Help! Rectal bleeding, pain, and mucus?!?
Hi, I am eleven years old and have a pretty good health history and I don’t get sick very often. I didn’t pass bowel movements for a week or so, and I told my mom. A day later I finally went just a tiny bit. It’s been three days since I’ve passed a bowel. Finally, just now, I went. This is gross, but I couldn’t go so I stuck toilet paper on my finger and put it up my anus. I took it out and there was a big amount of blood. I repeated the process and showed my mom. Then, I went a couple pebbles of bowel movement, and there was blood. She said she wasn’t too concerned. I kept trying to go and it was painful. I don’t think I got all my bowel out, but now my anus feels really swollen and it really hurts. It almost feels like it’s "tight." There was also some dark mucus in my bowel. I didn’t eat anything out of the ordinary. I looked at my butt on the inside in the mirror and there are three giant red swollen lumps inside. My mom said they are hemorrhoids and was puzzled because she never heard of a child getting one. She bought me some cream but i’m still on the toilet for hours and hours in bouts of pain. I have anxiety and don’t feel comfortable with a doctor looking in there. I got pepto bismol, stool softener medicine, cream, and an enema. I used the enema and it really stung. All that came out was the enema, and it looked like my butt was urinating. It also burned. I just went and a gallon of mucus came out. What should I do? Could it be something other then a hemorrhoid? What could it be?
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Denisedds (88)
Sounds like fecal impaction and hemorrhoids. Call a doctor. This is not normal for an 11 year old.
Not exactly about the mucous but as for your constipation you need to stop straining and digging out the "compaction" that’s dangerous! You can get an infection or injure your intestines! If the laxatives don’t work you need more fiber in your diet! try warm h20, exercise, oatmeal, carrots, beans, peas, etc.
It sounds like you have hemorrhoids and it sounds very serious.I think you should go to the Doctor ASAP. Because if you dont it can get worse
you should really go to the doctor!!!!
seriously!!!
I used to do that rectal stimulation thing at roughly the same age (well, I learned it from my parents!) – I think you must have given yourself hemorroids by not lubing your finger.
Hemorroids is probably what you’ve got – usually easy to treat with OTC products but because of the constipation preceding it, you should probably see the doctor as well.