As with the rest of your body, the shower is the best opportunity to really clean your butt. And no, cleaning doesn't mean just letting the water run down your back and between your crack like a lazy river. It also doesn't mean grabbing any old bar of soap and gliding it lightly between the cheeks.
The best way to wash your bum properly in the shower is to simply use a hand-held bidet or a warm and gentle shower spray to rinse your anal area. As we've already mentioned, most soaps are too strong for this sensitive area and can irritate, so it's best to avoid soap altogether.
A Consultant Public Health Physician at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Prof. Tanimola Akande, says washing with water, rather than wiping with tissue paper, is more hygienic after defecating.
Wiping thoroughly and washing your hands after a bowel movement are the two most important ways to prevent odor and the spread of pathogenic (disease-causing) bacteria. For people who have solid bowel movements, this will mean wiping with toilet tissue.
Common causes of fecal incontinence include diarrhea, constipation, and muscle or nerve damage. The muscle or nerve damage may be associated with aging or with giving birth.
Common causes include: Chronic diarrhea Constipation Hemorrhoids Crohn's disease The skin of the anus can stick to the stool and make it difficult to clean the anorectal area after a bowel movement. Leaky gut Leaky gut is also known as fecal incontinence.
If the staining only happens occasionally and after you use dry tissue to clean yourself after a bowel movement, this may be due to inadequate cleaning. When you have a bowel movement, there will be faeces that stains the inner lining of the anus. We need to clean the anus of this faeces to prevent skidmarks.
It's completely normal to wipe anywhere from between one to three times. If you have a lot of soft or pasty poop when you wipe, it's likely that you didn't empty things out completely.
Experts say that you should never use antibacterial wet wipes on your bum. Instead, your options are toilet paper, bidets, or baby wipes.
These doctors warn that wiping with toilet paper alone could “leave feces behind” and could lead to excessive wiping that “could cause health problems such as anal fissures and urinary tract infections.” Indeed, they point out that toilet paper may wipe, but it does not actually clean because it does not contain ...
Melissa Maker of Clean My Space explains that squeegeeing or wiping down your shower with a cloth after every use can reduce soap scum buildup, and prevent the ideal conditions for mold and mildew growth.
As a rule of thumb, cleaning expert Karina Toner suggests that you deep clean a shower once every month (or two if the space is not used frequently). 'Regular wipe-downs may not be enough especially for hard-to-reach areas like grout lines and tight corners.
Not every diaper change may require a wipe. If your baby has only urinated, then you can probably skip wiping to avoid unnecessary irritation. However, always wipe after every poopy diaper, and always wipe front to back to help prevent the spread of bacteria.
Poop that's sticky, greasy, and difficult to flush can indicate a problem with digesting dietary fats. Many health conditions can cause poor fat digestion, including celiac disease, pancreatitis, pancreatic cancer, lactose intolerance, and inflammatory bowel disease.
When wiping – be gentle! Your privates are sensitive parts. Don't use too much force when wiping, and never use a scrubbing motion. It can cause microtears in which bacteria can enter.
A Ghost Wipe is a phenomenon that when you wipe your butt after pooping, there is nothing on the toilet paper.
As far as the first type of ghost poop, "This is caused by having too much air in the colon and in the rectum as well," he says. "It innervates or activates the nerves inside your colon [and rectum] and gives you that urge to have a bowel habit." The culprit?
She goes on to explain,"when you are wiping more than two or three times, that is called faecal smearing.. "So it is essentially when too much faecal matter stays at the entrance of the anus even after you have finished your poo."
Causes of anal discharge
Mucus-based discharge may be caused by: Infection due to food-poisoning, bacteria or parasites. An abscess due to infection or an anal fistula – a channel that can develop between the end of your bowel and anus after an abscess.
Should you wipe standing up? In terms of cleanliness, it's a bit of a matter of personal preference. However you feel cleanest is likely ideal, though it's best to be thorough, no matter how exactly you choose to go about it.