Bleeding at the top of butt crack

[Mr. D]

I have a raw area at the very top of, well, my buttcrack.  It bleeds a little when I am on the toilet, as I notice a small streak of bright red blood on the TP after wiping.  I can actually feel the area stretch when I sit on the toilet because it is so raw.  I get this two or three times a year.  It stings when I am in the shower and I gently spread the area to clean with a washcloth.  When I try to search for my symptoms, I get a lot of hits for pilonidal cyst, but even though some of my symptoms are similar, it does not seem to be it.  There is no lump, no extra hole or slit.  It is just very red, raw and itchy.  Is this area susceptible to becoming irritated because it is constantly being stretched?  Does anybody else have this issue, and if so, what do you do to alleviate the symptoms?

[gtcar]

i've had the same exact thing happening for years now. the only otc stuff i've found that works is cortisone .`10 with ALOE. the regular without aloe did no good.

[almelt]

I know everyone has their own theories but I'm pretty sure this is a pilonidal cyst. Google it and you'll see. One of my friends had this exact same thing and had to have surgery. Don't wait too late to see a doctor!

[hick775]

I had this problem on my  natal cleft and scrotum for months. I wanted to write because the condition is often miss diagnosed. The cause is from a skin fungus called Tinea. It is cured by Lamisil but sometimes it takes a stronger med (cream or oral antifungal) that you can get from your doc. The bad thing is sometimes docs perscribe a steroid cream to speed healing before the fungal infection is cured. This means the fungi is healed under your skin and will keep comming back for further flare ups. I fought this for 6 months before a dermatologist finally figured it out. The secret is to kill the fungus thats growing under the top layer of skin. There is a good anti-fungal powder I use everyday its called Zeasorb-AF its expensive $7.00 for 2.5oz but its worth it not to have this menace return.  

[curiousavita]

thank you for sharing. I have the same symptoms as yours. only now it open a new perspective for my own treatment. i have had this irritating problem for a couple of years. (it comes & goes) i manage to help myself until recently to powder the infected areas & using some anti fugus cream. although it wasn't a full recovery, the itch & red blisters keep coming back but it was much better than before. I will apply your recommendation & hopefully will get this jock thingy out of the way permanently. so glad to read about this.

[glorygirl11]

I've had this aweful itching for a while now and it has usually gone away after a week or so. Lately it seems to want to stay around longer to the point that I've now had it for almost a month. It's a little above my tailbone to the top of my butt crack. I went to the doctor yesturday, they took some swabs and are sendng it to the lab to try to figure out what it is and how to treat it. It was more of a funny expirience then it was trumatizing.
It had itched so much that I would sctach it til it bled. For some reason I thought it was a yeast infection... I don;t know. I just want it gone forever. I'll post the results in the next few days on what it is and how my doctor is treating it. I hope it's quick and painless nad I hope it helps you.

[diamondprincess]

Female, 30's, same problem. Butt crack tear.  

A little before the butt crack tear began I had successfully went through a 2 week course treating jock itch.  Based on these replys, I believe its quite possible the jock itch has spread because I distinctly remember not applying it that far.  I will do my Lamisil treatment on that area for 2 weeks and see what happens.  It is annoying to say the least.

LADIES:  Many of us don't realize we can get jock itch too and yeast infection cream will not get rid of it permanently because we only use that cream until our symptoms go away.  Jock itch requires a more aggressive/lengthy treatment.  I battled female jock itch (self diagnosed) for nearly 8 years.  I was going back and forth to the doctor getting put on rx strength Nystatin, anti-inflammatories and steriods.  All my STD tests came back negative.  I did the herpes blood test and it was negative for 1&2.  Plus, I have never had a cold sore in my life.  

By the time I got to the doctor, symptoms would be less noticable and it would never completely go away.  It was disappointing for me and puzzling for them.  Then I read about jock itch and felt like it was worth checking out.  Treated myself for 4-6 weeks because of the length of time I have been suffering and VIOLA! it went away.  The irritation was always around the creases where my legs meet my thighs near the vaginal opening (come and went type flare ups, would get tender and swollen from rubbing and scratching).  I also noticed that it seemed to flare up around my cycle.  At first I thought it may have been the menstrual pads so I changed to cotton.  All kinds of things to get this under control.  I noticed that I was sweating in that area a lot at night around that time too and that was the only place I sweated.  Lamisil cured it.  It may be jock itch.

I told my story somewhere else and another girl contacted me saying she used it to cure herself too.

I hope this helps all women who may need it because I wouldn't want anyone to feel as incapacitated as I did during that time.

Good luck