pruritis ani

[lemonsandelderflowers]

How do you know if you have worms or just an itchy bum? it does seem worse at night which is a symptom I know, but I haven't seen any in stools or paper.

[chough]

Could be piles, lemons: they can be intensely itchy.
You need a trip to the GP to be examined.

[Silvercatowner]

Threadworms are tiny, you wouldn't see them on paper. Get some Ovex and take that, if you are still itching then go to your doctor.

[overwhelmed34]

Get the gp to have a look. I suffered for about a year with this because I was too embarrassed. Turns out there was a fissure (unhealed since dds birth) and a week of steroid cream cleared it right up! I had assumed it was piles and so was taking stuff for that....which obviously didn't work!