So… having a couple of small children who occasionally get diaper rash, and occasionally having gastric events that cause me to crap a lot, and make my ass raw or itchy, I got to wondering what actually causes that?
Is it un-neutralized stomach acid in the poop? Is it digestive enzymes still in the poop? Is it something else? Googling hasn’t been very informative so far.
Clearly it’s something in the poop that causes it, but what?
I think a lot of times it’s an incomplete evacuation of the bowels, or sometimes an anal fissure becoming irritated by fecal matter, but I know what you mean I’ve had those “acid shits” before where it feels like the feces themselves are burning the rectum. I would think that maybe diet could be a factor sometimes like fatty, greasy foods. I don’t know exactly what causes these things but I know the only thing that makes me feel better is to sit in a warm bath and then afterwards apply Vaseline around and inside the area.