# Why no rectal infection?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 3, 2010, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-rectal-infection/541757 "2010-06-03T12:59:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2010, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-rectal-infection/541757/21 "2010-06-05T11:57:29Z")

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Towelettes caused me a lot of problems - serious itch. Eventually I discovered [this stuff](http://www.balneol.com/). Highly recommended.

[This](http://www.drugs.com/cdi/prax-lotion.html) is similar, with a bit more oomph if you are really itchy.

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**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2010, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-rectal-infection/541757/22 "2010-06-05T13:23:49Z")

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> [@Turek](#):
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> Doesn’t all that cleaning lead to … uh … itchy butt syndrome? I mean, there’s clean, and then there’s _clean_, where you’ve stipped all the natural oils and the skin gets irritated. I get this when I try to use the (cheap) tissue at work, and the time I tried to alleviate by using wet wipes it didn’t seem to help.

This is why I recommend applying A&D ointment after cleaning. It’s mainly petroleum jelly (Vaseline) with a bit of this and that. I imagine that plain Vaseline will work almost as well. I just prefer to use A&D ointment, as I keep it around for other purposes, too.

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