Severe Rectal Pain and Colitis

My flare ups are daily and can't sit straight because my butt hurts and I have lost significant weight in the last 2 years that I was diagnosed with Colitis.

Hi..welcome to the forum!

How long have you been on the rectal meds? Where in the colon is yr UC..limited or throughout?

You could ask your doctor for a prescription of dicyclomine which is an antispasmodic. It will help ease some of the rectal cramping and pain (tenesmus).

I would suggest you change to the Salofalk enemas at night and the foam during the day.

Curious..what is it that you do eat during the day?

quincy

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Ady

I am a longtime UC person. However, it was only last year that I got my first bout of severe rectal pain. I was in tears daily.

I used the rectal enemas, everything and still it was so painful.
Here is what helped me (it took a few weeks). First of all, I soaked in the hot tub as much as possible for at least twenties minutes at a time. My doc suggested I get ivory soap and just roll it around in my hand as the water is coming into the tub and make the water gray. Then I would lay back and left my knees. it relieved the pain temporarily.
I starting taking Collace Stool Softener daily....one in the morning and two after dinner. I also started taking Metamucil, two tablest twice daily, and a probiotic. It took about two or three weeks for the pain to ease and then another three weeks for it to go away completely. I also used Desitin baby wipes and patted instead of wiping. It was a very painful ordeal. I wish you well.

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diagnosed with UC in 1962
regualr meds:
Asulfadine (500mg tablets, 6 daily)
Folic Acid
Zantac as needed
open heart surgery in 2005 for removal of aortic root aneurysm