Have you tried scooting on your butt across the carpet? I hear that helps.
No way you have worms. You probably have a hemorrhoid, those can be itchy/tender. Also, sometimes I still do my due diligence when wiping, but the bhole will be super itchy, and when I wipe it again, let's just say the paper doesn't come back clean. So, wipe more or you have a hemorrhoid. Or I guess maybe you could have worms
:this: on the hemorrhoid. also, could be something you ate setting off something down there. Either way, get a bidet. Scraping paper on tender asshole flesh just makes things worse.
Get a bidet, you probably have a hemorrhoid. It's far more likely to be that than pinworms.
Pinworms usually cause persistent itching which you'll notice at night time, not occasional acute itching. Diagnosing is kind of a gross process, but if you don't want to embarrass yourself by having another person inspect your asshole, you can cure them with pyrantel pamoate which is an over the counter drug (around or a bit under $20 for two doses) taken once now and again in 2 weeks. Don't fuck around with horse dewormer, wrong dosage and regimen. Also, if you have pinworms, everyone in your house (including pets) has them, even if they don't notice it. Almost everyone with pinworms is going to be symptomless.
This thread has convinced me to get a bidet. Brand recommendations?
Depending on your budget and style preferences, as well as where you are, luxe bidet is good on the low end, otherwise you can't go wrong with a toto at the high end. On the lower end of high end, the brondell swash is around $250
Not at all, the luxe bidet ones are around that price, I just figured I'd offer a recommendation of a high end one since there's basically no way to go wrong on the cheap end as they're all exactly the same product at that price. The pricier market is confusing and people sometimes end up spending way more than they have to or getting something worse because they want a fancy washlet instead of just a standard attachment bidet.
It's probably a hemorrhoid. I had one once and I changed my diet so I never do again.
How much fiber are you getting? There are a million ways to get fiber into your diet. A better diet is ideal but when I wanted to get fiber quickly - I took psyllium husks with cereal or yogurt. I'm linking to Amazon because the comments are very informative: Anthony's Organic Psyllium Husk Powder and the page is far better than Wikipedia which reads like a textbook.
ok are you REALLY washing your butthole really really good?
When it's itching and you do a test wipe, is there any bit of brown on the paper?
So when I say I wash my butthole, here's what I mean: I lather up in between my checks, scrub my butthole firmly with my finger, follow up with a clean rag for a bit of scrubbing abrasion, and rinse rinse rinse.
Buttholes are pretty deep down in the cheeks. I suspect you're not REALLY cleaning. I went through the same thing.
You gotta fight past the tenderness and go at least a knuckle deep my man
Sorry in advance, this is gross but....if I were to stick my finger in my cheeks and poke my butthole and then...sorry.....smell my finger, I wouldn't smell anything except Irish spring. I'm also plagued by itchy but themes but never again.
Where I live it's just over the counter at any pharmacy.
Do it once and then again in a month to get any stragglers.
MOOOOOOOM HELP THE MEAN BUTTHOLE MAN IS LAUGHING AT MY CLOACA
Matter of fact this happens to me sometimes too, no clue what's up with it but my a-hole too will get super itchy and I have to wait for it to pass. :cap-think:
Could also just be straight up eczema, the bidet would help with that (no abrasion) and you can get Aveeno moisturizer with colloidal oatmeal that soothes the skin pretty well.
just ride through it and it goes away after a minute
the frequency of this experience is the contingent detail between all the backseat diagnoses here. i mean is this a memorable thing that's happening with months between or weekly?
also if its at all practical---get a doctor involved, self-diagnosed worms & purgatives is a relatively common internet brainworm (sorry) that has led to pretty severe injuries
[fun not fun fact]
spoiler
a "kind of worm" people spread pictures of around the web in their stool is actually intestinal lining :castro-stuff:
