Anal rectal abcess HELP

I had a abscess located right next to my rectum, about the size of a golf ball, that was drained back in september and again in Feb. I strongled with pain until it was drained again in Feb. My opening is on the outside though, I basically have two but holes, and sometimes I have Bm's leak through either hole. Unfortunately because of the location and size he may struggle with pain for a while because he still has to have BM's and that puts a lot of strain on that area. My col/rectal surgeon couldn't give me a straight answer about how long I will have to deal with this because it is very individualize, for some it takes years for others it heal right up, what works for one might not work for others.
Does your son still have the packing in? I noticed I was extra sore for a few days after they pulled out, the most painful thing. Also you have to keep in mind it has only been five days, he basically just have major surgery it will take some time for him to recover especially something like this. Warm baths and sitz baths will help with the pain. I would call the doctor If the pain continues and is not controlled by the pain meds and pay close attention to fevers.

I'm not really sure there is any way to prevent abscesses but next time your son notices something similar get it taken care of right away so it might not get nearly as bad and won't have to go through it at this degree again.

I hope this makes sense, my words get all jumbled up haha.

But I know what your son is going through so I send my best wishes!

I have a terrible abscess as well. It's to the point where it keeps getting painful the drains out by it's self every other day. I'm getting it drained April 7th. I thought I had UC as well until my new doctor re-diagnosed with me Crohn's. Usually an abscess is caused by Crohn's. However, when they operate on an abscess, they cut a big hole and let it drain. It takes a long time for it to heal because they don't stitch it up. I'm sorry your son has to suffer with it as well. Trust me, I know what it's like being a 20 year old college kid six hours away from my family.

so I have been diagnosed with one of the most painful things i have ever felt, i went to my GP yesterday and he poked and proded and said it could be an abscess or a sinus infection in my butt, prescribed me some antibiotics and no pain killers and set an appointment for june 6 with a sergeon. Well last night the pain was so bad, by the way i am a 30 yo healthy male who fears doctors, i hit the ER and a few minutes i was in. he looked at my sore and confirmed it as an abscess as well as looked at my prescription and told me it was not right for the abscess because it deals with negative and positive bacterium and i was given the negative which has no effect on abscesses. I was pissed and in pain, i had this thing for 5 days and said my body was trying to fight it hard and prescribed me tylenal T3 and ciprofloxacin and bath sitz. Went home last night and indulged in the euphoria of T3 which I have never had before. today was painful but taken these antibiotics i have reduced swelling and the doctor told me that it was caught early and small enough, the size of a flat golf ball, that in 72 hours it will clear up and no need for surgery. So i have better pain releif, reduced swellin by 50% overnight ( 1 pill twice daily so four pills as of right now) and it has only been 24 hours. So I figure after 72 hours it will be almost gone and continue with my therepy and hopefully be cleared up in a week. i heard alot of people talking about surgery is the only way to go but i typed in perianal abscess cured with antibiotics and a page came up on medscape that was not there when I typed in just perianal abscess and it states that "Controversy exists regarding the use of antibiotics in the treatment of perianal abscesses. Traditional teaching holds that drainage alone is sufficient for abscess treatment in otherwise healthy patients. A 2007 study by Christison-Lagay et al demonstrated that antibiotic use for perianal abscess decreased the likelihood of fistula formation.

All immunocompromised patients with infections should receive antibiotics as a component of their therapeutic plan. Patients with Crohn disease require antibiotic therapy in addition to the medical therapy used to treat their Crohn disease.

Perianal abscesses often grow mixed flora and can be well covered by various antibiotic choices. Common oral regimens for routine infection include cephalexin or amoxicillin-clavulanic acid. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is rarely implicated in perianal abscesses but should be considered as a pathogen in patients who are not responding to traditional antibiotic choices. Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole is available in liquid form and can cover MRSA." it is working for me after 24 hours but still am scheduled for my appointment with a colorectal surgeon in june for my fistula.

I hope that this information can help people out with the pain because it is excrutiating and we do not deserve to suffer. As of right now i have no prior surgery for my fistula which formed in 2005.

oh yeah a inflatable donut is awesome

take care of yourselves andhopefully all turns out well

Last year I took a 3 week course of Flagyl that not only cleared up my perianal abscess but jump-started me into remission from an acute flare. I have tried to maintain this remission ever since by watching my diet and taking supplements especially probiotics every day since.

My GI fired me when I refused to take his pred but thanks to Flagyl I did not need it or its toxic side effects to remain healthy.

Kevin, sorry that you have been through all of this. I'm afraid I might not have an snswer to your query but why don't you start a new thread so that other fellows can feed you in. Good luck :/