I visited the doctor last week with very bad piles after a week of watery stools and she prescribed a steroid crème and some suppositories. The day after I woke with severe burning inside the cheeks of my bottom and perineum. I stopped using the crème and my daughter got me some metainium. She took over the cleaning and applying the salve and was alarmed at the mess I was in.. I contacted the gp again friday who prescribed different suppositories, trimodine and metanium which have been very little help. Friday night I woke with unbearable itching all over my body, and this has continued unabated and is driving me out of my mind. I cant wait for morning when I will try and see my gp, though I doubt it because I cannot walk, and feel violently sick when I stand up to go to the loo. I had breast cancer in 88 and suffer blood pressure, angina, arthritis and pernicious anaemia. help me please.