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Hello my fellow Jpouch people... A little history - I fought UC for 15 years before I had to have surgery - suffered through 3 surgeries to finally get my Jpouch. I have now had a Jpouch for 3 years and I still suffer with but burn. The pain is often horrible; this makes me sometimes wonder if I should have stopped at surgery #1 and gone with a Ileostomy bag. I use a bidet to wash off after every BM, pat dry  and use Calmoseptine.  If I am very careful with my diet - avoiding red sauce, anything spicy  - some days it is not so bad; however this is still a daily struggle. Just wondering if I am missing something; anyone else still in the same But Burn boat?

 

Hi JPouchman,

I think that this is probably an issue that most of us have struggled with at one point or another and for many it's an ongoing problem. I tried all of the OTC creams for diaper rash and whatever else they suggested to me, but the best one came from my dermatologist (and I just described to him what the issue was - he didn't actually examine my skin) and he gave me Lotrisone cream, a prescription strength medication used to treat fungal skin infections such as athlete's foot, jock itch, and ringworm. And within a week or two, my skin was much better; however, it's always a struggle to keep the area dry, which is so important for healing no matter what you use! Good luck and take care....

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