27/06/2020
WHY DOES MY A**S ITCH? TREATMENT OPTIONS AND HOME REMEDIES
This article is aimed at enlightening you on what you need to know about itchy a**s and how to deal with it practically. You will agree with me that no one would love to be caught scratching their a**s in public.
WHAT IS A**L ITCHING?
It is itching around your a**s. The itching brings a deep desire to scratch. It is an irritation of the skin at the opening of the a**s where stool leaves the body that further leads to itching. A**l Itching sometimes lead to intolerable feelings that we can describe as burning and soreness.
CAUSES
1. Irritation as a result of continuous moisture in the a**s when one visits the toilet to defecate too often, diarrhea, or escape of small amounts of faeces.
2. When there is an irritation in the body system due to hot and spicy foods. Or foods with much pepper.
3. The use of antibiotics sometimes leads to a**l irritations.
4. Hemorrhoids also known as pile.
5. Pin worms
6. Tears of the a**l skin (especially when one passes out really strong/hard faeces.
SYMPTOMS
1. Small amounts of bleeding.
2. Discomforts especially after you just finished defecating.
3. When you just can't stop scratching.
4. When there is a swell at the opening of your a**s.
HEMORRHOIDS or PILE
Hemorrhoids gotten from the Greek word 'haimorrhoides' which means veins that are liable to discharge blood, are clumps of enlarged blood vessels in the a**s and lower re**um. Sometimes, hemorrhoids can swell when the veins enlarge and their walls become stretched and irritated by passing stool. There are two types of hemorrhoids; Internal and External hemorrhoids.
According to research, nine out of every ten people will have hemorrhoids at some points in their lives.
Hemorrhoids are as a result of swelling in the a**l veins. This swelling can be caused by;
*Obesity
*Standing/sitting for long periods.
*Pregnancy
*Diarrhea
*Coughing
*Sneezing
*Eating a low-fibre diet.
*Holding one's breath while straining to do physical labour.
ENLARGED HEMORRHOID CAUSES
Itching
Mucus discharge
Burning at the a**s
Severe pain
Bleeding
Sometimes hemorrhoids go away on their own when they are small but tougher cases require proper treatment.
Treatment options and home remedies for A**l itching and hemorrhoids:
For A**l Itching;
First endeavour to always clean your a**s properly after defecating.
Avoid moisture around your a**s. Dry up with toilet paper after washing with water.
Take lots of warm water and lemon. This will remove unnecessary sugar in the body and other things that can lead to obesity. Warm water will also soften your faeces, so you won't have to strain yourself much. Try this by taking two cups of warm water first thing in the morning, wait for forty-five minutes before taking breakfast.
But if it continues
Take anti-inflammatory pain killers.
Use Vaseline around your a**s before defecating.
The use of wipes too.
If the pain persists, then you have to see a doctor who will refer you to a gastroenterologist; a specialist in digestive diseases.
I hope this helped.
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