Why you MUST tell your doctor about your itchy bottom: It's the symptom so many of my patients are too embarrassed to ask about but this is why you can't ignore it... and how to deal with it for good, writes DR RAJ ARORA

People will discuss chest pain and bowel habits in extraordinary detail when they come to see me in clinic. But mention an itchy bottom and they suddenly look deeply uncomfortable.

Why you MUST tell your doctor about your itchy bottom: It's the symptom so many of my patients are too embarrassed to ask about but this is why you can't ignore it... and how to deal with it for good, writes DR RAJ ARORA
People will discuss chest pain and bowel habits in extraordinary detail when they come to see me in clinic. But mention an itchy bottom and they suddenly look deeply uncomfortable.