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I usually eat a pretty bland diet and still get the discomfort in my tush by the late afternoon in the day. I don't eat anything spicey, fried or otherwise. Any suggestions? The first part of my day up until about 2pm is pretty uneventful in the discomfort department. But it is rare that I have NO BB or irritation later in the day. I do not have a small fissure that I have to be careful of. Not even sure how this happened, try to be so careful with what I eat. I have cream the compound pharmacy made for me and I use that daily.

 

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As Jan mentions, it's not always diet. I occasionally still suffer from buttburn regardless of diet. In addition to what Jan recommends, using a barrier cream after each BM is helpful.  With frequent BMs and wiping, the skin is unfortunately prone to irritation and excoriation. Our output, being higher in digestive acids than people with colons, also make it a perfect storm for irritation and burning to develop, especially if the area is already a little raw or sensitive from wiping.  When I had my ostomy, the nurse lectured me about using a barrier paste or powder to protect the skin around the stoma as it was prone to breaking down. The same would go for skin around the anus.  

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Hello, Holly M. You can take your bidet to work! There are travel bidets on Amazon. It's a purple squirt bottle with angled nozzle. I don't know how discreetly you can fill the bottle in a public bathroom and go into a cubicle, or keep a small bottle of water in your purse to carefully pour into the squirt bidet when you're ready. I say this because the small air lock button on the bottom of the squirt bidet can drip a tiny bit of water if you leave it in your bag with water already in it. 

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