does everyone with leakage smoke weed or drink alcohal

I recently feel I have fixed this. I am now 2 weeks on and doing well. I still drink and smoke pot. I have had less coffee than normal but had it without milk. For me the fibre and the stopping of dairy did it. No longer do I need to wipe for hours later, I almost don't need to wipe at all! It is unbelievable. Fantastic. The change in diet is worth every bit of it, in fact my taste for good foods is growing all the time.

• Greetings, all. Good news for you, I hope. I suffered silently, many-many years. I no longer suffer this affliction.

• Completely resolved.

• I got lucky.

• So you know: Doctors do not like writing perscriptions, for Lotrisone cream. Extremely hard to get. Steriod component... pretty scary stuff.

• Perscription, for Lotrosone cream (e.g., spelling), analogous to extermination of a cockroach, with an 8 gage shotgun, extremely potent stuff.

• I silently suffered, a long time. Wheeled, into the ER, top gun spoiled rotten Ivy League surgeon, damned good one, sewing me back up, I called him over, whispered in his ear, asked him to do me a huge favor; told him I'm embarassed, beside myself, to even say something.

• Rolled me over; had a look-see. Humilliating. Never been more embarassed.

~ He said: "...Ah! Okay. This will do the trick. Hand this to the nurse, and she'll bring you some."

• Wrote me a perscription, for Lotrosone cream. Just like that? Poof-gone!

• It doesn't just work, a little. Relief, on contact. Poof-gone, no more itching... forever. Such potent stuff, just one application wiped out the problem, entirely.

• Forever...

• Poof-gone. Never had a problem, since. Never had a problem, with natural perspiration, thereafter, either.

• We'd never have problems, like this, if our government took better care of us. We'd never have these problems, if the medical profession really cared, about us. I think they care, more about their portfolios, than they do, us. I don't think anyone really cares about anyone, anymore. They just pretend they do. People needlessly suffer.

• I was lucky. Hope this helps someone. I really do.

My story and a simple cure.

My story is similar to many of you here. I am a 51 year old overwieght male who generally eats a pretty unhealthy diet (fast food is common). Two summers ago I developed a chronic hemerroid problem. The summer of 2004 was extremely painful. I tried the typical remedies but none of them were successful. Since then the hemerroids have subsided (they still flair up about once ever two months - I will probably have them for the rest of my life). However, accompanying the hemerroids was the problem of leakage and while the hemorroids have subsided, the leakage has been on going. It occurs daily usually after I have had my first poop of the day. A couple of hours afterward I would feel the leakage (which was often a mixture of blood (from hemerroids) and liquidy poop juice).

Like you, not only was it uncomfortable, but it was staining my underwear and I often had to change a couple of times a day (If I was in a situation where I could not change I would develop diaper rash - extremely painful). And of course I was embarrased to talk with anyone about it (including my wife). I also often would fine myself in dressing room situations (I am an actor) where I had to change in front of other men and was embarrased by my stained underwear.

Here is my solution: Fiber. I had often heard that a high fiber diet helped with situations like this and tried it a bit but didn't see any real change. Then I decided to go on it full strength and amazingly it cleared right up within 24 hours. It has continued to resolve the problem to a 99% satiusfaction rate (if I skip the regiment it will return in a slight amount).

Here is my diet: I have two glasses of Metamucil each day: One in the morning and one in the evening. I also eat a high fiber cereal. However, most cereals only have 3-5 grams of fiber per serving. I recommend Fiber One which has 14 grams per serving - and have a big bowl. I can't stand the taste of the regular Fiber One (it takes like corregated cardboard). But the Fiber One Flakes with Honey-Nut Clusters isn't bad. Also All Bran Buds (13 grams) is pretty good especially with fruit. With that much fiber I no longer leak, I go more regularly, my stools are harder and when I go I poop alot. But mostly, it's nice to not have that leaking.

I hope this helps
Mark

Hello there i need help because my doctor was no help at all when i went to see him. I have been bledding on the inside of my butt since i got rid of my hemroids, do you think i have a eternal hemroid inside my butt, i have been bleeding really bad every time i have to take a poop, the whole toilet fills with blood and it freaks me out. I am three months pregnant now and this has me worried. My doctor told me that i have to wait to see my own doctor before they can do anything for me, meanwhile he is a doctor here and he is my doctor here in this city. What is wrong with this doctor does he not care about his patients. I have been feeling really weak and no enegy at all some days and i can't be like this any more. I need help in understanding what is wrong with my butt inside? Please some one help me understand the bleeding every day.

i too have the same problem i am currently trying to eat a lot of fibre see if that works dont know if we can cure the smell but i found something that seriously stops you sweating its called odaban its a type of spray ive had it on for 3 days and havent sweated in those areas yet but have noticed i tiny wet feeling on my anus,not sweat i think its leakage but this product fixes the wet trouser problem search it on google its pretty cheap about £5 and only have to put it on once or maybe twice a week its really helped my sweaty crack let me know if it works for you

I used to weigh 10 and 1/2 stones when I was 18/19 and NEVER had this problem.

In 2 years I've put on over 1 and 1/2 stones and have become a mild alcoholic.

I suffer from AL too, which is very embarrasing, which even has me self conscious of people who do 'loud breaths through their noses'...Which is a mockery of my confidence!

I'm going to set myself a task, to quit alcohol and try to lose over 1 stone in weight and see how my AL carries on - if it does!

Wish me luck...I wash twice a day everyday, am very hygenic but after I wash my bum in the shower, even if I pooped 2hours before, I'll check my bum with toilet roll half an hour after my shower and there will be poop there, which stains your underwear and leaves you smelling poorly - not good when you've got a girlfriend you love and have to work your lives around when you can see her, just because of when you've had a poop or a shower!!!

Like said, wish my luck and if this works - I reccomend everyone does the same!

Cheers people!

unbelievable!!!! Thankyou, thankyou, thankyou. Going to change my diet tomorrow. Reading these comments, I could of wrote alot of these myself. Does anyone suffer AL due to stress? I went on holiday for two weeks and had no problems at all. As soon as I got back to work it returned.

I would say that I have a lot of stress in my job and wondered too whether that was a factor. I think it does a little in that being a little anxious makes you feel like going to the toilet, however I don't think it accounts for the leaks etc. I changed my diet to basically good foods, made sure I got plenty of fibre. My job is the same but my poo situation is fixed. I did find too that not having milk made a difference for me. I hope this helps.

RE Bleeding

That sounds serious. I had that once as a kid and was diagnosed with some sort of bacterial infection, but it could be a number of things. I remember then the doctor saying that is serious. I think blood coming out that way is something that needs to be checked by a doctor. That is appalling your doctor didn't check this. I am not sure of your situation but I would think you should try to get to a doctor that can check that out. I don't think it is a diet thing. You need all the energy you can get already being pregnant and this doesn't sound good. Hope it works out ok

Ok I have gotten one thing from this site...comfort that I am not alone. I am sitting here after running 12 blocks home from a large public event where I went to the Biffy (port-a-potty) to pee and ended up shitting myself. I had no warning whatsoever and didn't know anything was wrong until I felt "it" running down my leg. I was in a crowd of several hundred people with a group of friends who are probably still waiting for me to come back from the loo. This is the second time in as many months that this has happened to me without any kind of warning (not even a little) and I am scared. For all of the joking and light heartedness I have NEVER been more mortified in my life! This is not normal and not good. I wish there was an easy answer, but, alas there is not. Ever had to run through a crowd of people with shitty pants? It is NOT fun.

I have the exact same problem as alex i dont eat things with Olestra in them i dont drink often nor do i have anal sex i am looking for a better answer then try a tampax dosent sound fun at all + i dont like doctors and if alex has found a better answer i would like to know

It was coffee and tea in my case. Symptoms just like those in the original question for years. I had even had an internal haemorrhoid operation in case that was the cause - the ass doctor thought it probably was, but it wasn't. Finally, I quit one thing at a time, and recorded the results of each check of underwear in a calendar. First wheat - nope, next dairy products - nope, finally coffee (and tea, I'm British). I had been chain-drinking coffee and tea since I quit smoking, so I cut down to two cups a day. I noticed better results in my calendar, plus I did not have to dump so often. It has been about 6 weeks now, and I reckon I have fixed it. If you try this, don't think it hasn't worked if you get intermittent results for a while - the leakage kind of fades out like a guttering candle before it disappears. I think I'm safe to go buy some white underwear now. Beware of reversion - if I go above two small-ish cups a day, the symptoms start to return.

My anus is leaking for 3 years now. Thanks for all the good comments and I gathered a lot of things to try such as - fiber, mineral oil, no coffee/chocolate/spicy foods/etc., bland diet (antispasmodic), lots of water, and lastly (if none of these works) then see a doctor. Currently, I'm taking acidophillus (probiotic) and I will let you know if it fixes my AL.

wow...theres a lot of post...i thought before i had a rare problem, there's leak and a lil amount of shit, also if i eat foods with large amount of oil, it leaks bad. im still currently having this problem but has lessen due to my changes, but there still is, i have to go to the cr to wipe it, but sometimes after wiping, gas sometimes gets out uncontrolled, damn its giving me low self esteem and fear. when somebody covers their nose, oh no. my parents when they notice it, dont know the cause of that smell, they think its just my body odor., sometimes i really smell the fart. ive noticed this problem about 4 yrs ago, i didnt know the reason of it...but ive gathered the likely suspects...1-smoking, i suddenly did a lot of smoking when i was depressed at one time,i stopped now, but when i smoke a strong one, leaks occur sometimes. 2-long legs, back in HS i stretched my legs for 2 mins before sleeping, it was instant height, i grew like 6 iches taller, my legs are kinda long...3-coffee, i only drink this when i really need it, i drink it everyday before, 4-food intake- i skip meals sometimes, and usually have poor food intake, 5-exercise-when i do too much weights, or do some jumping exercises, sit ups, it causes leaks...but i play basketball though, 6-masturbation, when i do this, gas and leaks usually occurs. 7-bad posture, i usually have my back arched.8-stress, 9-childhood-when i was in hs, i ive notice some stain on my underwear sometimes, maybe it got worse.. damn...i spend a lot time at home, but in school and other places, its a serious problem, it just releases sometimes. i have to shit before leaving the house to lessen smell if it occurs... my solution to this was lessen oily foods, got rid of the weight routine...i bring tissue always, take deep breathes at home...

...i dont tell my parents about this coz its embarrasing...my other solutions are, play basketball, try to be relax at all time, nervousness can sometimes speed the process, have good posture, and try to keep your legs and body straight when you sleep...:)...i do take a lot of sweet and spicy foods...maybe ill lessen them also....

I suffer from Hem. and wanted to share a good cream I apply to cut the pain. It's called Nupercainal. It's much better than Prep H. I found it at Walgreens, but had to order it at Walmart(cheaper). $6.50-7.50 per 1oz. It helps with those burning feelings too.

maybe all ur anal leak problems are caused by weak sphincters...try not using tissues in wiping all the time, instead, use water and soap to wash it(dont overwash also, just enough). i know this problem is more common than you think, especially those who does anal sex...(not me though)...hehe

Anonymous coward...we have kinda like the same scenario...i was smokin real hard...and started becoming a coffee drinker... it was there i noticed it...even though i stopped smokin now, i miss the coffee, and drinks it only when i have no classes the next day...

Greetings to others out there with poo troubles! I too have experienced some of the symptoms stated in your posts, although I guess all of us would experience watever this problem is differently. I have had a mucus and have found blood in it aswell, which was of concern to me. I have been to the doctor before and she told me it was an anal fissure, and that I needed to change my diet to make it include more fibre which would in time stop the flow of mucus. I found a good site on anal fissures for any of you who have identified that that is what you have go to: www.fascrs.org/displaycommon. cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=3 it will give you a run down on what it is and what can be done to relieve any symptoms you may have. Cheers, P.S. Thanks for the posts :->

i've had this problem off and on for several years. the constant wiping, the smell, the people often asking if i farted (i just tell them i eat a lot of mexican food ha). after reading these comments, i can honestly say that my problem seems to be worse when i don't eat healthy. i currently work 76 hours a week and find myself drinking large quantities of energy drinks and starbucks to get myself through the day. i don't have much time to sit down and watch what i eat. i'll start eating right TODAY and get back on here and post my results. until then. . .

Hey guys just found the site. About 4 days ago the area above the but crack and just below the back was really itchy and i felt something hard so i got a paper towel and it ripped off and it started bleeding alot and today i got my friend to look at it and he said there was like a small hole there. It isnt painful nor does it itch all the time it just itches maybe like 2 or 3 times in the day. We removed the scab today and there was what looked like pus but i had put neosporin on it after i found it..

anyone have any idea what this could be?

At the beginning of the article poonurse offered the best advice in this regard: go see a doctor. If this does not heal up in a timely manner, have a physician look at it.

hey Anonymous Coward (not verified) -- 07.09.2006
this sounds like an anal fistula, it is actually a small hole and pus and stuff can leak out of it, u should go see a doctor. it can be repaired surgically.

Yea but it has only bled the first time i ripped the scab off, and when i was wiping the blood, it made wierd noises..since then it really hasnt discharged anything... i researched anal fistula and there was no swelling or pain, just very little itching.. but i will call the doctor tomorrow

To all of you above who insist on keeping your heads in your asses (so-to-speak) about serious medical symptoms, take a look at the tragic results of this in the story recently posted here, Life with ostomy. TBW is right: You need to go to a doctor, a competent one. Ignoring these things will not make them go away.

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Ok so i went to the doctor and he squeezed some pus out of it and was surprised that it didnt hurt when he did that because he says some of the pus pockets can be golf ball sized and that can cause them to hurt when sitting. He said the reason it probably didnt hurt me is because it either drained it self or that it wasnt a fully developed pus pocket.. he said it probably originated from a scratch and that all the bacteria in that area probably infested it and caused a minor infection..

anyways he classified it as a pilonidal abcess and prescribed Septra to help drain/heal it

Well, I WAS about to go prepare some lunch, but NOW that won't be necessary. Thanks, Pus Pocket! You're a handy diet aid.

anonymous coward-- i have the same problem. another thing that accompanies it is lots of sweating around there. I don't have probs with AL but almost every time i sit down there is a wet line left on the chair, and often when i wear khakis i get a sweat stain on my ass.. anyone know any remedies for this??

Issue: BM's that need wiping and wiping. Often just jump in the shower to get clean, or have to come back later and re-wipe. Played with diet to see what it might be. Seems I've found the culprit - vitamins, Centrum Silver. Have not had any for 5 days now. For first time in years I've had 4 consecutive perfect BM's, one wipe, nothing on the TP, no racing stripe in the knickers. Feel GREAT! It was the damned vitamins! Anyone else had this experience? Thanks! s/Mike (Fuzzy Butt)

i think you guys really need to take a look at your diets. i have had a lot of anal leakage, but i know what causes it - chocolate milk. why? not sure, but i suspect it's because of the substance carrageenan. this substance is also put into soymilk and ice cream. so if you're eating those things, cut it out and see if it helps. also drink water. this keeps things pure in your digestive system, as anal leakage is just oily substance that your body isn't digesting properly. like mentioned, maybe it's also a high-fat or alcohol problem, or another beverage. for people with itching problems (hemmorhoids?) who don't want to use other over the counter products: cover your anus in petroleum jelly. this soothes the area. i found this as a cure for hemmorhoids on webmd.com

FIBER AND DIET

A someone who has been cured of this problem, in a nutshell I think its caused by diet. (In most cases)
Points to note

1. I went to see a doctor and a colo rectal surgeon (after putting it off for a long time) I also had an enema (Yikes) The test turned up negative and they both could find nothing wrong with me. The specialists advice was to eat more fibre. As simple as it sounds, this reaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaallllllllllllyyyyyyyyyyy works!!!!!!!!!

2 Cutout dairy too, you may be lactose intolerant.

3 Drink heaps of water. Especially when you're eating a high fibre meal. The fibre needs water to be effective, and I've found that it needs to be taken at the same time. Its no good taking fibre without water in the morning and drinking your 8 glasses a day in the afternoon and evening.

4. Supplements that work:
Herbal Fiberblend. The reason this stuff is so good is that you don't have to eat any other fiber for it to be very effective. You just take 2 doses a day and you can continue with your regular diet.It works fast too. It is a good way to find out if lack of fibre is the issue.

Metamucil - This is what the specialist recommended. Not as good as Fiberblend but does help. (You need to incorporate other sources of fibre in your diet with this)

Psyllium - You'll read that this is very good for bowel issues. I bought it once and it was really hard to drink in its natural state. Both Fiberblend and metamucil have psyllium but its processed so its a lot easier to drink.

High fiber breakfast cereals. These help alot. Muesli that combines rolled oats and wheat bran are very good. Again, drink a couple glasses of water immediately before and after.

Potatoes - Eat them with their skins and a couple of glasses of water

5 Keep a record of everything you eat - Not absolutely nesecary but can be very helpful in pinpointing what works and what doesn't. Also keep a record of the changes to stools.

Hope this helps

sorbitol hater is a genius. Take out sorbitol from ur diet and your AL will soon vasnish. to those of you who have dicovered dairy is not good for your diet,its more then likely you are lactose intolerant.

I've had a mild anal leakage problem for some time (slight leakage 2-3x/day). My doctor recommended fiber, so I increased my diatary fiber to 30g/day but to no avail. Stopping caffeine helped some but not enough. Finally I tried powdered psyllium (1 teaspoon well mixed in 8 oz. H20 [drink immediately after mixing] in the AM) and it immediately solved 95% of the problem. You could do it 1 or 2x/day. Konsyl is a good brand; Metamusal may be comparable; or a food coop may sell it in bulk for 1/2 the price. What helps one person may not help another, but this is worth trying. Good luck.

Like a small percentage of you. I don't get leakage to the point that it's running off my legs. But I do sense the wetness there from time to time and have to run off to clean myself off. What's strange is that I get complaints about the smell of poop everyday, and I mean EVERYDAY, which gets me paranoid and have to go check for leakage. However, most of the time, there is no leakage at all. I noticed that a couple of posts from people with similar experiences. Please post some updates on your current situation as it may help others like me. Thanks.

I've just started taking Metamusil and will provide and update of the results (hopefully positive).

First i feel bad saying this but, I'm glad i'm not alone.
Second, thanks to everybody for posting this information i will try the high fiber diet.
I dont eat "bad" and this problem has persisted for many years even back in early years of High school (class of 96). It will not go away on its own. The constant "whats that smell" is very embarassing. I think maybe the sweating might be a by-product of anxiety caused by the embarassment. who knows.
Hopefully the fiber helps.

Hi,

I recently found the solution to my 12 year problem.

I got Internal Hemmorhoids from lifting for a kitchen company. Only after 10 years did I realise that I had a problem as it progressed. The last two years I have been depressed and never seen anyone, or went outside, not once, Until one day, the Hemmorhoid prolapsed, allowing me to see it. But, to my amazement, I was not leaking anymore????? It was dry for 4 days while it had been outside my anus, but it was sore, but I didn't care, no more stink arse :D...

But, when it went back inside, I then had to wipe my arse every morning like I just past a stool :(... Like some here, Marie, and Stinky Butt :(....This is me all over.

What I did. Went and got a referral to see an Gastroenteritis doctor, then told him the story, he didn't want to hear it, just that he was going to check it out with a camera (money hungry poofter). Anyways, we done the test, and found that I did had "Internal Hemmorhoids". 2 Weeks later, at the consultation, he said "there was nothing to be concerned about, but you have Internal Hemmorhoids"...I'm like yeah, that's wtf I came here for. Then he said, you don't need surgery, and if we did do it, it would come back anyways. I then sat for a moment trying to think, WTF could it be then, after all this time, he then asked "WHAT's THE PROBLEM"... I thought, ahh, okay, you are concerned, I told him the story, and he said, hmmm, that's not a Hemmorhoids symptom, and you should go to this doctor. I seen that doctor, and another, and another, and another, until I said, FeCk THIS!!! Then I thought back to that day where my Internal Hemmorhoid prolapsed!!

So I went back to the first doctor, and told him, it must be the Hemmorhoids, because I was dry for days on end while it was outside (prolapsed). He said, "no no", I said "yes yes", he said, "okay, I'll do surgery, I'm here to help you, don't get angry"...So he injected my Hemmorhoid, (the main one which was already small, but at the base of my Sphincter,) and "MAGIC" happened that day, I haven't had the problem for 3 months and counting, and I had to find if someone else has had these symptoms to try help you, because I know what it's like, I have lived with it for over 12 years :( Every since I was 14) Sitting in class, and then finally sitting in the office at my first job wasn't so good.

I'm not saying that you guys have Hemmorohoids, but I would say, check it out anyways. AND DO NOT LET YOUR DOCTOR SAY, "YES, YOU HAVE THEM, BUT THEIR NO CONCERN"...Tell him to shut his stupid face and tell him you want the best painless treatment. Mine was "Injections."

I know how you must feel, but you gotta do it, my life went downhill because being around people, (and as stinky butt said,) work can be shameful when everyone starts looking for the person who farted, and then someone says, "who the feck shit themselves"...

Suck it up, go see the doctor and don't put your life on hold like I did.

Good Luck

Dallas.

I also have suffered from this, especially
when outdoors in the summer - cutting grass, etc. I've not seen a doctor about this, but have tried tampons, and boy does this work!
the Tampax pearl seem especially effective, because they have a unique braid where the string meets the tampon, that seems to catch all of the weeping wetness. they are also one of the best as far as insertion, too, because of the positive-grip plastic applicator.
be prepared to try the non-deodorant ones in case of irritation.

My problem is after a I poop I find myself constantly wiping and wiping until no sign of poop on my toilet paper. Then about an hour or so later I feel a burn feeling so I wipe again and more trace of poop on my toilet paper. I can't figure out why I find myself keep wiping and wiping, can someone please tell me what I should do. I do eat fastfood about 3 times a week and don't eat too much fiber maybe a banana 3 times a week for fiber.

Bananas bung you up. Try apples and pears. They clean you out.

Hey guys I feel your pain because I have been experiencing something quite like this recently. Ever since I was a litte kid I have found that my buttocks usually sweats with exercise and any other hard activity. Just reciently i have noticed it sweating more and more everyday with everyday functions. At first I thought that I was screwed because the first thing that came to mind was anal leakage but I did a test on my self that ruled out the wet substance was coming from my buttocks and not my anus. The condition hyperhidrosis is a excessive sweat condition that affecte millions americans everyday. It usually occurs under the armpits but can occur in the buttocks. After I have said this I want you guys to go back and retract your steps and make sure your leakage is coming from your anus and that it is not sweat from you buttocks. Is this happening to anyone.

It seems people are posting about various conditions. My post is with reference to a clear mucus not solved with fiber.

I am 23 years old, in good health, not too poor of an eater, ex smoker, and moderate drinker. A few years ago I was feeling that it was tough to wipe clean. It seemed as if a clear fluid was coming out slowly. It would leave water marks on dark chairs. Sometimes there was even a bubbling or oozing feeling. The condition became worse. I now have to keep tissue paper in all of the time and sometimes it gets a little itchy (from the dry paper I assume). There is no stool coming out unless I have the runs and then only a tiny bit that comes with the mucus. It got much better when I quit smoking and drank less. I never drink caffeine because it makes me develop cysts on my ears and face. I am on no medications except topical acne treatments. I went to a doctor and he put me on excessive amounts of bulking fiber. This helped a little but didn't seem to address the root of the problem. The only advice I have is to quit smoking and eat healthy. However, the condition is still so untolerable that I must keep cotton or tissue in 24 hours a day. I am continuing to see a GI doctor and will have some invasive tests (yay) soon to test for polyps and such soon but he doubts this is the cause. I will keep posting on my progress and if anyone has solved this please post.

It seems there are a couple of different problems being posted on here. One is the wetness from the butt and the other is the odour from the butt. I have the odour problem. Like others have posted, you really get paranoid after hearing so many people ask "who farted" or "did someone just shit themselves".
This problem for me started about 10 years ago and seems to flare up but can also go away for a while with no changes in what I am eating or drinking. I think stress plays a big role although I still can't really figure it out. I have tried increasing fibre and drinking more water, that seemed to work for a while. It doesn't work as well anymore so I am trying more things now.
I have tried charcoal capsules, internal deoderizers such as Devrom, chloyrophyl. Probiotics, yogurt, mint teas.....you name it, I've tried it. My newest experiment is Papaya Enzymes, thinking maybe this smell leaking out has something to do with poor digestion.
Who knows. All I know is I am sick of it, sick of being paranoid at work and in social situations.
I hope something works soon.

OKAY! i found out the answer to the problem for me! Tonight was the first time I pooped right in weeks! All my life, i've been a huge lover of milk, ice cream, and other dairy products. I had the courage to let my parents know about my problem and they said, it could be that you are lactose intolerant. And this was 100% true. I'm 17 years old, and why all the sudden I am lactose intolerant...nobody really knows. But, you guys should all try and cut out ALL dairy(milk, cheese, ice cream) and see if that makes any difference. For those of you that have a more serious problem and a true medical condition, good luck, because I know somewhat how it feels.

It sounds like the moisture problem has various causes and various solutions. I think every one should eat a lot of fiber, whether they have a leaky stank hole or not. If that doesn't work, cut out the dairy. As for you stankity ass people......WASH YO ASS! DAMN!
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Regarding just the sweating issue - I have hyperhydrosis - I sweat more than other people but especially in the crack, just above the anus. This is the only area where excessive sweating is actually a problem for me, and soaks right through clothing. I was getting Botox for a while, which helped greatly. But have moved away and guess what? The sweating returned as bad as ever. Fortunately for me, Botox was covered by my old plan. I must get over the emabarrassement - again - and find another doctor here willing to treat me.

I had this problem for years and have now fixed it! It has been maybe 3 months since I have last had this problem. I too thought I had the feeling of a sweaty ass, I even had a operation for heamorroids. The thing that fixed it was fibre and stopping dairy. I did both those things and have not had a problem since. On top of that I have lost weight and feel much better. I recommend this strategy to anyone. To poo problem free...what a feeling! Must try

Hey, I have a lot of poo problems. I am constantly having bowel movements, diarreah sometimes, other times huge loads, and constant farting. It's like somedays I have to put the fan on all the time and open up all the windows and still.

Also, my bowel movements are irregular and very frequent mixed with infrequent at other moments. My diet isn't unusual and it's been this way for years now.

Would any of you know anything about this? and how to improve this?

Hey Fixed (and others like you),

How long did it take you to be 'fixed'? I've been on Metamusil for a little over 2 weeks now and haven't seen any obvious improvements. People still harass me about fart and makes juvenile poo jokes :( , while others are having violent alergic reactions whenever they're around me.

Please comment.

Like Poonurse said - ram a Tampon up there. Or perhaps even a concrete plug. Hell, while you're at it, why not just super-glue the entire assembly shut? That'll solve the leakage problem.

Worst. Medical. Advice. Ever.
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Have you shit drizzling out your bun?
Ain't it loads and loads of fun?
A constant drain from out your ass,
Will this trouble never pass?
Will it go on from year to year?
Will it get worse if I drink beer?
Tell me, tell me, you must you know
Will this stay or will it go?
Will it continue til it hurts
Will it come out in greasy spurts?
Leakage is evil I will tell,
But I think my friends all like the smell.
So all in all it ain't too bad,
Perhaps it will become the latest fad.
Its way more cool than hair from warts,
When you blow sharts down in your shorts.
I must end now, cuz this will rock ya,
Can't find nothing that rhymes with Czechoslovakia.

Where the hell did that come from?

Yeah, maybe that should just end with "shorts". Nice coupletting, though.

lol...clever, funny. But people's lives are still upside down here.

If they stayed upside down, maybe their butts wouldn't leak.

Obviously those making light of this situation do not have the problem.

Doesn't really make the ones that have this problem feel good about it.

Humor. Poop Humor. Appreciation of Poop Humor. Intellectual Appreciation of Poop Humor.

Is there anything any of us could say that would make you "feel GOOD about it"? If you're looking for tea and sympathy, call Oprah.

Well I believe there are people on this particular thread who are suffering from a real problem and not looking for poop humour, intellectual - hmmmm.
Have you even read these postings? This is ruining people's lives. Pick a different thread if you want to make fun of it.
I hope you get this problem some day, then see how you like it.

You want me to have a runny butt?

That's weird.

If you can't laugh at yourself, then you can't laugh. We offer help and humor. If YOU read the thread, you'll see on the bottom of page one we are thanked for the input.

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www.daphneszoo.com

I'm sorry, Anonymous. I couldn't hear you. My Denis Leary CD was up too loud. I'm sure Daphne can assist you.

WOW, you guys are too funny! LOL

Denis Leary, cool.

ive had a little leakin before it sucks but ive found that if i exercise daily for an hour it dosint happen any more i think that its jus toxins leaking out of ur body and u should just sweat them out

Pack Sakrete up your ass and quit youre goddam whining.

I've been reading people's suggestions for a couple of months now, and still havn't gotten rid of my problem.

It really does ruin your life in some ways. It started when I was in 8th grade. I got up after sitting on a blue metal chair and there was a large puddle the length of your crack left on the seat. Whenever I want to stand up from a chair, I "slide" off the chair to try and obsorb anything left behind. Then I'm constantly worried that I have a huge wet mark on the back of my pants.

I don't think it smells, it could. But I don't think it's noticable. I do drink a lot of soda (about 1-2 cans of Pepsi a day sometimes more.) It's really hard to try and get more fiber in your diet especially when you eat at school. I'm going to try and stop eating so much dairy and in the meantime I'll keep praying every night (I really have started to pray to God it stops.)

I wish everyone the best of luck in getting rid of this condition. I think stress has a LOT to do with it. It only occurs when I'm at school or doing some kind of exercise.

Well, the ones who don't have odour issues are lucky. The ones that do, like myself, are in deeper sh*t for sure. It's just a crazy mental burden. Stuffing things up your ass is just not a smart thing to do in the long run, I'm no doctor but I'm pretty sure you'll rupture something and make things a lot worst. But hey, what the heck do I know, I'm still stuck with this damn problem.

I feel extremely lucky to have found all the comments in this section of this site.

I have often dwelled on Eddie Murphy's joke from his HBO show Delirious, "You know what really make me mad is when your ass
don't cooperate with you and clench up and break the shit in half."

"You be mad as a motherfucker too, because you know
you got to wipe your ass for, like, five hours and shit, right?"

I quit drinking alcohol about 4 years ago. I thought all my problems would go away then but au contraire!! I noticed when I ate at one particular Mexican restaurant that I would be a little constipated, it just happened to be my wife's favorite or I would just avoid the place.

I also had a job that required me to stay in my seat solving a time sensitive issue and learned to hold my movements past the time I think was healthy.

I identify with sooo many of the other comments listed here. I guess I first noticed it when there were more track marks then usual on my underwear, so much that my wife felt the need to educate my on how to wipe my ass.

She tried to tell me that sometimes it’s required to not just wipe but to poke some paper all the way up in there to make sure I got it all.

It doesn't matter, I could wipe for 20 mins, dry wipes or wet wipes, I could make sure I'm completely clean and 30 mins, 2 hours later my cheeks are filled with shit.

It got painful, it was irritating. I learned to pay attention to that little tickling feeling and go wipe before it turned to itching then pain. If ignored it would eat the layer of skin away and would be very hard to get any relief later.

It was too embarrassing to talk about. I tried talking to doctors but the added alcohol abuse bought up all kinds of other fears. I also want to thank Saturday Night Live for the whole 10% less Anal Leakage because then at least I had a word for it. Which in turn led me to you fine folks.

THANK YOU SO MUCH to who ever suggested a higher fiber diet. I rejected this idea many time because in my opinion the stool was too loose already. I bought some Metamucil, tried it the suggested 3 times daily. It was less then 36 hours later I actually had a clean bowel movement. I tried to wipe but nothing was there, and out of habit I came back an hour later and still nothing. OMGoodness the joy I felt!

I have gotten lazy and reduce my Metamucil down to once a day and the symptoms come back. So now I know what to do. 3 times a day is great but at least twice a day, once in the morning and once @ night keeps me clean.

Just in case there are any doubters out there, I wanted to share yet another success story and show my appreciation for this site, and for the people that were here before me.

MIguel wrote: "...Just in case there are any doubters out there, I wanted to share yet another success story and show my appreciation for this site, and for the people that were here before me..."

Cool. That's one of the neat things about the site! Glad Poop Reporters were able to help you out.

This comment is for the people with the sweat issue, not anal leakage; fiber is obviously the solution for that.
Having recently researched this issue (sweaty issue), I came across an article entitled, "Pilonidal Sinus And Prolonged Sexual Stimulation:
The Poisonous Hormones." The entire thesis of the article (as a result of a study done by surgeons in Saudi Arabia) is that the sweating in the buttock area may be caused by hormones. The sweat glands in that area are called apocrine glands and are controlled/stimulated by androgens (hormones).

" These glands are under androgen stimulation and when the circulating androgen level is high the secretion of these glands increases, resulting in excess sweating in the buttock area. This sweat contain excess electrolytes, the composition of sweat varies greatly from person to person, time and site. The sweat is hypo tonic, the most important constituents of the sweat are Na, K (positively charged),& Cl, also urea & lactose ( 1 )."
The article goes on to say that stimulation
threshold is lower for men, particularly single men, since men are more visually stimulated (e.g. some men are stimulated by simply looking at a woman), but women are also affected. Ergo, the solution/cure they found with their subjects was as simple as a change in behaviors, such as avoiding those stimulants as much as possible (i.e. websites, movies and the like). No surgical or other solutions were necessary. It was one example of a "disease" that was cured simply by a person changing their behavior. Additionally, for unexplainable reasons, they also found that a shower cleanses the body of the effects of those hormones.
I wonder what others with the buttock sweat issue think of these findings in relation to their individual experiences. I'd like to hear back your thoughts. Here's the website where I found this article.

If that doesn't work, try googleling "Pilonidal Sinus And Prolonged Sexual Stimulation."

Hope this helps someone.

NICE comment! Great information. It makes all sorts of sense. Thank you for that interesting article.

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Yeah - Hopefully they don't log the IP address of this sh** cause its registered in my name and dripping out my ass. I think mine is by hemroid problem that came up and i'm workign with that. Painful. Apparently that causees it too. Internal and external.

You're welcome Daphne. If you noticed, I changed my nickname (from anonymous coward to anonyumous teacher), so that others could direct questions at me, if they wish to. I hope others will continue to research this, and share information and successes. Again, I think it is a very credible article.

my girl would never have such butt troubles....

Re Cowardly Lion

Yes, I am still going strong. When I changed my diet to include more fibre, I had mixed results for probably the first 3-4 weeks. I think in my case, I was not really sure as to how much to eat and the right things to eat so it took a little time to find a balance. I haven't used metamucil but bascially have some Phsillium husk that a put on my cereal (sultana bran) in the morning. The rest of the day, I just generally include some whole grain crispbread at lunch for about 3 days a week. The rest of the week I just really eat as I feel but avoid "junk" foods. I think when changing to a high fibre diet my body really went through some changes but after a few weeks and finding a balance you won't look back. In my case I believe stopping dairy helped too. I have soy milk with my bearkfast (some are not so good some are really good, I recommend experimenting). I still would eat cheese if it is served but I don't go looking for it. I found once you start trying different foods, you soon notice the different effects they have on your system. Over time you find what works. On top of the poo issue, healthier eating has brough many benefits, I have lost weight and feel better, physically and mentally. Hope that helps

Thanks Fixed for your comments.

I've been on the high fibre diet for over a month now and have cut out dairy for as long as I can remember, but the improvements are minimal to none. I supposed I'm among the minority here that has more complex issues that can't be fixed by dietary changes alone. I've finally convinced my family doctor to refer me to a gastrointestinal specialist. I must have gone to more than half a dozen family doctors now :P The vast majority are just not trained well enough to treat this sort of thing and some are just flat out ignorant. It's just unbelievable -_-. I hope the specialist can put a name to this 'thing'.

Further to my last posting. I have been thinking some more about my experiences. I would have to say that cutting out the dairy really made a difference and I would sugest it is worth a try. I never remember having this problem all my life, just over the last few years. I don't know what changed in my body but since I have stopped dairy products and gone fibre, I have no problem!

RE Cowardly Lion

Sounds like seeing a specialist is the way to go. I too had the experience of talking to a doctor, who it quickly became apparent, knew nothing and looked like he didn't want to know more! It is not ideal, but these issues are important and serious. Best of luck

RE COWARDLY LION

By all means I suggest seeing a specialist. I know how hard and embarrassing it can be but just take the first step - Make an appointment. I saw a specialist and he thought I just needed more fibre, and specifically suggested a high fibre breakfast cereal AND Metamucil. I took his advice (although very skeptical) and had an 80 % improvement within days.

The thing about just increasing fibre is that all fibre is not created equal. Some forms will have a much bigger effect than others, some will have little effect and some won't work at all. Personally I've found that Weet Bix hi Bran ( an Aussie cereal) Metamucil and Herbal Fiberblend work best for me. Metamucil and Herbal fiberblend both contain psyllium which works great.

but if you want to try just one thing that will have a dramatic effect try Herbal fiberblend. The stuff is amazing

Hope this helps

I have read through quite a few notes on leakage, and I too suffer from this problem. Mine is a solid, regardless...same thing.

I am 6' tall and go back and fourth between 225 to 240....depends on the month (Apparently) I rarely alter my diet, and don't snack like I used to...etc. (Much healthier than the past to shorten the story) But my daily routine isn't the same, and I don't exercise or play sports like I did in the past.

My stomach muscles aren't what they used to be, and I have had 7 surgeries in all to date, but only two surgeries relate to this issue. First as a 7 years old, my appendix was removed. (It nearly burst, so the scar is 10 times larger than most others I have seen) I didn't know that the appendix is a filter for the lower intestines until much later in life. (I am now 48) The second surgery was for a partial removal of my lower intestine, due to having a bad case of "Diverticulosis", which turns to "Diverticulitus" in it's next stage, then it seems render a person near death when that stage took place. (I ended up in the Hospital about 8 times in two years from Diverticulitus flair ups) Which obviously got old real fast. So, the surgeon ended up removing about 12" of the infected area.

(Trying to shorten this story a bit.)

I still leak, and now, I really think it's all muscle related. In other words, as our muscles get weak, and our bellies grow, from either age or lack of movement...etc, our intestines move around more, due to the excess baggage. So, my thoughts are, as we bend over, this is putting undo stress on the lower intestines, and in turn it pushes bowel out through the colon.

Just my two cents to the conversation.

I am not a doctor, I only play one at work. (on computers)

:o)

Take care everyone!

Top Cat

I posted to this page about a year ago. I'd been experiencing anal leakage for about 2 years. I read everything all the geniuses had to say: too much fiber, too little fiber, too much dairy, caffeine, guava beans...

Then I went to see a proctologist. He found a large, painless, interior hemorrhoid. He removed it via a simple process called ligation. And guess what? For the first time in 3 years, I am NORMAL. No more leakage, no more pantyliner pads.

So here's a tip for all of you: SEE A DOCTOR. I wish I'd done so sooner.

Pardon me; could you please repeat that for those in the back of the room?

"...So here's a tip for all of you: SEE A DOCTOR. I wish I'd done so sooner..."

Thank you.

Fibre worked. I got a Fibre cereal I eat every morning that says it has lots of Psylium fibre. I was very skeptical at first, but then it actually worked. It stopped 95 to 100% of my leakage. I don't know why, it's not like I used to need fibre cereals. I should see a specialist though just to make sure.

Damn, is your ass still leaking? You're place must be a real shit hole by now.

I like wet wipes, they do the hard work so you don't have too. You will never have PAD etc if you've used one. Plus new ones have aloe vera which is very effective against ring sting

get a puppy. blame everything on him/her. stinky? it's the puppy. stain? it's the puppy. puppies don't care, they don't need to get jobs.

Unforuntely, I suffer from this as well. I wipe thouroughly after shitting and have even made it a habit to jump into the shower after just to try and get that extra clean advantage.

Sometimes I stay clean, other times I don't. I especially don't stay clean when it is scorchingly hot outside and I have to walk around campus or something.

I heard that Gold Bond would help with the sweating down there, but it doesn't work at all for me.

For me, the best solution I've come up with is eating 1 to 2 bananas a day. The amount of fiber in the bananas just seems to work with my body and my shit comes out clean, and only rarely will I ever have to wipe more than twice. Try this if you are still looking for a cure.

I feel very uncomfortable when it does happen though. My mind starts to race and I become extremely paranoid. I look around at peoples faces to see if there is any sign of being grossed out. I can't tell however. I also become extremely glum when someone makes an 'it smells' comment, thinking it's coming from me, when probably it isn't.

People who have this problem and smell, can you smell it yourself? Or do other people tell you? I can't smell anything on myself but I'm still extremely self conscious.

I had the same problem for YEARS. Your ass hairs are smothered and smeared in shit on all sides of the hair. Wiping in 1 or even 2 directions does not cut it. I bet if you wipe with all down strokes until its spotless, the take a few upstrokes, you will find the dirt. Your first few upstrokes may even be clean, you have to keep going to get all sides of the hairs. Sidestrokes, Diagnol strokes, everything.

I use 2 techniques to start wiping now... (1) The blot... If the dump is pretty clean... I take the "absorbent" TP and place it on my ass and then take it off. Do this a few times to avoid smearing the poop all over your butt hair. This will put you in better shape when you start your directional wipes.
(2) The pinch. This one is still in its experimental phase but it seems to be workign well... if you have a dirty duke, not explosive, but dirty... get a 3x2 square long peice of TP, put your fingers on one side and your thumb on the opposite side. now carefully put it on your ass and pull your fingers and thumbs together. it keeps the dudu from smearing everywhere. its a good clean start.

I recently became aware of hemmorhoids when i got one, it hurts a lot, the first time it (a few days ago) happened, i got sick, i mean really sick, got high fever, on and off, is that normal? and i got this hemmorhoid cream, read that i need to get a hi fiber diet and so im starting it, but is that normal? getting fever when it strikes you, and it hurts a lot specially when im driving.

Perhaps you have a rectocele. It can be surically repaired. Not going to a doc to see about it - dumb.

Question, does anyone else that has the problem of 'sweaty ass' and when you wipe you get like a clear smelly ish type thing, know if you actually smell? I can't by god figure out if i smell or not becuase of this.

I have been having a problem for the past 3 months with diarrhea, foul smelling stools and
burning. I have had the problems off and on for the past few years. I had gotten to the point, I was going to go to the doctor and get medication for it. My father had colitis and died from having complcations from a colectomy surgury.
My biggest fear was having the same problem. I found this site in my search for what was wrong with me.
Thank you for all the information people have shared. It has helped. I use to be a nurse, but now do everything holisticly.
The things that have resolved my problem are
taking the fiber everyday. Be it metimucial,
or the tablets you just desolve in your mouth.
Have have been cleansing. That is the true answer to the problem. After doing this naturalpathic cleans two times. I am pooping normal everyday for the first time in two years. My gas is gone, the foul smelling stools and diarrhea to the point I could not make it to the BR in time.
You could use any cleanse on the market. I used Isagenix international products. I liked it so much I became a rep. You get the products alot cheaper. Check it out at http://skimecoop.isagenix.com, or just go to
isagenix internationl. I am finding that putting great stuff in my body and good natural food is the answer. My skin even feels
softer. At the site it is the cleanse to loose weight. It is all natural and the vits and digestive stuff in it helps with the stools. I feel normal. I never thought taking a normal poop would make me happy.

Coop

It just feels sweaty down there all the time and throughout the day, every time I wipe, even if it's been only a few minutes, the t.p. is brown again. I wipe frequently so my underwear doesn't get streaks. I eat normal stuff. I'm only 26. It's an embarrassing problem that I'm hiding from my fiance. I probably should tell her but I don't want her to be less attracted to me when she finds out I have a leaky butt. It's been going on now for a couple of years. I have been reasonably healthy with my diet but if there was some food I could eat to make it stop leaking fluid, I'd be very happy. The thing that puzzles me is, my stools are seldom loose but there is constant moisture slowly seeping into my but crack. Shit.

my butt i THINK leaks like a sweaty wet? but its not like poops coming out of it, its just stink wet and it feels like sweat...what is this..it does it whenever..i also have IBS

I would like to share with you all the way I completely solved my problem. For years I had the familiar leakage problem - and believe me I know how annoying that is to everyone who has it I found I had internal haemorrhoids and had them fixed, but that did not solve it. I cut out wheat and that did not fix it either. Then I realized that ever since I had quit smoking, I had been drinking huge quantities of coffee and tea throughout the day. I cut down to one coffee in the morning and one tea at night. Slowly but surely, my problem began to lessen. Then, about 2 months ago, I started to exercise seriously - both aerobically and using floor exercises. Caramba! My problem has disappeared completely - no looseness at all and no leakage. I've just invested in new, white underwear.

I have been suffering from body odor for the past 10 years. I have talked to my doctors about it and they say the problem doesn't exist. Meanwhile I hear people talking about me at work - people hiding air fresheners all over - spraying Lysol spray - exaggerated coughing fits, etc... I finally got the guts to tell my wife about it and she thinks I'm crazy. She thinks that I'm imagining all of this. I do have psych problems - being treated for depression - diagnosed bipolar - taking meds every single day. I mentioned it to my regular doctor and he said I should talk to my physciatrist about it. I am a fairly intelligent 41 year old male and I do understand that there are conditions like body dysmorphic disorder that makes people imagine conditions but I swear I don't think that is the case. I think that no one wants to tell me because they think that I can't handle the truth or something... I vary day to day with feelings of wanting to enter my workplace with an automatic weapon to just quietly blowing my head off with a 38 pistol at some peaceful location in the state park. I honestly don't know what to do but to any of you out there that think this is some kind of a joke and people with this problem are to be riddiculed, put down, picked on, made to feel inferior to yourselves I give warning. One day you may feel the wrath of someone that you've hurt or better yet - you may experience something similar and you will find that it is no fun being punished for something that you can't even help or fix...

Okay...
My butt keeps smelling, I wipe and then I smell my underwear and it doesn't smell.
But you can smell it airborn. It's discusting
and I don't know what the heck it is.
Please help.

I seem to have the same problem here. When I poop, I have to wipe up to 15 times before I'm clean. I've been known to use over a half a roll of TP at one sitting. Within an hour, I can feel the need to wipe some more. When I do, it's almost like I never got clean the first time. This doesn't, in my mind, seem like what one would call a true leaking problem. If that were the case, I would think that I'd leak at other times during the day. Like maybe before I poop(?) Since I was diagnosed with Diverticulosis and number of years ago, I'm almost wondering if a small amount of feces collects in the little pouches that form from DV and then is slowly released after a bowel movement. Since I am supposed to be on a high fiber diet due to my DV, I'll try that out and see if it helps.

Make sure you wipe gently and from front to back, dont scrub you will irritate your anus and cause it to leak, eat plenty of fibre and drink more water. If youre overweight this can lead to excess sweating, either get involved in more cardiovascular excercise (20minutes/3 days a week minimum) or take more showers. Tightening your anal schincter can also help, try squeezing and relaxing mutiple times, this excercise can be done anywhere and people wont know youre doing it. Best of luck fellow shitters!

My problem: minor leakage, sweating, itching & rare bleeding. My profile: male, 22, healthy weight, eats right & drinks enough fluids -- still no relief. Have had this issue for 2 years.

I went to the doctor today and all it took was a quick look for him to tell me I had an external hemorrhoid -- just a small one -- and that's what was causing the trouble. He said that basically what happens is the hemorrhoid gives the body the signal that it's time to have a BM when it really isn't. This is why many of us feel like we're constantly fighting the urge to have a BM and why it's constantly on our minds.

He prescribed Anusol (a steroid cream). I got it, applied it and it seems to be working. He did recommend that I try Metamucil, but I eat plenty of fiber as it is, so we'll see. Lastly, he said that in a pinch Tuck's Medicated Pads will relieve any itching & discomfort. I'll write again in a week or two to let everyone know how it worked.

My recommendation for everyone who is serious about ending their problem is go see a doctor! And don't be embarrassed; doctors deal with gross stuff all the time. Plus, that's what you pay them to handle. Go. I only regret that I didn't go sooner.

Whats up? Ok, this is what it is. Here's my background. I had a problem with constipation mabye 2 months ago. It got so bad that i developed hemeroids and even a small fissure. I nor the doctors could figure out what caused it but i believe that some anitbiotics was to blame. Anyways, i had quit drinking coffee and began eating bran every morning and solved that problem. The leakage just began today. After taking a crap i had the same problems as others have described. Itchy, sweaty and some "mucus" on the paper mabye half and hour after i wipe clean... and it aint smelling to good. Anyways mabye i have had mucus before but never like this. i assume that everyone might have alittle going on cause the stuffs in up there for a reason. Anyways to the more important part. Last night i went out for dinner. I ate filet miniot(whatever),blue rare. I cant remember the last time i ate beef, let alone red meat. After dinner i had a large coffee and then another later that night. I havent drank coffee in over 2 months. Bingo, today i have this problem. Its clear this is an unwanted side effect of what i consumed lasst night. Now i just need to get it outa my system. Ill post what happens in afew days.

And for all those guys/girls who are embarrassed about talking to their signifigant other... Yah i was too, but dont try and hide your bodily misfucntions from them, you dont need that stress on yah. I was embarrassed to try and explian to my girlfriend that i had a hemroid and that it was nearly impossible for me to shit. I was in so much discomfort i didnt want to do anything. But believe me its better when they know. Then they will understand why you dont want to go clubbin tonight, or why your not really down for that quicky, or why your in such a shitty mood. They will want to help you get better. If they dont, then just tell them to f**k off. You deserve better.

whats really good world...(not my butt)
I'm 15 years old, in shape, rarely smoke weed or drink and i'm fed up with this(w/e i have)

My Story- I was known as a normal, great hygiene, loved-by-everyone kind of guy.
My problem is after i take a shower, about a hour or so later my butt feels like its sweatn, and i do wash myself twice a day.
BUTT when im at school sittin ina chair my butt gets to sweatn.
When im in the hall, somestay clear away from me. And you cant miss me since i am one of the tallest kids in my school.
its so embarassin when someone makes a comment about me.(or to me as a joke) like why does the hall always smell like booty, or (lol) did someone shit their pants!
I go to wipe (between classes) my lil old leaky self and sometimes its like i didnt wipe too well. Other times it just smells bad and nothin shows up.
I go paranoid when it comes to being in any line because i never know if my butt is gonna smell or not.
I wear cologne all the time......... ( THE SEAN JOHN UNFORGIVABLE) and seems to help for almost a hour.
Im just so fed up with this( but im so glad that i came across this site)
Being in highschool makes matters worse, i think this problem is depressing me, and i dont know what to do...
(LISTEN TO THIS)
I TOLD MY MOM ABOUT THIS PLENTY OF TIMES AND I FEEL LIKE SHE JUST TUNES ME OUT. I NEED HELP OR INFORMATION TO HELP SURVIVE MY HIGHSCHOOL,
BECAUSE IM SLOWLY PULLIN MYSELF AWAY FROM MY FRIENDS. AND THESE ARE SUPPOSE TO BE THE BEST YEARS OF MY LIFE, AND I FEEL LIKE IM IN A NIGHTMARE AND CANT XSCAPE.

I GUESS I BETTER TRY TO EAT MORE FIBER............................
sos please................................

First of all, like many of you said, I am so glad to know I am not alone. I've shit leaking suffer for like 4 or 5 years, I used to think I am alone with this problem and concern if I have cancer. It's truly a bless to find this site.
I think it's worth it to bring up the subject about Splenda.
Well, I read throughout the three long pages and I haven't see any one of you mentioned about Splenda. Past of few days I started suspecting Splenda may cause my anal leakage after I researched about it, the Splenda. I wonder how many of you use Splenda. I use them a lot in my coffee, tea and I drink diet soft drinks. Well, Today my first day Splenda free and I feel Splenda withdrawl. I will come back with you later with my updates. I suggest those of you who use splenda to goggle it up. You will be surprise what you learn.

Deafie, I have an allergic reaction to Splenda if I drink too much. What you said about Googling it is true.

How much do we know about the "safe" form of chlorine Splenda says it uses to make sugar calorie-free?

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IM AMAZED WITH HOWEVER MANY PPL HAVE AND HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM.
HAVING THIS PROBLEM HELPS SHOW YOU WHOS REAL TO YOU AS A FRIEND.

AT THE END OF THE DAY LAUGH-IT-OUT (IT MAKES ME FEEL BETTER)

TO: Daphne & Deafie

If splenda is a cause of Anal Leakage then does that mean that your saying that anything that has splenda in it can give you AL??

I drink about two DASANI(fruit-flavored) waters a day,everyday. (THEY TASTE GOOD TO ME AND THEY DO HAVE SPLENDA IN THEM.)

Hi. I'm no expert and just happened to come across this site accidentally!!!

But ... excuse the pun. Has anyone considered they might have worms???

They are common, especially if you are living with animals or come into contact with them.

Problem is easily solved. Go to drug store and get a all-wormer tablet.

All the symptoms such as itching and faeces remaining after wiping can be attributed to worms.

Anyway hope this helps, particularly since the solution is simple.

Wow, Thank God for this site. Lots of ideas I never thought would have an impact.
My symptoms: leakage for hours after BM and worse if I sweat and do alot of work or activity. Often a sticky BM that is hard to clean and Suffer from hemis.
I've followed some of the guidance on this site and it's helping. I've had serious improvement since cutting down to 1/2 cup of coffee a day and almost no soda for a week now. Eating salads, and avoiding to much burgers and fries, and all that good stuff. Also one thing that hardly seems mentioned but I feel is helping. !!!DO SOME SITUPS OR CRUNCHES EACH DAY IF YOU ARE HEALTHY ENOUGH TO DO SO!!! I have ordered some fiber supplement and will begin taking it as soon as it gets here. I honestly think that after adding the fiber to my diet as well I will be completely cured. Then I will just have to stick to proper diet and excercise. Will probably stay on the fiber suplement if it works well.

Good luck to you all.

On February 07, 2005, I went to work like any other day. I was in a meeting and started to smell something that smelled like "poop". To my horror, I started to suspect that it was coming from me. I got up and went to the bathroom to check things out. Waste had clearly leaked out of my anus without me realizing it. I cleaned up and went back to work. A little while later I felt like I wasn't clean. I went back to the bathroom to check things out. Again, very messy. I thought that it was odd that I was leaking without being able to control it. I made about seven trips to the bathroom that day to clean myself. The next day I had the same problem. After three days of this, I started to worry. Prior to February 07, 2005 I had never had a problem keeping clean. I was very regular with my BMs; I would get up in the morning have breakfast, have a BM, take a shower, and get on with me day. I was regular like this for my whole life. At the time the leaking started, I was 38 years old. I had been healthy my whole life. After a month of leaking, I developed the courage to see a specialist (gastrologist). She checked things out and suggested that I probably had a hemorrhoid problem. She prescribed suppositories and a medicine to reduce the inflation. I thought it was odd that the leaking be caused by a hemorrhoid problem as I didn't have any hemorrhoid-like pain. The suppositories and medicine made no change. I was still getting up in the morning, having a BM, taking a shower, and leaking throughout the day. One month later I went back to the specialist and told her that I had no change in my condition. She maintained that it was a hemorrhoid problem and again prescribed suppositories and a medicine to reduce the inflammation. One month later I was back to the specialist again and told her "no change." She referred me to her colleague to have the hemorrhoids banded (removed). The second specialist took a look at me (scoped me) and listened to my story. He thought that I had a problem with bad bacteria in my system. He sent me to a lab to have my waste analyzed. The lab results came back normal but he prescribed Ultralevure...a medicine that restores the good bacteria in the digestive system. The need to take Ultralevure made some sense to me as at the end of January 2005 I cut my finger while preparing chicken. The cut got infected and I ended up taking very strong antibiotics stop the infection. I was very optimistic about the Ultralevure working. After one month of Ultralevure, I went back to the specialist. He prescribed me with another three months of Ultralevure. No change. I went to another gastrologist and told her about the problem. She checked me for rectal prolapse and to make sure that my anal sphincter muscle was strong enough. I had no prolapse and no problem with the anal sphincter. She suggested that I had somehow forgotten how to control my anus. She prescribed physical therapy to learn how to regain control of my anus. I thought this was simply ridiculous as I would not forget how to control my anus over night. This problem literally developed overnight. On February 06, 2004, I had never thought about my anus before and on February 07, 2004 I had what turned out to be a very mysterious problem. Not long after this problem developed, I started doing Google searches to try to find answers. What really scared me was the fact that I didn't find much information on this problem. It terrified me that I had seen three doctors up to that point with all of them shooting in the dark. I told me normal doctor that I was really becoming concerned about my condition not improving and she referred me to a professor of gastrology at a hospital-university. Over the last year, he performed the same checks the other doctors had and added a colonoscopy and an MRI of my digestive system. According to the gastrologist that performed the colonoscopy, everything looked normal. The radiologist who performed the MRI said that it looked like I had some inflammation at the end of the digestive system just before the anus, but nothing abnormal and nothing to be concerned about. As all of you with this problem know, it changes your life in a not so positive way. For the last two years, I have really had to fight to prevent this problem from overly depressing me. About three weeks ago, I got down on my knees and prayed that God would heal me. A few days later I began to think about changes in my diet that I had made over the last few years. Two things came to mind: 1) I stopped drinking cranberry juice and 2) I stopped cooking with garlic. The next day, after work, I went out a bought a bunch of garlic cloves and cranberry juice. That night I sliced a garlic clove into swallowable slices and swallowed them with cranberry juice. The next morning I noticed that I only had to clean up after myself once after my shower instead of the normal multiple times. The next day I eat three uncooked garlic cloves and continued drinking cranberry juice. I have been eating the garlic and drinking the cranberry juice for a couple of weeks now. For the last three days I have been clean! And believe that I am well on my way to being cured. Many months ago I found this site poopreport.com. I was sad to see all the people with the same problem with the only solution sounding like more fiber (I had and have a health diet). I tried increasing my fiber intake but that didn't improve me situation. When I found poopreport.com I told myself that if I was ever cured, I would share my story. I really believe that cranberry juice is the cure. As I have now read more about cranberry juice, it sounds like a good thing to prevent and cure infections. I think that when I took the antibiotics years ago, it caused a good to bad bacteria imbalance...with the bad bacteria winning. I think the fact that I was leaking my body's way of trying to clear things up...perhaps a mechanism similar to that of a runny nose, but at the opposite end. I hope and pray that those of you who are suffering with this problem will benefit from my experience with cranberry juice and garlic. If you don't I still believe in the power of prayer and encourage you ask God for help. Peace be with you.

Great site.

I've just taken the time to read through all five pages of comments on this subject and it was worth it. For about 4 years I've had the situation where I wipe and 30 mins later I have to wipe again, as if I had never wiped at all. Then I'm usually good until the next BM. Of course this causes much itching, and sometimes I'm itching in my sleep etc, so when I do wipe sometimes I see the faint traces of blood. Then sometimes in the shower a some soap gets just in the crack (not the anus) and the pain is exquisite.

So I saw the doc about it around 2.5 years ago, he just kind of shrugged and prescribed Diprolene (Topical, liquid steroid in an eye-dropper container) for the irritated area which worked. The rash and itching goes away for a couple weeks when I use it. But I think the poo slathered on that area irritates it again, I scratch, then the cycle repeats.

I have just resigned myself to wiping after a BM and going back to the bathroom an hour later for the second (and hopefully final) wipe. Every few months the itching and rash get bad and I use the Diprolene, which is running out.

As for my diet, it could be better, I eat a lot of junk. My biggest vice being from NC is sweet tea, I drink it every day. From the comments on thhis site, I think I'll cut down on the tea, and get some Fiberblend or Metamusil. I'll report here with my findings. If anyone else has any ideas in the meantime, I'm listening.

Great site.

I've just taken the time to read through all five pages of comments on this subject and it was worth it. For about 4 years I've had the situation where I wipe and 30 mins later I have to wipe again, as if I had never wiped at all. Then I'm usually good until the next BM. Of course this causes much itching, and sometimes I'm itching in my sleep etc, so when I do wipe sometimes I see the faint traces of blood. Then sometimes in the shower a some soap gets just in the crack (not the anus) and the pain is exquisite.

So I saw the doc about it around 2.5 years ago, he just kind of shrugged and prescribed Diprolene (Topical, liquid steroid in an eye-dropper container) for the irritated area which worked. The rash and itching goes away for a couple weeks when I use it. But I think the poo slathered on that area irritates it again, I scratch, then the cycle repeats.

I have just resigned myself to wiping after a BM and going back to the bathroom an hour later for the second (and hopefully final) wipe. Every few months the itching and rash get bad and I use the Diprolene, which is running out.

As for my diet, it could be better, I eat a lot of junk. My biggest vice being from NC is sweet tea, I drink it every day. From the comments on thhis site, I think I'll cut down on the tea, and get some Fiberblend or Metamusil. I'll report here with my findings. If anyone else has any ideas in the meantime, I'm listening.

I have read this thread with great interest. I have some theories on the AL problem.

First, I believe the issue is related to excess feces left in the anus after wiping. Consider the anatomy of the anus. There are many folds for poop to hide in, as well as the inner part of the sphinter (see: http://z.about.com/d/p/440/e/f/7134.jpg) which is about 1/2 an inch long. Regular wiping cannot remove poop left in the inside of the anus.

This residual poop then irritates the sensitive skin of the anus, causing sweating, itching, and the 'leaking' sensation. Feces is lubricated with sweat and mucus -- and thus the butt doesn't feel so fresh.

Fiber causes stools to be well-formed -- they come out as a single, nice package. This in turn leaves less feces in 'unreachable' places in the anus. The addition of fiber, and anything else that contributes to better formed stools, will lessen the symptoms of this difficult syndrome.

Careful use of a wetwipe can alleviate some of the excess dook in your butthole -- but be careful. Overwiping is can be equally a problem. At all times, be gentle with the bung.

For excess sweaters, try Zeasorb. This stuff is magic. I use it to keep my scrotalacious sack nice and dry, and it works on the old bunghole too. It has a clean, slightly medicinal smell, that is very pleasant.

I HAVE A CURE!!
Notice, I didn't say "the" cure, because I'm sure there are many causes of this, but I've never heard this mentioned, and it DEFINITELY is the cause of my anal leakage:

There is a food/beverage additive called CASEIN (and it's derivatives; Caseinate, etc.)
I finally figured this was causing my greasy-butt as I call it.
It's damn near everywhere, like in non-dairy creamers (the dry stuff too), Slim-Fast drinks (ohhh, those kill me!), Soy Milk, and all sorts of stuff.
I think that's why a lot of you think it's coffee or caffein; it's not, it's the creamers that are killing you off!
Trust me, start reading labels, stop using this stuff, and you should see a big difference.

Some confirmed changes in my health. A pretty dry anus most of the time.

Changes in diet:

*Less coffee and caffine products like soda
*More cranberry juice
*More salads, less burgers and fries

Changes in activity:

*more situps and crunches
*do not wash area with soap...just rinse with water when you can.

Also I am going to begin the fiber suplememnts soon. this should be the final part of the fix. I can't believe I've suffered so long.

Good luck to you all!!

Hi Folks,

To echo others here, I feel relieved that there are lots of others with the same / similar problems to me.

I've been having these symptoms for the last 5 years or so and it is really getting me down. I went to the docs fairly soon after it started and was then sent to a specialist at the local hospital. To begin with the consultant suspected an anal fistula, so I was booked in to the hospital, put under general anaesthetic and they found nothing! Then I had a muscle test which showed everything to be normal. I then had a sygmoidoscopy (camera up the a*se!) and a biopsy taken - everything o.k. I also suggested having a stool sample checked for parasites and that was clear too. Finally I went back in for 2nd sygmoidoscopy but this time they were going to go further into my bowel, but due to an admin mix up, I had been booked for another standard sygmoidoscopy. The surgeon realised what had happened, but decided to do a quick examination with his finger, wher e he concluded I had a weak sphincter muscle (a bit weird since the test I'd had before suggested I was o.k.) He advised me to do pelvic floor exercises (similar to women after childbirth) to strengthen them up. I've been consciously trying to do these since, but I haven't noticed much difference.

I have the same symptoms as a great many here, i.e. having to wipe again about 30 mins after a dump where I can have either clear or brownish discharge and often need to do this several times after at various intervals. If I can time my toilet trip to 1st thing in the morning before a shower, I'm usually o.k. for most of the day. Not noticed any bad odour (and I think my wife would have told me if it was noticable) but it is very uncomfortable and annoying.

I eat a decent amount of fibre, shredded wheat / cranberries / dried fruit cereal for breakfast with a glass of grapefruit juice and a pro-biotic yoghurt drink. Lunch is wholemeal bread with cherry tomatoes, lettuce possibly ham or chicken occasionally with cheese. Possibly a stir fry or pasta dish in the evening.

Based on what I have read I will try more fibre and cut down on tea drinking (I'm a bit of an addict!!) in case it's this. I don't drink much alcohol and am a non-smoker.

It's been so bad the last few weeks I'm contemplating a return trip to the docs.

You people have some weird "SHIT" I'm 24 and it has never happened.

My problem started when I began taking Vitoren. It is Lipitor and another chemical that prevents the absorbtion of fat by the intestines. It is then excreated when on defecates.This results in a loose and bulky stool. However, and although my choloresterol bad is way down, the good way up, I have started AL. I notice that certain foods, like candy and chocolate increases the problem. I am trying all sorts of diet things to see what happens to include getting away from high fiber cereals. Doesn't make sense to be to add more action to my bowels then what I'm getting from Vitorin.

I did not have any issues with anal leakage at all until I started a therapeutic antioxidant regimen of coenzyme Q10. As my metabolism went up, so did my AL issues. It is fairly simple: although I do not have problems with incontinence, I have problems with a clear liquid with only a very mild/slight odor of poo and is not mucousy at all, just yellow sometimes, but usually sweaty and squeaky and very copious especially if I have some mild flatulence. I have issues about half an hour after bowel movement and I can only guess that the higher metabolism has chugged my intestines and liver into a more active state. I use feminine wipes a lot and go through a pack of 30 tea tree scented hygiene wipes a week, but usually the problem only ocurs right after BM.

I think it is actually a _good_ thing that I have this problem, because if I didn't, then there would be more reason to worry with a slow, cold, thick intestinal metabolism. Now with the antioxidants I'm taking making my digestion much more sensitive, I have food sensitivities now that I didn't have before, due to having healthier tissue in my digestion. The most obvious solutions to my new problem are to eat more fiber and cutting out caffiene and non-cultured dairy, plus eating more leafy greens and less acid stimulating red meats and more digestible proteins like turkey, tofu and egg whites.

But what I'm thankful for is, the AL that started after I started my antioxidant regimen was the very warning sign to change my dietary habits which had not occurred until I started taking antioxidants. I was suffering from severe osteoarthritis and high-end-of-normal BP. Alpha Lipoic Acid combined with a standard women's multivitamin took care of my arthritis symptoms, and co Q10 took care of my foot pain/leg and hand circulation, as well my systolic and diastolic BP lowered by 12 points each after 3 months on co Q10.

So compared to that, anal leakage is a small price to pay for a properly working digestive and endocrological biostat, giving me the very warnings that my low thyroid and metabolism were bypassing. And the warnings were simple: eat more fiber, don't irritate my stomach with high acid foods and stimulants, and keep my proteins more digestible and less fatty.

A simple solution. If you have similar AL issues, be thankful that your biostat is running well enough to warn you in the first place! My low thyroid didn't for a long time, but I'm doing much better now.

gold bond is key it buys me time befor that crappy feeling and controls the smell

My hubby has serious BLOOD leaking from his anus, not a smear or a traces, but multiple drops....no anal sex here, could it be ulcer related??

Please help! I am crazy about my boyfriend so much so that we're living together after just 4 months together. He gets leakage just about everytime we have sex. I've also noticed it in his underwear when we're doing laundry. He gets super embarassed when this happens after we make love and scoffs it off. I have been understanding of it so far and wanted to be down-to-earth and not say anything about it, figuring that the embarassment would send him running to the doc. Well, I know our bodies do funny things and understand (I had the same thing when I was going through a very stressful time in my life and not eating much butdrinking lots of coffee an smoking ciggies (yuck!) but now that it has been a while and we're living together, it's a bit different and I want him to feel better and get help or at the very east try changing his diet. HOW DO I BRING THIS UP WITH HIM WITHOUT HURTING HIM???? He is incredibly sweet and emotionally intelligent, I just don't want to alienate him. Everything else is great and I'll be thrilled if this is ever to be the worse of our worries. How do you recommend I bring things up? Help, please!!!! Thanks guys.

hello all. i must say im quite suprised how many people have this problem too because i thought it was me all alone with it :(

back in high school i started to notice many people around me complain of a horrible smell of poop. as time went on, i realised it was me. as amusing as that sounds, its incredibly anoying to live every day smelling terribly bad! i tried methods to stop myself from smelling and i have to do them every day but they just dont make a difference :(

i get embarrased of being around people just in case they notice that i smell. im sure many people have their assumptions because every day at college it seems that somebody complains theres a bad smell. it fills me with anger to hear the same things all the time: "it smells of poo!" and "somebodies farted!". theyre currently blaming it on someone else, but what if they realise its me? what if i become the target? :(

at first i thought i wasnt getting enough fibre, so i increased my intake with weetabix and bananas and figs etc. it didnt change anything. i thought it was because i have a hairy bum hole :) haha! so i tried shaving it. still made no difference. so i figured it was the way i wiped myself that caused it, that i wasnt wiping myself enough. so now i spend ages in the bathroom wiping myself and then i spend half an hour and sometimes longer in the shower cleaning myself and the specific area. then when i get out i feel better...

but then the problem arises again! hours after the smell comes back and becomes worse. the smell has been described as a baby poop, a bin bag full of rubbish rotting away, and a trampy smell.

i tried cleaning with soap and water to see if it cleaned me, but all that did was mix with the smell. i dont take any medication, but i do have a lot of tomato sauce. maybe thats the problem?

it got to the point where i cried to my mother, but she told me i was imagining it and it wasnt me. i shower twice a day some days, so that was her point. she doesnt believe me anyway.

please help me :( i dont want to live all through life smelling of poo.

To the person that commented on their husband having serious blood leaking, he should go see a doctor like right now. Depending on the color of the blood (dark or bright red), you can usually tell where it is coming from in the digestive track. If it is very dark, then it's upper and could be pretty serious. If it is bright red, it's lower, and most likely hemmorhoids. If he has no pain symptoms, I would say they are probably internal rhoids. I have internal rhoids, and have been getting IRC treatments to help them shrink. I have had two treatments so far, and I haven't really noticed any difference. I have leakage, but not soil leakage. I guess I'm kind of fortunate, because it's not stinky. It's mostly mucous and what seems like sweat. I had to go to two gastro specialists and then finally to a colorectal surgeon to have someone at least try to help me. Everyone just says, OH, you have IBS.. I'm so sick of hearing of IBS. They chalk everything up to not enough fiber in your diet. Well, I'll tell you what, I'm pretty much eating everything with the excpetion of tree bark to get the fiber they say I need, and it isn't helping.. I'm not trying to discourage anyone. If your doc recommends fiber, then do as they say, and give it a shot. For me, it hasn't helped. Metamucil in the morning, and everything fiber related through the day, and still not much difference..

To Wiped girlfriend - I'm sure this is embarrassing for your boyfriend, but the best way to address something is just to come out and talk about it. Communication is your best friend in a relationship. He'll probably be relieved to have someone to talk about this with. I'm sure he's well aware of it. I would encourage him to see at least his family doctor, and hopefully get referred to a decent specialist. Most likely it's hemmorhoids. That seems to be the no 1. cause of most of our complaints..

Ok, last thing. If you are suffering from itchy butt (puritis ani), try this stuff that you can get over the counter "calmoseptine ointment". You can usually get it at walmart, but have to ask for it. They keep it behind the counter. It will help. It's better than desitin or just vitaman D ointment.

If you are looking for a gentle cleanser for the area, try balneol. It's pretty decent.

If you are suffering from a lot of wetness, try zeabsorb powder. That seems to work well.

I can't stress enough that as embarrassing as these problems are, go to the doctor. There's no shame in trying to fix a problem and getting your life back. I let this problem go on for years. I've seen a few specialists, and basically had gotten no help. There are doctors out there that will listen to you and help you. Just don't give up.

I found my Doctor here:
http://www.fascrs.org/

I'm really pleased with everything he has tried to do to help me.

Good luck!

Firstly the posting re Blood. He has to go to a doctor! That needs serious investigation.

Re Girlfriend. Well, it is always hard to change a guys ways, ideally it is good if he thinks its his idea. I didn't follow if this is something he wants fixed. He maybe happy to talk about it and fix it, just important to not make him feel less of a man or freak for doing so. Take changes at his pace.

I had this problem for quite a while and to different degrees. Overtime it seemed to be getting worse and worse. I became determined to find out what was the cause. In my case, the major things I changed were diet and exercise (walking counts). I think the diet was the main thing, I eat more fibre and just keep away from junk food. I did read here once a posting that said "not all fibre is created equal" and I think that is the case. I think fibre is good in all its sources but making sure I got fruit or freshly squeezed fruit juice into my diet daily made a definite difference.

Exercise may make a difference too, but I can't say that is for sure.

I hope that helps, no magic formula just a better and balanced diet. The added bonuses are many, more energy, less fat, general wellbeing. Makes a difference!

Re Smarties Junkie. Maybe there is something here for you too? The right diet is crucial, there are many additives in some tomato sauces and many foods that maybe causing you a problem, I don't know. Try changing diets and see.

Martin

Yay for search engines. I also thought i was some freak. Basically my problem is that i havent had a solid poop in weeks on end, its mostly just a liquidy flaky sort of deal. I get up and walk around, it seems like my but hole begins to leak. So i go back to the washroom and wipe again. There usually isnt much fecal matter, just a liquidy type substance that definately comes from inside, not the sweat glands around my bum hole. Occasionally there is some real uncomfortable itching, and its quite embarassing to scratch ones bum in public, much more so on a date. Ive been thinking of buying an enema kit or something, im too uncomfortable to go to a doctor about this, hell.. they might stick an anal probe up my asshole. NOT FUN STUFF. it doesnt seem like a huge medical problem, but i cant be sure. any ideas would be helpful. (this site is awesome)

Well, like everyone else I am glad to find this website and to know it is pretty common. Anal leekage has affected my confident and relationships. I fear I smell awful when I sweat down stairs and to the rear. I also think that this has something to to with hemmroids. I am no doctor but I have good feeling. I am going to try a combination of Digestive Advantage and Omega 3 plus more fiber and see how things work out. Thanks for all the advice and good luck to everyone in there quest for a dry normal butt.

Hi Again,

A quick update - things have improved a fair bit over the last month :-)

I've cut down on my chocolate intake, increased the amount of fruit (including snacking on small 'snack packs' of Cranberries) as well as drinking a glass of Cranberry and Orange juice with breakfast in the morning. When I have a shower I don't use soap around my anus, but just wash liberally with the shower jet on it's own.

I have seen a gradual improvement to the point where that even if I have a BM during the day, I don't seem to leak a great deal afterwards. I'm not completely clear, but there is next to nothing there when I check.

So looking pretty good at the moment, and a lot of this down to the advice mentioned on this forum.

One thing though - to the 24yo anonymous person who talks about people on here having weird s**t and mentions not having had problems. Well, think yourself lucky and don't get to complacent - I started with this at 35, so it can happen to anyone at any time!!

Bye 4 Now.

I have an idea. Lets all put what medicines we take, food items we eat, and activities (like running or lifting) we do that we think might trigger these "episodes". If we come together we might be able to figure something out. Here are the meds and foods that I take and eat. Meds- Albuterol Sulfate(Asthma), Alegra(Allergies). Foods-Coffee, Sodas(Those with caffine and no caffine alike) When I lift heavy items I get an increase in a squeashy feeling. Please everyone else post their medicines and foods. Thanks and goodluck!!!!

Checking in 6 weeks after having seen a doctor....

I'd have to say that the Anusol cream has done wonders for the external hemorrhoid. Leakage stopped completely in 7 days, but the best thing about Anusol is how it soothes the area and gets your mind completely off it. Used it the first week, now I use it one and off as needed.

I also started taking a little more fiber, which seems to work well for me. I also find that it's important to pass a stool exactly once a day; more than that and you irritate the area, less frequently and you will have massive stools that also aggravate things. All about the balance, and one nice smooth stool per day is perfect.

I think that to a large degree this problem is mental. In addition to seeing a doctor, taking in more fiber, &c., you've got to relax a bit and allow yourself

not

to think about it, confident in the fact that you're doing something about it. The sweating and abdominal discomfort certainly arise from social anxiety, which then cause the smell, and you get yourself in a leaky-ass feedback loop. It all begins with not worrying about it, which is much more difficult than wiping steroid cream on your ass but far more worthwhile in the end.

Of course, it's much easier to put your mind at ease if you go to the doctor and identify the problem. Do that first.

I'm new here too--great information sharing going on!

Much is mentioned about the things that help. I like one of the last comments about things that trigger episodes.

Like most, I have had leaky episodes 4 - 7 times a week, mostly happening 30 min. after I poop. This has been going on for about five years or so now and I am 37. Couple years ago I went through the battery of tests (colonoscopy, etc.) and was told it was IBS-D. I have had more frequent diarea problems over the years than most people (according to my wife), which is about 1-5 times a month depending on my eating habits. And, I've always had a fairly sensitive digestive system (even had an ultrasound when I was 15 to see if I had ulcers--the doc then said it was too much greasy food). But this leakage is only five years old occurs whether I have diarea or not.

My triggers seem to be 1. large quantities of food in a day, particularly if capped off with a sweet dessert; 2. Too much sweets or rich (cream) foods; 3. Too much greasy foods. These things tend to aggravate it much worse, although I still experience it with a normal diet. Also, whenever I run on the treadmill in the morning after a bowel movement it really leaks bad (probably from the movement and up and down motions).

I'm heterosexual, non-smoker, non-coffee or tea drinker. Have enjoyed hard exercise most of my life.

For me, I'm thinking diet changes would help it the most, but it would sure be nice to find a cure. I guess it's a mixed blessing in that it forces us to evaluate and change our eating habits--which never hurts anybody. I just hope it doesn't progress to the point that I have to wear a diaper all the time--that's my biggest fear.

Thank God I found this site. Read too many posts and ran out of time, now must go to bed. You guys rock! Metamucil starts tomorrow!

Hi guys

Im glad to be able to say i USED to have this problem!! In my case the cause turned out to be quite simple. My diet sucked, i was eating little or no fibre! so my poo's were hard and dry n took a hell of a lot of strainin to get out! this in turn stretches the anal sphincter and results in minor leakage as the muscle takes time to re-tighten and hold in the contents of your colon. I now start the day with a glass of orange juice, have an apple at lunch, n a bit of veg in the evening and my poo's are 100 times easier to get out and i no longer leak. Little tip tho, i keep fibre suppliments in just in case i cant be bothered with the fruit or cookin veg one day.... Hope this helps.

I read about this problem, (once I had it), in a nurse's magazine. A doctor had studied it for years and had a whole list of foods, which he thought triggered the condition. I picked out coffee, vinegar and milk since I rarely eat spicy foods anyway.
Eventually I found that, if I can avoid milk and butter, I can be relatively free of leakage.
However this Christmas, for example, it has returned, perhaps because of all the milk in seasonal chocolate binging.
I read elsewhere that adult humans are not adapted to drinking cows' milk.
My secret solution is to find a clean toilet, splosh my anus with the water and dry myself off with the toilet paper or a paper hand towel. This is not as gross as it sounds and in many countries toilets are provided with a upward spray and a tap next to the seat. Who knows what the French do in their famous "bidets".

- There are several issues here. Moisture, Leakage, and Diet.
- History: dont smoke, dont drink, I drink 3 or 4 cups of coffee in the AM, cut back on 2% milk to minumum.
- Leakage..... It is not that easy to reaply powder if a person is at work. Not everyone has access to the vip restrooms or risk getting powder down the outside of the back of your pants. Not me for sure, so I have found a site that sells moisture wicking underwear. www.wickers.com I have not tried these. Does anyone else use them for this?
- For me leakage is primarily onset after constipation or spicy foods. Metamucil alone dont do much for helping my bowels. I just get massive amounts of gas and hard stools that make it harder to pass even when drinking a lot of water. One proctologist had me get Senna Prompt made by Konsyl. www.konsyl.com It works every time but I only use it when I feel like I am not going regularly. It has senna laxative and psyllium for bulk. Your more likely to find it at smaller drug stores. Wally world dont have it.
- Another Dr. told me I could take Milk Of Magnesia every day if I needed to because it has no stimulants in it. But I think it vaporises because I get lots of gas with that too. Maybe Im just a gas factory. But it too keeps things moving right along.
- I tried Dannon Activia for over a month but it didnt really help me that I could tell.
- Lots of mexican foods bothers me so I just try to avoid it. Even Ranch style beans, but not pinto beans. I think making a list of what I ate each day would help determine my problem foods.
- The Whole Grain style cerial like Cheerios is a cheap way to get fiber without it being as obvious as metamucyl drink and that Fiber Sure made by Metamusil can be sprinkled on other foods.
-- Tip: If you suspect a leakage day emerging and you dont have vip privilages, wear two pair of underwear. The one on the inside being the oldest pair; and if it gets soiled just cut the inside pair off and chunk them in the trash can.
. . Good luck everyone. Together we eventually will work this out.

wel basically i think u just dont wipe ur ass right even though u say u dont somebody said it happens to 6.5% of the people wel that is bloddy bull-SHIT it can happen to anyone!!!!

hi.so this morning my friend told me that my butt stank really bad.i went to the bathroom to wipe my ass hole,and it came clean. no poop or anything...then another one of my friends told me my butt stank. i don't understand why it gives off such a rancid smell. please help me with this stench. i don't need to be going to school with a stanky butt.
thank you,and have a nice day.

I'm new to the site as of today. I have been watching for splenda since about one month after it's debut. I also can't tolerate any false sugars. Until recently I was ok but now have problems daily. I will stop coffee and soda immediately and add cranberry juice to the metamucil I have been taking for the last 6 weeks. I will watch for Casein too. Good luck to you all.

I'm sooooooo happy to have found this page. You all are lifesavers! I've had this problem where my butt leaks a while after I poo in the loo or do work hard. One time we were in a long car ride and my bro was like wtf is that smell? And kept rolling down the window. I was like I dunno i think its the clothes in the back seat lol.

I've been stressing because I'm supposed to go to boot camp, but I don't want to be running around with poopy butt! This makes sense, because I recently moved out on my own (at 18, now 19m) and have basically eaten fast food everyday for lunch and dinner for a few months now. So more fiber!

I'll let ya know if it works or not.

I have read all these hundreds of comments about anal leakage and I am weirdly relieved to see I'm not the only guy on the planet suddenly coping with unwanted mucal ooze from my anus.

I am 46 years old, male, moderately overweight.
I don't eat the best diet -- too much coffee (though not THAT much red meat, hardly anything fried, etc.). I have had hemorrhoids on and off for 30 years, but the leakage started out of nowhere about three weeks ago.

I have a weird mysterious clear or yellowish fluid, sometimes with traces of light-red blood, but not much odor. Leakage is especially strong in the morning -- once or twice it has leaked through my trousers and this morning it stained the car seat! I have ruined several pairs of briefs.

I clean myself daily and almost always shower right after pooping. But now my anus is on an independent mission to embarrass me.

Some other factors:

** I have an especially painful, long-lasting hemhorroidal episode going on at present, and also a big case of pruritus ani (itchy rectal area) that seems to be spreading beyond my rectal area. It's never been so bad. Scratching this area is almost ORGASMIC. In the shower in the morning, I can't stop. I honestly fear I might scratch all the skin off my rectal zone and still not be able to quit.

** About six weeks ago I began taking an herbal colon cleanser and total body purifier. The initial results were great; I had two or three substantial poops daily and felt good. But about two weeks ago I quit taking these supplements when, on two occasions, they seemed to generate cramps, bloating and serious digestive pain. My family blamed Italian-style chicken wings from a restaurant, but I think it was the herbal supplements.

** For the last ten days I've eaten a LOT of food (Christmas holidays, etc.), drunk a lot of alcohol, but had only a couple of skimpy poops. Meanwhile the leakage issue has intensified.

** Anusol is terrific for regular minor hemhorroidal pain, MUCH better than Preparation H, but is of no help in this case. A diaper-rash ointment containing lanolin brings some temporary pain relief and kills the scratching urge for awhile, but it also greases things up even worse.

I will go on a fiber supplement ASAP (thanks for the advice) and drink more cranberry, but could the herbal colon-cleanser pills have damaged me somehow? This is driving me insane -- I have to sit at a desk most of the day.

Thank you all for sharing your problems... you are NOT alone.

Hello. I also have a leaky butt. I have some of the symptoms you fellows already listed. Like the sweating, smell, and poo leckage. But as i thought about i realized that the sweating comes when im around people. i get nervous that theyll start smelling my smell from my ass and thus i heat up and sweat more. Does this happen to anyboy else. Does fiber tablets, metamucils really help? Thanks.

Wow! I am smart enough to know that by no means could I be the only one with this problem, but "Holy Shit Batman" (pun intended) There are far more of us than I realised. I have seen my doctor about the problem and he has referred me to a consultant whom he describes as "The best bum man in Northern England" (yes, I am still wondering if that is a compliment about his work or his nocturnal habits!).

I shall certainly report here afterwards with his findings and suggestions.

I too can clean myself totally, visiting the bathroom on a morning and then after wiping, taking a shower and using the shower head as a sort of hand held bidet. I am spotless. Yet 30 minutes to an hour later I can feel that familiar itchy feeling (anyone know why poo can be soo itchy?) and need to re-wipe (my wife and I discretely refer to this as a secondary visit) I may as well not have bothered to wipe in the first place. This is not mucus or sweat, we are talking real poo, as much as if I had just defacated. Sometimes I can make one proper bathroom visit and spend the rest of the day making "secondary visits" - up to half a dozen of them! If for any reason I cannot get to a bathroom to clean myself again, the itchyness starts to become painful, to the extent that I can even have very slight bleeding from the tiny anal fissures! It is sometimes unbelievably urgent to wipe again to relieve the itchyness.

My most embarassing moment was when rising from a hotel bed one morning to find a large skid mark I had left there!!

Thank goodness I am not alone and can at long last share my situation with others who understand my embarrassment and despair.

Cheers

Steve

Hey all, thanks for talking about this stuff that can be too embarassing even to mention to doctors- especially now that they're all suddenly younger than me! I've had the problem of the stinky liquid leakage. As a female, I have the advantage of knowing about pantyliners- which are so thin you don't even notice them (Not like big menstrual pads that look puffy) and when you change them it's like a whole new pair of underwear. They're self-adhesive, get them in the feminine products section and tell anyone who asks that they're for catching oil dripping out of your engine or something. I highly recommend them- at least they'll keep things from going to your pants and showing through. And they have extra long ones too. One kind is Lightdays by Kotex I think, but the keyword is pantyliner. That's a little symptom relief for the time being.

As for further help, I've had some success for them moment- I've got my fingers crossed. My problem was specifically the very stinky liquid leakage, which was really grossing me out, nevermind the stress of having it discovered by a new boyfriend. I knew I was lactose intolerant, but I would take lactaid pills with any dairy to avoid bloating and all that. Well, I've cut out dairy completely and the leakage for now has stopped. After being off the dairy for a week, I cheated one day and sure enough I got the leakage for a few days after that. I think the dairy just sits in the gut creating problems. I still drink a cup of coffee every morning, but I use Silk soy creamer instead of cream. Not as good, but you get used to it. Better than butt juice in the morning!!

Also, I started taking psyllium husks (or Yerba Prima "Daily Fiber Formula" - no sugar or flavorings but goes down easier than plain psyllium). I do 3 spoonfulls a day with lots of water, 1 in the am, 1 afternoon, 1 night. Ramp up to the 3 like that one guy warned to avoid extra gas. Also get ready for some very big satisfying poos, and whatever clearing of the pipes that affords! If there are remnants hanging out in there (squatters not paying rent), being religious about the fiber seems to really help move everything through. (You can yell at them on the way out.)

My one other idea after reading a bunch (not all) of the posts- and forgive me if this sounds too simple- but it took me till a few years ago to figure it out- when you first go to wipe, since often there's a bit of a hanger-on lingering at the butt rim, first just brush off the area gently, like NO pressure- to grab whatever's there- it'll stick to the t.p. Then go in for the more thorough wiping. This way you avoid just smearing a whole chunk of poo all over the place. I know it's really obvious, it's like something mothers should teach but mine never did.

And finally, after all this sophisticated, articulate talk about poo, butts and leakage, I just want to bend down to the low road for a minute and say, to all the assholes and bitches who feel the need to tell us that they are on this site just reading about our misery for laughs: I HOPE YOU GET EXCRUCIATINGLY PAINFUL BLEEDING HEMORRHOIDS AND EXPLOSIVELY UNCONTROLLABLE SHITSPLOSIONS AND LOSE ALL YOUR FRIENDS AND ABILITY TO LAUGH AT THE SUFFERING OF OTHERS, you fucking losers.

To all my fellow sufferers, keep looking for solutions, you're not alone, next time you look down at your stained drawers, see the supportive smiles of us all!! In poopidarity, over and out.

great site. suprised so many people have similar issues.
my problem is im not sure what my issues are really. for starters, i know something is definitely wrong. but i dont know what. it started 3 weeks ago when i would be driving to work and it would feel like i was crapping myself. id get in work and got to wipe but nothing would be there. so i dont have poop leaking out, but its definitely wet. i dont know if its sweat or mucus. my craps were different and barely anything for a while, so i started taking Metamusil and it definitely helped. I crapped more often, more shit and less wetness. So i guess it was lack of fiber. i still dont know if this is from leakage of mucus (if that exists) or just plain sweat. the thing is im not really that hot when i feel the wetness, but i do have bad nerves and get nervous a lot. im 22/m/athletic and in shape. im thinking of getting that Odaban stuff someone recommended for excess sweating and seeing if that works. has anyone ever used it here? does it help????

great site again - crack head

PLEASE HELP.......... ... I HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM FOR OVER 5 YEARS NOW ... I ALSO HAVE HORRIBLE BREATH. WHEN I WAKE UP IN THE MORNING ALL THE SALIVA IN MY MOUTH IS COMPLETELY GONE. MY MOUTH IS SO DRY! AFTER I BRUSH, ABOUT 5 MINUTES LATER, I CAN TASTE "CRAP" (LITERALLY) IN MY MOUTH! THIS GOES ON ALL DAY EVERYDAY, NOTHING WORKS! ANYONE HAVE ANY HELP ON THIS??