Hi all! Been a minute since I've been on the board, as my life post-surgery has been pretty pain free. However, I'm three years out and having a real issue with continual butt burn. I have a fantastic paste I get from the Cleveland Clinic (where I had my surgery) that helps with it after I get it, but I'm interested in preventing it. I'm not sure if the burn is due to the number of BMs I have a day or the fact that I don't have formed stools and so the stomach/intestinal acid reaches my poor skin all the time. Suggestions? Thanks!
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Get a bidet attachment.
Connie has the answer!! If you can't get one google the 'medical supply co.com' and it will take you right to it and type in Perineal plastic squirt bottles, they are so cheap and you can get a dozen very inexpensive, they do the trick if a Bidet is not what you can get at this time. They have several sprays on the end and also this is what they give at the hospital for hemroid surgery, they are so helpful.
i just sit on the edge of the tub. nice n warm too. lol...
Do you take fiber? I find one teaspoon of Metamucil daily absorbs most of my acid. (Two teaspoons a day would absorb all of it, but would also give me more BMs, so one a day for me is enough.)
Bidet - I had a hand sprayer thing attached to the plumbing of the toilet. Also cavilon cream - it stops the digestive acids burning the skin.
The bidet has been a huge blessing in my butt burn.