Hi, I have Crohn's, and am often bothered by perineal and/or perirectal

irritation, itching, and pain. Sometimes it hurts to walk.  I am trying

collodial oatmeal as well as epson salts, baking soda baths. Am also trying

various daiper creams, but not much luck thus far.



Any suggestions would be very much appreciated.

----- Original Message -----

From: freetoamble

To: crohns_n_colitis@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Monday, June 29, 2009 3:35 PM

Subject: [crohns_n_colitis] Perineal/Perirectal Irritation

Hi, I have Crohn's, and am often bothered by perineal and/or perirectal irritation, itching, and pain. Sometimes it hurts to walk. I am trying collodial oatmeal as well as epson salts, baking soda baths. Am also trying various daiper creams, but not much luck thus far.

Any suggestions would be very much appreciated.

April, thanks very much for your suggestions.  I do use a variety of diaper

wipes, including what some authors have suggested, wetted, very soft toilet

paper.  I'm going to order the sudocrem, which I hadn't heard of before.  Is

there someplace in the U.S. it can be ordered from?  It seems that the ordering

sites I've found are in the U.K.  An M.D. did prescribe lidocaine (it's also

available over the counter in one very expensive form, but strangely enough the

prescription form is considered just as effective, but costs about four times as

much.  One problem I've been told is that the "caine" creams sometimes worsen

the problem after a while because the body tends to sometimes become sensitive

to them after considerable use, according to my M.d.







-- In crohns_n_colitis@yahoogroups.com, "April Peters" <aprilp@...> wrote:

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> i tend to have the same irritation and i find that using a wet wipe helps keep

some of this from occuring i make sure that ther is cery little alcohol in them

as well as they must have aloe which helps to sooth some of the burning and

irritation as well as the only over the counter cream that helps for me is the

sudocrem.  My dr also said that if i am unable to control the pain and irritaion

there is creams he can prescribe for me.  hope this helps some,  i dont wait for

the irritaion to start i use the wipes daily and only the cream when needed.

>

> apeters

>   ----- Original Message -----

>   From: freetoamble

>   To: crohns_n_colitis@yahoogroups.com

>   Sent: Monday, June 29, 2009 3:35 PM

>   Subject: [crohns_n_colitis] Perineal/Perirectal Irritation

>

>

>

>

>

>   Hi, I have Crohn's, and am often bothered by perineal and/or perirectal

irritation, itching, and pain. Sometimes it hurts to walk. I am trying collodial

oatmeal as well as epson salts, baking soda baths. Am also trying various daiper

creams, but not much luck thus far.

>

>   Any suggestions would be very much appreciated.

>

Freetoamble,

I try to use a "Sitz Bath" unit (a Rubbermaid product), 2x-3x times a day, if at

all possible during the day while at home; when my Fisula is irritated by a CD

flareup. The wipes are good for away from home times.

HERMIT





--- In crohns_n_colitis@yahoogroups.com, "freetoamble" <freetoamble@...> wrote:

>

> Hi, I have Crohn's, and am often bothered by perineal and/or perirectal

irritation, itching, and pain. Sometimes it hurts to walk.  I am trying

collodial oatmeal as well as epson salts, baking soda baths. Am also trying

various daiper creams, but not much luck thus far.

>

> Any suggestions would be very much appreciated.

>