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Can you rinse with a peri bottle instead and blot dry with cotton gauze or similar?
Also sitz baths with epsom salt can speed up healing time.
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- A water bottle with spout that can be turned upside down & aimed just right might be the best of all. Then just gently pat with clean tissue.
I'll be back with the style of bottle that I found works just perfectly (it took a few tries).
A Bidet bottle would work nicely, too.
I use this after every bowel movement just because it feels cleaner. I keep two bottles so that one can be washed and air dried in between.
SHEA BUTTER would be excellent to follow after area has been patted gently.
Mountain Rose Herbs also has a very good SALVE as does Herb Pharm.
If you do find a wipe that is really free of chemicals (if there is one), be sure to NOT flush it. They are causing blockages & billions of dollars' damage for many sewer departments.
Even if the package states "flushable" do NOT. Water departments all over the country are facing so much damage from the recent advertising / marketing push of wipes. They do not break down but just turn to globs of fabric at the pipe junctures. -
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- Oh, I see gz had the same idea - we must have been writing at the same time. -
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- The SPOUT stream needs to go out SIDE WAYS.
Bottles that have the vertical spouts just don't work well to aim the water when turned upside down with one hand. This spout style shoots out from the side.
If the spout is straight up out of the bottle, you have to do gymnastics to hold the bottle far out & horizontal, not vertical & close to your body with more control as the slim bottle with sideways spout will allow.
Some people can manage any shape, spout but it was learning curve for me.
I had to stop using the shampoo as it was too harsh for me . . . but the bottles were a great save. You may have something similar.
I found round bottles to be too bulky for that tight fit (unless you have an elongated toilet seat) and not spew water all over.
The FLAT style of this green bottle here works just perfectly. The integrity of the plastic is just right, too, allow for the right kind of pressure.
Water does not spray all over to the floor when I pay attention.
[Some bottles will not actually let you push the water out if the plastic is too heavy. Too light, and they can break. Mine like this have lasted years.]
The simple spout is a PUSH lever - just press lightly with ONE HAND. Very easy to push open once positioned near you, over toilet - and it can be aimed is right.
SIDEWAYS SPOUT.
Just don't press the spout open to stream water until upside down and aimed right at the target. It is possible to do this and not have water land on the floor.
The easier it is, then you will be more inclined to use daily (or after bowels move). I think this is a good habit to keep up and provides better comfort and less irritation in general to that area. -
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don't use preparation h wipes. theyburn like the dickens.
after a particularlybad movement, i just run water and sit in the tub.
course it's hard to do when you're out.
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- It's good to take a bottle with you, too. Here's one design that has the features I find most helpful. The center "waist" of the bottle better grip, too. Grip really matters at that crucial time.
But you may well have a bottle sitting around that will do just fine.
I prefer the lid / tops / spouts that can easily air dry. If air can't get to all the parts, it's best to pass it on by. Air dry in the air . . . do not put into a closed drawer or space until it's fully dry.
point the ergonomic nozzle in the correct direction
Angled spray design for perfect aim -
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My dermatologist recommended hydrocortisone cream for the itchiness.
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- That's a steroid, though. They are always so quick with the steroids.
Even topical steroid creams are not good for those with lyme and can cause havoc. The steroids in topical applications do get into the body.
A goldenseal-myrrh bees wax / calendula salve is a good option to help soothe itching / burning. -
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Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2012;2012:375671.
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Wound Healing and Anti-Inflammatory Effect in Animal Models of Calendula officinalis L. Growing in Brazil. -
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These products or similar can be found at many health minded grocers and web vendors such as iHerb and VitaCost.
Be sure whatever you get is free of all parabens, petroleum byproducts, etc. VitaCost has a handy left menu where you can check off what you do not want when you search. -
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If anyone DOES find a wipe without chemicals (unlikely), please let us know!
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- Whether with non-toxic substances on it or not, consider that even facial tissue / "Kleenex" do not break down well in our pipes.
Disposable wipes are not really disposable at all - unless putting into the trash bin, and then . . . well, even then they just do not disappear or really even degrade in our trash cans - or landfills.
The report below is just one city. But a Google search shows this going on across the entire country. And it's causing not just billions' in damage but lots of headaches.
When flushed, the problem can cause damage right on a homeowner's property, right out under our street, down the block or down at the plant. There are so many places along the way it can get caught up.
"Disposable" wipes clog Bay Area sewer treatment plants
ABC-7, San Franscisco - three-minute video & article
Not just hand wipes, but also bathroom / toilet wipes . . .
"Engle reminds people moist wipes marketed as disposable are not flushable. When they do get flushed, they end up in sewage plants, contributing to a global plumbing problem. . . ." -
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Thayers Original Witch Hazel Astringent Pads - with Aloe Vera [60 pads, $8.] -
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Zinc oxide works well for me but the cream I have has other crap ingredients and I can feel the effects of those (I'm ultra sensitive to stuff so I know when something has crap in it)
Anyone know of a good zinc oxide cream with Clean ingredients? I searched
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