the very basics of what you should know is on the how to prevent the problem in the first place. It may be a yucky and embarrassing problem to have to deal with, but the fist time you are standing in public with the oh no my bottom itches panic you will wish you had sought out the information first.
