Yo male 27 years old from the Netherlands here.
On 18 januari I had my surgery to get my j pouch. Before the surgery I still had an inflation in my rectum from my colitis ulcerosa. So even before the surgery I still had to go to the bathroom to lose some blood/slime once in a while.
After surgery it seemed like i could still control myself to hold my feces and not need to go the bathroom each half-hour.
But recently I have had some problems controlling myself. I do have loperamide to decrease the frequency of diarrhea. But I can't seem to clean my anus area good or have it protected.
I have used coloplast citric Barrier but after going to the bathroom 1 time the faces tend to stick to the cream. I tried using bepanthen baby creme but this also only helps with some relive but does not prevent the anus area being irritated. A family member had the same problem and he only used vaseline but this helped him tremendously. Unfortunately the vaseline dit not help me either.
Any recommendations for certain creams to prevent the anus area from being irritated?(I saw other people talk about using a bidet at home but I'm still young and want to go out once in a while)
I was also wondering if other people have problems with certain food. I noticed sour food like an orange, lemon or even sour candy will get my colon irritated.
So my 2 main questions are:
What are creams you use to prevent the anus area from being irritated?
And what kinds of food tends to irritate your colon/pouch?