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Itch went away....then came back

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Cole20
Cole20

I have tried everything and been suffering for a year with an anal itch.

for a month it completely disappeared and then it returned. I was absolutely over the moon and thought I had cracked it (pun not intended)

I was using cotton wool balls and water after going to the toilet and I assumed this had contributed to it going away but I haven't done anything different and it came back

I have been to doctor and been referred to colorectal but who knows when i'll get seen there with covid situation

I do have health anxiety and I get myself worried that this itch could be liked to something more serious. I try to tell myself if it was something serious it wouldn't have disappeared for a month before reappearing and I'd surely have other symptoms?!?

has anyone experienced anything similar?

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