How come butthole scratches doesn't get infected with poop bacteria ?
Yeah, why is that if you wipe to vigorously and get scratches around your butthole, it doesn't get infected by all the poop ?
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Yeah, why is that if you wipe to vigorously and get scratches around your butthole, it doesn't get infected by all the poop ?
Hank Green asked this about anal fissures and had a bunch of doctors replying. From what I remember your immune system is different in different parts of your body and your body is prepared to handle it down there. Unless your immune system gets compromised then it can get infected.
Oh yeah, this is also the case with our eyeballs, right? They have their own little immune system in there.
That's scary.
Generally "poop bacteria" such as e-coli do not cause skin infections, they thrive in a different environment. Even infections in the anal region are generally caused by skin bacteria such as Staphylococcus.
Who are you who are so wise in the ways of science? :)
We have ourselves a pile of proctologists!
This sounds like something George Clooney's character in O Brother Where Art Thou might say.
Personally, a proverbial pile of proctologists pass as performers called "The Soggy Bottom Boys" perfectly.
Honestly I can hear it
Bum science, specifically...
SHE'S A WITCH!
Beyond skin infections, what happens when they enter your bloodstream? Id figure that'd happen with a broken hemorrhoid, since it's basically and open wound that poop just sits on all day
Now that is something I've never thought about before and also wish I hadn't read.
Anyway, I googled it, and hemorrhoids are actually not necessarily open wounds, and if they are, at least the blood is flowing outwards which might hinder the bacteria from getting into the blood stream. The bacteria from the asshole doesn't survive well outside the intestines, so there's a low risk of them crawling back up into an open wound.
However it does happen, and that could cause blood poisoning, which is potentially lethal if untreated. You'd probably want to treat it though because you'd experience severe fever and other clear signs.
I'll achieve this knowledge in the "don't worry about it" folder.
Yeah I've since googled it too! The fact that the symptoms are something where it's obvious there's something severely wrong and that it's treatable in hospital reassured me, too. I've also realised that it's similar to toxic shock from a tampon, which I never worry about, but am glad to know is a small possibility. Sorry to worry you/gross you out though!
They do. It’s why you have an immune system. You’re literally being attacked millions of times per day but keep it in check.
Ahem…kept in cheek😆
good one!
The gist of it is thicker skin, stronger immune system presence down there, higher blood flow down there.
Shouldn't this be in lemmy shitpost?
Those of the shitpost delegation accept that this post is shitty, but do not grant it the title of shitpost.
insert plug for a bidet
Insert corny joke about plugs and bidets in same sentence
Insert butt plug
The skin on your body isn't uniform; it's at varying textures and thicknesses in different parts, and its absorbency varies in different parts, as well.
The skin around your anus is very resistant to infection due to its particular mixture of these properties.
So we have thick a holes?
(insert fat joke)
(also insert insertion-into-rectum joke)
(also insert rectum-no-dang-near-killed-em joke)
Reads like a strange dialect of lisp.
I just tried to turn my comment into a lisp joke, but realized I don't really know lisp as well as I used to 35+ years ago, and I'm not going to reteach it to myself for the sake of a joke. Sorry. 🤣😂
It can happen. And when it does, it can be horrendously painful and hard to treat.
What are you wiping with????
80 grit
rookie move, you start at 100 and move up to higher numbers until smooth.
Oh my pkcell
I just puckered involuntarily.
He doesn't know how to use the three shells.
So do you just scoop it out with those shells or what?
Dry paper is abrasive.
You’re not supposed to use regular paper
Because my oral hygiene is very good.
Just messaging so I can return and check answers here. I'm curious as well.
Just messaging so I can remember to save comments in the future
upvotes angrily
.... good point, I forgot about that. Thank you.
Is that toilet paper?
Bidet
too French.
Biden
You can say it however you want. Just let it cleanse you.
Do you wipe with a cheese grater?
I don't understand how you are scratching you brown eye when you wipe.
1-ply public washroom paper is not far off a cheese grater, so..
superhero whos entire body is a butt. never gets diseases
Dammit, Assy
MCGEE, IN MY OFFICE NOW
Tell that to my workplace. They have the worst toilet paper in there. I won't pass on an opportunity to poop on the job, best possible use of my time.
For a while I took my own toilet paper to work it was that bad
works in a literal jail
Of course, the 20 years of trucking before that, has made my butthole very tough.
Wait..
That did not come out right!
Seconded.
Also, a bidet.
Certainly would make getting those blumpkins more pleasant
:|
Im pretty sure they can if deep enough.
When the tissue you're wiping with gets torn, you need to use another one, not continue with the torn one.
Edit: Adding in a /s, in case it was not obvious 🥲
But unless the TP turns red to signal you're done, how do you know? ;-)
Seriously. Wipe until the brown turns red.
People still not using a bidet in 2025.. smh
I always forget to bring my bidet with me when I go on a trip!
If you're joking, you should buy a portable bidet and keep it in your luggage.
I've seen exactly one airport bathroom with private sinks, and zero airplanes where I think I can manage that.
And I'm not gonna comment on the incident on the #9 bus.
Haha... Yeah, true, a portable bidet isn't good for public restrooms, but for a hotel room, they're great.
Bidet pulled out of the race late 2024. Read the news.
November rolls around: "Is bidet running for president?" trends on search engines
A politician with a proven track record of actually cleaning shit up?
They’ve got my vote.
home ownership is a faraway dream for a lot of people, and apartments generally won't let you install one :(
I'm living in an RV, still have a bidet. I've also installed them in countless apartments either for myself or people I know. As long as you remove it before moving out, they don't care.
You would stop getting butthole scratches if you started using a bidet. Gah. Americans are so gross.
Explain to me how not using a bidet is an American thing? I've traveled to many countries and rarely seen a bidet. I know several Americans who use bidets, myself included. Just got back from Europe actually, where I witnessed zero bidets. Glad I took my portable one.
Also why are you assuming op is American?
Because America is an easy target. Half the country demonstrated beyond doubt that they're too stupid to be in charge of a pet rock. We're low hanging fruit because of that. I can't say I disagree either.
This is just bizarre and irrelevant.
They're probably just overall frustrated with the country. Somehow though "stupid politics" means go ahead and insult and generalize the people for random and inaccurate things like not using a bidet.
I certainly understand being frustrated with the US. I am. It's a piece of shit politically. But yeah it's a weird thing to just randomly accuse any given thing you don't like of being american. Strictly speaking, it's bigotry. But further, it's just stupid.
We’re talking about open anus wounds. The current American government is especially relevant, since the sitting president is an open anus wound gifted with the ability to speak.
China just has a hole in the ground. Toilet paper is optional.
We had bidets in France in the 80/90s but it's not a thing anymore.
Yeah I haven't seen them in France on my trips there. I really have only seen them in the middle east and I also saw (a very old school) one in a hotel room in Italy.
signature look of European superiority
bidets are slowly catching on in America! my parents got one like seven years ago, and if I didn't live in an apartment, I'd get one too lol. they're rare (and there's none in most businesses) but eventually we'll get there
You can get a bidet that attaches to virtually any toilet for like $30. Pretty easy to install/uninstall in most cases too. Check out Luxe bidets. I've had good luck with them.
I wanted to get one of these butt my wife said no so that was the end of my dream. I use cottonelle butt wipes like a savage instead 😞.
lol at that spelling
Lol it was intentional 😂!
haha I was hoping :D (was funny either way though)
If she didn't want a bidet, couldn't she just not use it herself? Why do you have to do without?
Idk she's weird like that. If I were to get one she just wouldn't use that toilet. Granted we have two butt she doesn't wanted to be limited to using just one lol.
if they involve the plumbing in anyway, it's not allowed at my apartment, otherwise I'd get one!
Sure -- you know best for your situation. Just throwing it out there that it's normally just an already-exposed water line that you turn off, flush the toilet, then disconnect and put the bidet inline, then reconnect. So it's not really a high risk thing. See this video if you're interested at all: https://youtu.be/4SDpzj6wTMQ?t=249
I've installed and uninstalled these things in like 7 apartments now I think :) No one ever told me I couldn't, but if they had I probably would have done it anyway since I'd make sure it was done right and did not leak.
hmm, I may give it a go then
Nice.