What to do if the anus becomes red and painful

If a person's anus becomes red and painful, it will affect a person's normal bowel function, because the redness and pain of the anus will aggravate the pain during defecation. Therefore, most people who experience redness and pain in the anus are tortured by this disease. At this time, it is very important to find some methods to treat red and painful anus. So what are the methods to solve red and painful anus?

This may be a manifestation of anal eczema, which is a common allergic skin disease characterized by itching, secretion exudation, polymorphic rash, and easy recurrence. It can happen to people of any age.

The cause of anal eczema is complex and is usually related to allergies. Before treatment, various suspected causes need to be eliminated, and re-stimulation by allergens should be avoided. Local washing with hot water and soap should be avoided, and scratching and friction should be avoided. Do not eat irritating foods, and actively treat anal fistulas, anal fissures, intestinal parasites, gastrointestinal diseases, etc., which are all very important for preventing anal eczema. The main treatments include internal treatment and external treatment, which usually need to be used in combination. For internal treatment, the main treatment is to take some medicines such as the traditional Chinese medicine Longdan Xiegan Decoction, Western medicine anti-allergic drugs, etc. For external treatment, for local redness, swelling, erosion, and excessive exudation, use 30 grams of Portulaca oleracea, or 10 grams of raw saltpeter, 20 grams of Atractylodes lancea, and 20 grams of Phellodendron chinense, decoct in water for external washing, and then apply 3-4% boric acid solution for wet compress.

For those with slight swelling and exudation, you can apply Pulian ointment, fludrocortisone ointment and Chinese medicine eczema ointment externally.

For those with thickened, rough and scaly skin, use a fumigation roll to fumigate the affected area 1-2 times a day, each time for 15-30 minutes. The temperature should be tolerable to the patient. Then apply Pulian ointment or cortisone ointment externally, or bran distillate oil ointment or black bean distillate oil ointment externally.

This could also be a perianal abscess.

An acute suppurative infection occurs in the soft tissue around the anal canal and rectum or in the surrounding spaces, and an abscess is formed, which is called anal canal and rectal abscess. Its characteristic is spontaneous rupture, or the formation of anal fistula after surgical incision and drainage. It is a common anorectal disease and also the acute stage of the anal canal and rectal inflammatory pathological process, while anal fistula is the chronic stage. Common pathogens include Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa, occasionally anaerobic bacteria and Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and often mixed infections with multiple pathogens. Subcutaneous abscesses around the anus are the most common, and are mostly caused by anal gland infection spreading outward through the subcutaneous part of the external sphincter or directly outward.