Itchy back passage

[Rascal123]

Hi my anxiety is through the roof worried that the Dutch in my back passage I occasionally get is a serious cancer. When I scratch it gets moist and stains my underwear a yellow/ white colour. I'm convinced its anal cancer I cant breath I'm so worried.

[Rascal123]

Sorry that should read itch not "dutch"

[hypercat54]

It sounds much more like Thrush to me which is very common. Try over the counter meds and if they don't help see your doctor. Anal cancer would have a lot more symptoms than this! x

[Rascal123 in reply to hypercat54]

Thankyou for your reply,i have realised I had this last year and a couple of times during the year so I now realise if it was anything serious as you say I would have a lot more symptoms by now , I just need to use the creme I was given last year which made it go away. Sometimes you just need to tell someon(this chat group) and see it written down to realise its anxiety playing tricks on your mind jumping to the worst case scenario. X

[Fatima_sh in reply to Rascal123]

I know how you feel. When I was first told that I had Crohn’s disease all I could think of was the chances of me getting cancer, but I learned to not overthink this kind of stuff, because overthinking won’t do me any good.

[hypercat54 in reply to Rascal123]

You are welcome and I understand how hearing a different opinion can be useful. If the over the counter med doesn't work do get it checked out with a doctor x

[Fatima_sh]

It could be anything, but I wouldn’t necessarily say it’s cancer. Go to a gastroenterologist and get it checked. It could be an infection or maybe even hemorrhoids 🤷🏻‍♀️

[Paranoidcherry]

Itching around that area can indicate thread worms, which also can cause a sticky discharge. Next time you pass stool have a look if you can see any. It’s treated very easily with Ovex.

[Agora1 in reply to Paranoidcherry]

That's what I was thinking too paranoidcherry. xx

A stool specimen will be able to determine just what it is.