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How To Heal Crack On Anus Skin Of The Child From Wiping Hard After Bowel Movement?
My thirteen year old handicapped son has a crack of skin at his anus. We believe its because we ve been wiping him to hard in that area after a bowel movement. We noticed it because of some bright red blood on his stool in the toilet after further investigation we noticed this. What s the treatment to heal this?
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Hi,
Thanks for writing to HCM.
The condition is called anal fissure....and is fuevyo passing hard stools....not sure about hard wiping...
You need to start him on a stool softener/laxative in the night...the quantity of it you need to titer depending upon the consistency of the stool...also SITZ bath will greatly help....it is sitting in luke warm water in a tub with a cap of detol or savalon solution added, for 15 mins, three times a day...
Dr. Ashish Verma
Thanks for writing to HCM.
The condition is called anal fissure....and is fuevyo passing hard stools....not sure about hard wiping...
You need to start him on a stool softener/laxative in the night...the quantity of it you need to titer depending upon the consistency of the stool...also SITZ bath will greatly help....it is sitting in luke warm water in a tub with a cap of detol or savalon solution added, for 15 mins, three times a day...
Dr. Ashish Verma
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