Hello,
Long time lurker, first time poster. I will give you a bit of a back story about my AF. I've had it for quite some time (at least two years plus, I just didn't know what it was), but I have only recently talked to the dr about it (November?) I never really had a lot of pain, but did have bright red blood on my toilet paper. The first time I went to my dr I saw the NP and she did a quick check and said yep, AF, it should go away quickly, have some Anusol HC. And of course that didn't work. I didn't have any more pain (just a dull ache really, usually for hours after a BM), until about a month ago when there seemed to be a little more blood actually in the toilet. So I made an appointment with my actually doctor. She did an exam and determined I had one external with scar tissue but it was still trying to heal and one internaland a small skin tag forming. She prescribed me 2% Diltiazem in vaseline and said to try it for four weeks and come back, if it hasn't gotten better she would refer me to a gastro/enterologist, just to see if it isn't anything worse like IBS. I really want this ointment to work, I find the whole situation humiliating enough ( I know I shouldn't but I do). She said he'd probably do a whole colonoscopy, which I don't really mind, it's the before I don't want to do. I'm 24, healthy, eat great (most of the time), and I just find everything so awkward and embarrassing.
Anyways about this itch...I've always kinda had an itch around my bum....ugh this sounds gross to type out, but here is goes. It's like a sweaty itch...I'm not sure if anyone knows what I mean. Since I started with the ointment I haven't had any pain and no blood since I started applying it on the 13th, but I always feel moist and itchy around my bum. I don't know if it's healing, or and allergic reaction, or just a result of the vaseline. Or just the skin tag (the skin tag literally appeared the day of my dr appointment, March 13), which I find is what cause pain if any at all(just by touching it). Has anyone else had this experience? The sweaty/moist kind of itch. Sorry if this is gross.
Edit...I forgot to mention that the area has been MORE itchy than normal. Not super bothersome but I definitely know it's there.