Talk:Sitz bath

Discrepancy as a treatment for anal fissures
There seems to be a complete inconsistency between the last sentence in the last paragraph of this article, "Sitz baths are not recommended in the management of anal fissures" (italics mine and emphasis added) and what is said in the Treatment section of the article on Anal fissures, where the last sentence of the first paragraph says "Customary treatments include warm sitz baths, topical anesthetics, high-fiber diet and stool softeners" (again italics mine and emphasis added). Martnym (talk) 23:54, 12 January 2011 (UTC)


 * After some research and finding several references say sitz baths were good for treating anal fissures, I changed the article to reflect this (and added citations) thereby removing the discrepancy noted. Martnym (talk) 01:38, 13 January 2011 (UTC)


 * One of the reasons for the prescription of sitz baths by MDs (mainly by gastroenterologists, colo-rectal surgeons, and radiation oncologists) for clients with fissures, frequently 2 x day, is that the area has relatively poor circulation. When the internal sphincter muscle of the anal canal spasms, the area can become outright ischemic. The warm baths are meant, in this case, to help relax the ISM in order to keep the circulation as robust as possible so that the fissures have a chance of healing. Even in cases of inflammation, hemorrhoids, and radiation injury, sitz baths also help increase circulation with the purpose of healing those conditions, too. Thank you, Wordreader (talk) 03:18, 17 December 2014 (UTC)

Redundancy in opening paragraphs and section on uses
Information appears to be copied from one section into the other, making the article sound very redundant. 98.252.0.235 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 05:25, 25 February 2011 (UTC).

Add picture
Please add picture or link. Do "sitz-baths" include the side door "walk-in" sitting baths? HalFonts (talk) 19:07, 24 March 2012 (UTC)

History
Information about the historic origin and usage of the sitz bath seems almost nonexistent, except for the introduction of Victorian sitz bath tubs. if anyone has more information, please include it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Billybareblu (talk • contribs) 16:01, 7 March 2017 (UTC)

Lack of evidence
There are a number of claims made about sitz baths in this article and in medicine in general. Some of these claims are confusing at best (eg using baking soda or vinegar as if they are similar things when they change the water pH in different directions.) there is little to no actual evidence cited in the article because it doesn’t really exist. At a minimum there this lack of evidence should be clearly stated and the claims that sitz baths are good for “x” should be qualified 174.21.142.214 (talk) 05:14, 30 November 2022 (UTC)