Help. An actual saddle sore.

[Prairiedog]

Well this is actually quite interesting to me because before now...I had not thought about 'saddle sores'. Yikes!

As an ex-nurses aide working in a nursing home when I was in high school...we would treat bed sores by putting the old sun lamps on them. (This was the 70's) Butt the theory was the UV light would help to aid in the healing by drying the sore. If the bed sores were caught in the very beginning the light therapy did help tremendously and the sores would heal quickly. But, if the sore had gone unnoticed and was open...then more involved treatment was used besides the UV lights.

Okay, having said that...one of my kids was prone and I do mean PRONE to diaper rash when she was a babe. What worked to get rid of the rash was to wash the area of course and make sure it was clean and then I would thoroughly dry her entire bottom area (including in the butt crack) using a hair dryer. I started using this method after giving some thought to how we used to treat those bed sores in the nursing home because my ped. was only prescribing medication for dd's rash but that alone was not working. Once I started drying the area WELL with the blow dryer (set on low heat) and then apply the medicine the rash would clear up in a day or two.

So, try using a blow dryer on the sore a couple times a day especially if it is getting wet when you urinate. I would say the key is to keep it dry as possible and maybe even try a diaper rash ointment on it after you blow dry because the oinment will form a barrier for when you do urinate and might possibly rewet the sore.

Hope that was explicit enough! And goodluck getting that to heal.

Let me ask...is it just a sore red area or is it open and it oozes?