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Hi,
I am new to this and would appreciate some tips,help. For 8 years I have suffered low back pain and constipation. In November following a very hectic period, I started to see smears of blood on toilet paper and thought it was haemorrhoids. I then thought I had a stomach bug which resulted in hospital for 2 days when blood was just pouring out my bottom. They filled me full of liquids and I felt better but still bleeding a bit. Sigmoidoscopy showed lot of inflammation then. Got the medicine and bleeding stopped in 3 days, 10th December so only bled for 2 months so no problem with iron levels but lost a stone in weight. Colonoscopy showed what is noted in my profile.

Fortunately bleeding seems to have stopped but I still get the low back pain on the right and a sore, burning rectum. I tried to reduce the foam too, but more burning as I had been using since beginning of December 2016. I then went back to nightly.

Just this week I again felt I had a stomach bug, dry retching and exhausted. More recently it feels like my anus is sore and I wondered if it could be the foam? I clean it off but some times I make a mess of finding my anus and getting it in there. I use Vaseline as a barrier and ky to assist inserting.

My questions are:
Can the foam burn your bottom?
When do you stop the foam given that there has been no bleeding for 3 months?
Should I increase the oral dose to 3 per day if this is a flare?

I appreciate how fortunate I am given what I have read. I have been referred to a gastroenterologist but no sign of an appointment 4 months later.

Thanks

Thank you for getting back to me. I have now included the details in the post. My gp mentioned ulcerative colitis, but other than that the only other thing I know is the mild chronic left sided inflammation from biopsies done at the colonoscopy. They said that the right side is fine. When I was in hospital they said that UC was one of the possibilities. The medication, is mesalazine, both foam and tablets.

You have made me realise how little I do know!

If your colonoscopy showed ulceration and if the the biopsies showed inflammation to the the left side, I'm afraid to say but it sounds like Ulcerative colitis. Which is a lifelong condition. While flaring, anything you use rectally is going to burn, ache and cramp. But you might want to ask your doctor for steroid enemas instead. The enemas won't hurt the anus that much as opposed to the foam.

Just to say that coconut oil and worked like a dream, thanks again to all that replied