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Anal itching

BMJ 2016; 355 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.i4931 (Published 04 November 2016) Cite this as: BMJ 2016;355:i4931

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Re: Anal itching

Personally I find the laundry detergent factor very important and no doubt unsuspected by many sufferers and perhaps their doctors too. This is worse when sitting -- e.g. on a long journey or even by long periods of reading or sitting for desk/keyboard tasks. This was not something I learned as a medical student!

Competing interests: No competing interests

05 November 2016
William L Alexander
Ophthalmologist
Redcliffe, Queensland, Australia