Yeah, why is that if you wipe to vigorously and get scratches around your butthole, it doesn't get infected by all the poop ?
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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weariedfae@sh.itjust.works · 116 pts · 328d
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.
Winter_Oven@piefed.social · 29 pts · 328d
Oh yeah, this is also the case with our eyeballs, right? They have their own little immune system in there.
Elaine@lemmy.world · 33 pts · 328d
thatradomguy@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 328d
That's scary.
fredofredo@lemmy.world · 86 pts · 328d
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.
BagOfHeavyStones@piefed.social · 49 pts · 328d
Who are you who are so wise in the ways of science? :)
miss_demeanour@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 22 pts · 328d
We have ourselves a pile of proctologists!
redhorsejacket@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 328d
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.
vinceman@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 328d
Honestly I can hear it
Apepollo11@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 328d
Bum science, specifically...
Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 328d
SHE'S A WITCH!
Droggelbecher@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 328d
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
bstix@feddit.dk · 5 pts · 327d
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.
Droggelbecher@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 327d
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!
stoly@lemmy.world · 44 pts · 328d
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.
dickalan@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 328d
Ahem…kept in cheek😆
stoly@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 327d
good one!
Bongles@lemmy.zip · 34 pts · 328d
The gist of it is thicker skin, stronger immune system presence down there, higher blood flow down there.
LemmingOnTheEdge@lemmy.world · 32 pts · 328d
Shouldn't this be in lemmy shitpost?
YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today · 7 pts · 328d
Those of the shitpost delegation accept that this post is shitty, but do not grant it the title of shitpost.
pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 24 pts · 328d
insert plug for a bidet
thatradomguy@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 328d
Insert corny joke about plugs and bidets in same sentence
LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 328d
Insert butt plug
Chozo@fedia.io · 20 pts · 328d
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.
thatradomguy@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 328d
So we have thick a holes?
HiTekRedNek@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 327d
(insert fat joke)
(also insert insertion-into-rectum joke)
(also insert rectum-no-dang-near-killed-em joke)
AusatKeyboardPremi@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 327d
Reads like a strange dialect of lisp.
HiTekRedNek@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 327d
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. 🤣😂
swordgeek@lemmy.ca · 17 pts · 328d
It can happen. And when it does, it can be horrendously painful and hard to treat.
Quilotoa@lemmy.ca · 13 pts · 328d
What are you wiping with????
Denjin@feddit.uk · 51 pts · 328d
80 grit
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 14 pts · 328d
rookie move, you start at 100 and move up to higher numbers until smooth.
levzzz@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 328d
Oh my pkcell
Jimmycrackcrack@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 327d
I just puckered involuntarily.
mhi@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 328d
He doesn't know how to use the three shells.
Darkenfolk@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 328d
So do you just scoop it out with those shells or what?
TrickDacy@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 328d
Dry paper is abrasive.
AA5B@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 327d
You’re not supposed to use regular paper
Zozano@aussie.zone · 11 pts · 327d
Because my oral hygiene is very good.
Taalnazi@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 328d
Just messaging so I can return and check answers here. I'm curious as well.
lena@gregtech.eu · 43 pts · 328d
Carnelian@lemmy.world · 41 pts · 328d
Just messaging so I can remember to save comments in the future
lena@gregtech.eu · 26 pts · 328d
upvotes angrily
Taalnazi@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 327d
.... good point, I forgot about that. Thank you.
moseschrute@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 327d
Is that toilet paper?
deacon@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 328d
Bidet
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 328d
too French.
6nk06@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 327d
Biden
deacon@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 328d
You can say it however you want. Just let it cleanse you.
allo@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 328d
superhero whos entire body is a butt. never gets diseases
sopularity_fax@sopuli.xyz · 6 pts · 327d
Dammit, Assy
iamericandre@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 327d
MCGEE, IN MY OFFICE NOW
the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 328d
Do you wipe with a cheese grater?
I don't understand how you are scratching you brown eye when you wipe.
IronKrill@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 328d
1-ply public washroom paper is not far off a cheese grater, so..
cloudless@piefed.social · 3 pts · 328d
synapse1278@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 328d
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.
bradboimler@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 328d
For a while I took my own toilet paper to work it was that bad
HiTekRedNek@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 327d
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!
Blumpkinhead@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 328d
Seconded.
Also, a bidet.
TrickDacy@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 328d
Certainly would make getting those blumpkins more pleasant
gilokee@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 328d
:|
HubertManne@piefed.social · 2 pts · 327d
Im pretty sure they can if deep enough.
Winter_Oven@piefed.social · 0 pts · 328d
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 🥲
corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca · 8 pts · 328d
But unless the TP turns red to signal you're done, how do you know? ;-)
Tujio@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 328d
Seriously. Wipe until the brown turns red.
Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com · -1 pts · 328d
People still not using a bidet in 2025.. smh
friend_of_satan@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 328d
I always forget to bring my bidet with me when I go on a trip!
TrickDacy@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 328d
If you're joking, you should buy a portable bidet and keep it in your luggage.
corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 328d
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.
TrickDacy@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 328d
Haha... Yeah, true, a portable bidet isn't good for public restrooms, but for a hotel room, they're great.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 328d
Bidet pulled out of the race late 2024. Read the news.
edgemaster72@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 328d
November rolls around: "Is bidet running for president?" trends on search engines
Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 327d
A politician with a proven track record of actually cleaning shit up?
They’ve got my vote.
JandroDelSol@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 328d
home ownership is a faraway dream for a lot of people, and apartments generally won't let you install one :(
Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 327d
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.
Mammal@lemmy.world · -14 pts · 328d
You would stop getting butthole scratches if you started using a bidet. Gah. Americans are so gross.
TrickDacy@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 328d
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?
db2@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 328d
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.
TrickDacy@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 328d
This is just bizarre and irrelevant.
Bongles@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 328d
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.
TrickDacy@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 328d
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.
OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 327d
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.
6nk06@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 327d
We had bidets in France in the 80/90s but it's not a thing anymore.
TrickDacy@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 327d
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.
Flax_vert@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 328d
China just has a hole in the ground. Toilet paper is optional.
Electric_Druid@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 328d
signature look of European superiority
JandroDelSol@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 328d
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
TrickDacy@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 328d
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.
HulkSmashBurgers@reddthat.com · 3 pts · 328d
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 😞.
TrickDacy@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 328d
lol at that spelling
HulkSmashBurgers@reddthat.com · 2 pts · 328d
Lol it was intentional 😂!
TrickDacy@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 328d
haha I was hoping :D (was funny either way though)
edgemaster72@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 328d
If she didn't want a bidet, couldn't she just not use it herself? Why do you have to do without?
HulkSmashBurgers@reddthat.com · 2 pts · 327d
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.
JandroDelSol@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 328d
if they involve the plumbing in anyway, it's not allowed at my apartment, otherwise I'd get one!
TrickDacy@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 328d
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.
JandroDelSol@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 326d
hmm, I may give it a go then
TrickDacy@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 326d
Nice.