I Broke the cycle of Itching, please try this

sorry that was copied pasted from another site I posted on - it was THIS site and your post that helped - together with some other things recommended by a GP friend.  Thank you!

One day I didn’t have hemorrhoids and the next day I did……I wasn’t even sure what it was but then went to my localsupermarket that same day as I was in pain and got the regular creams and suppositories for hemorrhoids and this eased the pain. However, worse was to come as although I had eased the hemorrhoids I was left with a very embarrassing and itchy bum! I wasn’t sure what to do so went to the doctor who gave me Canesten hydrocortisone cream and this did work but it said to not use it for more than a week or 10 days (something like that) as it caused thinning of the skin etc and I know this can cause itchy skin. It was like a vicious cycle. I had to get off this steroid cream fast and came across a few articles that helped so I wanted to sum it up for anyone who has had this same problem, whether the anal itching was caused by haemorrhoids or something else. This is the routine I followed…..

I iced my anal passage with a lolly pop covered in kitchen roll and then applied what I can only describe as a miracle creamthat is only available in this strength in America. The cream is called ‘Desitin’ maximum strength 40% zinc oxide diaper rash cream….yes it is basically just for baby’s with nappy rash but it is a true god send. As I live in the UK, I had to get it off Amazon! It was a little dearer with shipping costs etc than normal but I would have paid anything. It has to be the 40% zinc oxide to work.

Within a few days my symptoms eased and have not returned. I think the cream helped to mend the skin and ease the itching at the same time and please make sure YOU DO NOT SCRATCH.

I have never written on a forum before but wanted to share this as I know how much it can be painful, annoying and embarrassing and make you sad. I hope this helps.

Thanks for your suggestion I can't agree more with you.  I was getting so stressed about my anal itch and hydrocortisone cream wasn't working and I wasn't keen about continuing putting on a steroid.  

It seemed insane when I heard someone say just don't scratch when we know how crazy itchy we get but when I did force myself not to scratch when at times it was extremely difficult but if you can stop yourself the intense itch does taper off.  I love to take Epsom salt baths as well and I put in a couple of cups of Epsom salt and soak for about 20 minutes.

i as well use desiten extra strength cream and it is wonderful and just calms things down.  When I had the itch really bad if you continue to scratch the red soreness and itch will inflame the whole area including the vagina area and at one time the anal,and labia area was inflamed it was terrible.

i have been fine now for 

a couple of months and it feels so good.  I still get the itch once and a while and I will not scratch if the urge is really bad I just put on the desiten cream.

My problem is just inside my anal area so I can't see and when I have bowel movements and if they are  to solid it can be painful just as I pass it.

i wish I could find out how that area can get healed or maybe it is something  I will always have to deal with. 

Glad things are better for you corrinacorrina

Hi

I have just read your story and interestingly enough, my itching is from Nodularis Prurigo, Unknown cause, and I have been using ice packs and steroid cream at night but no sleep aid.

My biggest concern has been the amount of steroid cream to use.

I am so thrilled for you; it must feel exhilarating to be free of itch and pain.

I shall follow your story 😍

Regards

Jinny

Hope fully this works I just got some cortiz one cream. It doesn't work. I've had this itching for over a year and I can't take it. Where did you find the cream. I want to buy it tomorrow. Can you get it at any drug store?

Hi, I registered here today to share my experience. I don't know how many years I suffered with this also, specially at night unbearable itchy I used to wake up scratching, only on one side though, made tears that used to sting. I used all sort of creams, natural, hemorrhoids cream, olive oil, coconut oil, surgical spirit to desinfect. All seemed to work for 1-2 days then all back to itchy. 

A weird thing happened this week, I started to eat raw garlic with my food. Not just 1 clove, like 1 bulb every day for about 5 days and one night i had bad sweats and did not feel very well, but then since the morning after I had absolutelly no more itching in the day or at night. That started to make me think it had something to do with parasites. I actually know that little parasites like to come out at night and that is why you feel itchy at night and probably that is why most people are itchy at night and you can't see them, they can be microscopical and I don't believe in the chemical pills to get rid of them, I was always a fan of natural remedies. 

I am now convinced I had some sort of parasites and the intesive eating of raw garlic got rid of them. You will have some gargly stomach noises as raw garlic is quite strong specially a whole bulb a sitting, but I can say 100% there is no more itching. I also used Sudocream for 2 days to heal any broken skin.

Hope maybe this will help someone else, it is worth giving it a try.

P.S.: I know this is not related to itchy bum, but just to make a note about how good raw garlic is, I also had a veruca for a few months which did not go with anything and I applied raw grated garlic on it and patched it up and after a month it fell off as well, all with the raw garlic.

Corrinacorrina! Thank you for this post! And all of you who have replied! I thought I was alone in this terrible itch. I've tried everything you have suggested thinking there was no hope and what worked the best for me was prescription anti itch cream and LANOLIN. The lanolin is wonderful. It's been maybe a month since I started and I still have occasional itchy feelings. But so much less intense. For me I think what I needed the most was to let my skin heal as you had said. I would try so hard not to scratch but I'm sure as you have all experienced sometimes it's impossible and even with the greatest will power you still might end up scratching in your sleep!! So I would scratch and scratch until the area around my rectum was raw and red then the next day it would be all dead skin. This is where the lanolin came in. The lanolin is thick which of course healed the skin but also made me not want to scratch.

Something else I'll add that I haven't seen anyone else say (but also may not have been an issue for you all) is I used to go commando A LOT. Or I wore a lot of thongs. This past month I have worn underwear every day and haven't worn any thongs so I don't irritate anything down there.

So again I want to say thank you all for this information and taking the time to tell us your experiences. I hope that my little input might help someone else who is suffering from this embarrassing condition. I'm thanking Jesus for you guys and that God blessed you all!

Thank you! I have been reading yours and others posts. I hope to get relief after many miserable years!

Thanks for your help. I'm dealing with anal itch and look to the internet for help. Came across ur story and decided to try it. And so far it's working for me too. Thank you so much for sharing because nothing was working for me at all.

Ps- I use Manuka honey at the health shop to repair my damage skin... so feel free to try that too. It repairs damage skin.

I cured my problem. I too had been suffering for about 4 months and it was miserable. My problem was fissures. Multiple fissures caused by over wiping. The more I wiped the worse it got. It got so severe that the fissures were excreting that sebaceous liquid that kept the area wet which increased the itching and the cycle continued and got worse. I would wash the area well, go to the restroom periodically to wipe and keep myself dry but the problem just got worse. I couldn't take it anymore so I finally broke down and asked my wife. My wife happens to be a pediatrician. I explained the situation, she giggled at me and said why didn't you say something sooner? Of course I said I was embarrassed. She said you basically have a severe diaper rash. All you need is Desitin and Hydrocortisone Ointment. She said take a shower and apply a liberal amount of Desitin before bed. She said if the itching is too much to take, apply the Hydrocortisone first and the Desitin on top, but the trick is to keep the Desitin on all day. So even if you have to go to the bathroom, reapply the Desitin. Also it is so much better to use the bathroom wipes as apposed to dry toilet paper. The wipes don't irritate the area like the dry paper. I would use the dry paper after the wipes to pat myself dry.

So I kept the area covered with Desitin. After the first day there was a huge difference. I continued for three days and the fissures were gone. I still had some inflammation and itching so I started on the Hydrocortisone. The Hydrocortisone relieved the itching and inflammation and now I am back to normal in five days. But don't go back to old habits because once I started on regular toilet paper I started getting irritated. So if that happens just use the Desitin or Hydrocortisone at night before bed and you will be fine by morning. This worked for me and was not complicated. This is just another idea to try if the other remedies aren't working. Take care and good luck.

Thank yo

u for posting this.