While most cases of itchiness at your hole are as mysterious as the black holes in outer space, science does know a few reasons why anal itching might occur, and even how to treat them. So, until the Stephen Hawking of the human butthole unlocks the mysteries of your anus, these explanations are the best we have… for now. By wiping inadequately or not showering enough, fecal matter can stick around longer than you might like, which can irritate the skin. According to HealthGuidance , this can especially plague those with chronic diarrhea or soft stools. Also, eating more fiber should help make you a bit more regular in your trips to the john.
An anal fissure is a split in the anal skin, just inside the anus, usually towards the back. The pain of an anal fissure feels like being cut with glass when you have your bowels open and afterwards. It is worse when you have had a hard bowel motion. You may notice some bright red blood on the lavatory paper at the same time. An abscess close to the anus produces a throbbing pain that worsens over a few days, and is usually bad enough to disturb your sleep. You may be able to feel a tender swelling in the skin beside the anus, or the abscess may be hidden inside. This is unlikely to go away on its own; it needs to be lanced by a doctor.
To understand constipation, it helps to know how the lower part of the gut works. The muscles of the colon gently contract and relax all the time, rolling the waste matter about like clothes in a washing machine and pushing the faeces towards the rectum, which is the last section of the bowel before the anus back passage. Several times a day, usually after meals, the colon makes some big muscular contractions to dump the faecal material in the rectum beyond it. By the time the faeces reach the rectum they are almost solid because most of the water has been absorbed.
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