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Used Cortizone Cream To Get Rid Of Red Rash. Reason For Leakage After Bowel Movement?
Question: Hi Trying to find out why there is leakage after a bowel movement It Burns and is very red and uncomfortable. I thought it may be bile leakage???? I have to use a cortizone cream to get rid of red rash
Hello, XXXXXXX,
Your history states that you had been diagnosed with "Crohn's ".
You say it has been inactive. Unfortunately , there is no cure for
this, but with effective Biologicals and immune modulator drugs
this can be controlled or keep it in remission. Crohn's is very well
known for recurrence.
Your decription of seapage after a bowel movement indicates that
you have developed a fistula. A small communication between the
bowel lumen and the skin outside. The discharge is what is causing
the rash. Cortisone cream can help the skin temporarily but does
not cure the fistula.
I am afraid that you have recurrent Crohn's and a possible fistula.
Please see your doctor and get a referral for a colo-rectal surgeon
or a gastroenterologist as soon as possible.
I wish you the very best.
Your history states that you had been diagnosed with "Crohn's ".
You say it has been inactive. Unfortunately , there is no cure for
this, but with effective Biologicals and immune modulator drugs
this can be controlled or keep it in remission. Crohn's is very well
known for recurrence.
Your decription of seapage after a bowel movement indicates that
you have developed a fistula. A small communication between the
bowel lumen and the skin outside. The discharge is what is causing
the rash. Cortisone cream can help the skin temporarily but does
not cure the fistula.
I am afraid that you have recurrent Crohn's and a possible fistula.
Please see your doctor and get a referral for a colo-rectal surgeon
or a gastroenterologist as soon as possible.
I wish you the very best.
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