Mucus During Treatment
Hello,
I am into my 4th week of radiation. I have been diagnosed with Stage IIIA anal cancer. I feel as if I have a raging yeast infection because all I want to do is scratch. And...I have mucus when I go to the bathroom and smells awful. Does any of this sound normal?
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Yes, but my itching started
Yes, but my itching started much later. I was super itchy but more weeks 6 and 7 and 8. Terrible itching. And I had alot of mucus as well. Just have them check you out when are in to the doctor next. They maybe can give you something for the itching. I used alot of different medicines in week 7 and 8 and none of them really helped all that much. But there are former posts about itching on this forum, unless they were lost when the site crashed. I guess it is also possible that you could have a yeast infection at the same time as radiation, but it is probably from the radiation. I used products for feminine itching, benadryl cream, witch hazel, etc. I found baby power itself somewhat comforting. I forget which product I liked the best for itching, I will try to remember.
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Here are some previous posts.annie4145 said:Yes, but my itching started
Yes, but my itching started much later. I was super itchy but more weeks 6 and 7 and 8. Terrible itching. And I had alot of mucus as well. Just have them check you out when are in to the doctor next. They maybe can give you something for the itching. I used alot of different medicines in week 7 and 8 and none of them really helped all that much. But there are former posts about itching on this forum, unless they were lost when the site crashed. I guess it is also possible that you could have a yeast infection at the same time as radiation, but it is probably from the radiation. I used products for feminine itching, benadryl cream, witch hazel, etc. I found baby power itself somewhat comforting. I forget which product I liked the best for itching, I will try to remember.
Here are some previous posts. (I think that I ended up taking baths and using an anti-itch cream (Cortisol???), I don't remember. I was also diagnosed with 3a, and am doing really well 15 post treatment. Where are you treating at?
https://csn.cancer.org/node/221666
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annie 4145
you might want to reconsider the use of baby powder in the treatment area; Johnson & Johnson has recently recalled some of their baby powder products because of asbestos concerns; this is in addition to the cases against J & J for ovarian and other gynecologic cancers possibly associated with baby powder.
I found sitz baths and just lying in a warm bathtub very soothing. I used aquaphor and later aquaphor with lidocaine; also, nurses gave me domboro soaks(sic)
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