What is the treatment to alleviate burning sensation in the anus?

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Patient's Query

Hello doctor,

I have had a burning sensation in the anus for the past few days. I have stopped being a non-vegetarian and avoided drinks for the past week. Presently I am taking vegetarian food, buttermilk, and two times coconut water with lemon. This happens to me once a year or twice every two years. Please suggest some immediate remedy as I am not able to bear the burn.

Thank you.

Answered by Dr. Pritam Mohapatra

Education:

Ayurveda E-Learning

Professional Bio:

Dr. Pritam Mohapatra is a Naturopathy Specialist who primarily focuses on Integrative Care of GI tract malignancies and other chronic GI ailments as an Adjunct to the mainstream conventional treatment and enhance the health-related quality of life of patients by improving symptom control, alleviating distress, and reducing suffering. He offers a Well-Researched, Holistic, and Integrative Naturopathic Advisory on personalized requirements. He has extensive years of experience.

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Hello,

Welcome to icliniq.com.

I have read your query and understand. I suggest the following for relief:

1. Streamline diet and lifestyle - focus on a balanced Mediterranean diet preferably, with adequate intake of water and roughage. Take at least eight to ten glasses of water daily. Exercise (walking being the safest) in clean or open air for at least 30 to 45 minutes daily.

2. Restrict flesh foods like chicken, and eggs, as all these are likely to worsen constipation and consequently complicate fissures, if any, still.

3. High-calorie foodstuffs including sweets, cakes, pastries, greasy, oily, hot or spicy and fast foods are best avoided too. Red meat, if any, is to be avoided completely.

4. Take a glass of freshly prepared juice made of ripe bael fruit, honey (one tablespoon), black pepper, cardamom, etc., daily evening.

5. Take freshly prepared buttermilk to which half tsp of fresh turmeric powder is mixed properly, once daily.

6. Pilex ointment (Himalaya herbals) - to be applied topically at the anus (with the clean applicator) - one to two times daily, before and after passing stool, for the next week.

7. Herbolax (Himalaya) - two caps, once daily post-dinner, for 15 days.

Hope this helps you get better soon. Thank you.

Medically reviewed by iCliniq medical review team
Published At December 7, 2023
Reviewed At December 15, 2023

Education:

Ayurveda E-Learning

Professional Bio:

Dr. Pritam Mohapatra is a Naturopathy Specialist who primarily focuses on Integrative Care of GI tract malignancies and other chronic GI ailments as an Adjunct to the mainstream conventional treatment and enhance the health-related quality of life of patients by improving symptom control, alleviating distress, and reducing suffering. He offers a Well-Researched, Holistic, and Integrative Naturopathic Advisory on personalized requirements. He has extensive years of experience.

This doctor is not available for online consultations on the platform anymore.

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Education:

Ayurveda E-Learning

Professional Bio:

Dr. Pritam Mohapatra is a Naturopathy Specialist who primarily focuses on Integrative Care of GI tract malignancies and other chronic GI ailments as an Adjunct to the mainstream conventional treatment and enhance the health-related quality of life of patients by improving symptom control, alleviating distress, and reducing suffering. He offers a Well-Researched, Holistic, and Integrative Naturopathic Advisory on personalized requirements. He has extensive years of experience.

This doctor is not available for online consultations on the platform anymore.

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