I’ve had rectal pain (basically, my anus hurts or feels tight a lot of the time, sometimes worse when making a bowel movement) for the past four years. A few times I’ve had sharp pain that seems like it’s definitely an anal fissure, but a lot of times it just feels like I can’t unclench that muscle. I always thought I had an overly tight anal sphincter, but now I’ve noticed a lump and wonder if it might be hemorrhoids instead. I thought those only happened to older folks, though — and I’m 18. I’m super shy about talking to my doctor (there are unrelated reasons for that) and wonder if any of you could give me insight so I could maybe try a home remedy first. I’m anatomically female, if it matters, which I suspect it doesn’t.

about 5-6 days ago i had my hemorrhoids flare up and there was a little blood on my toilet paper and a few drops in the toilet. after the second day i used preparation H and it went away the next day however the day before it went away i started to feel slightly gassy and had some slight pain in my intestines. i still have that now. i don’t feel any different other than some gassyness and a slight burning in my colon ( it kind of blends in with gas pain). i would go to the doctor and ask but i dont have health care. i tend to worry alot about minute things but some symptoms sound like colorectal cancer. im also 20 years old have a pretty clean bill of health and im pretty sure no one in my family has had issues with this kind of cancer.

any idea what this might be?
i should also add that i dont have diarrhea and i dont think im constipated. but when i do have a movement its small.
other symptoms-
odd sharp pain near belly button
very slight burning when i urinate sometimes.
my diet usually consists of a bowl of cereal in the morning, usually a peanut butter and jelly sandwich for lunch, and just about anything for dinner. fruits and vegetables are scarce.

i was going to the bathroom and noticed that i was bleeding a lot. i thought that it was just my period starting early, but then i learned it was coming from my ass. there’s no pain and the blood is bright red, and lots of it. i’m getting really freaked out, and i kind of have issues with my parents so it’d be really awkward to tell them this. what should i do?
is hemorrhoids serious?
i haven’t had anal sex

Sporadic. Been a few weeks now. once in a while (once a week) I either have blood in the stool or perhaps get a nosebleed out of nowhere (i.e. I was not "diggin for gold" up there).

I’m wondering if they’re even related…
Just wanted to add: I’m 22 (well, in 2 days) so not hemorrhoids. relatively healthy.

no, not gay so no anal sex (hence the SN), and from what I could tell, it wasn’t IN the stool. Just came with out with it.

wow. I hope you guys aren’t having lunch right now.

anyways, still curious as to what it might be, although I guess will go see a doctor (damn. I hate hospitals)

thanks for the comments.

I woke up this morning with a throbbing rectal pain and at first I thought it was hemorrhoids, but there’s no blood or itchy feeling. It’s been a whole day and it still hurts. What’s wrong? (I exercised a lot last night, could that caused it).
I used the elliptical for a while. Much longer than I usually do.

I woke up this morning with a throbbing rectal pain and at first I thought it was hemorrhoids, but there’s no blood or itchy feeling. It’s been a whole day and it still hurts. What’s wrong? (I exercised a lot last night, could that caused it).
I used the elliptical for a while. Much longer than I usually do.

Hello,

A little over two weeks ago, I experienced really weird and very painful pain in my upper abdomen. It felt like a wave of pain was going from one side to the other. I never had that before, so I ended up spending a day at the hospital. They made me do blood tests, since they suspected I might have had a case of appendicitis. I also did a few chest x-rays, I believe in order to check if there was any obstruction in my intestine, because they also suspected constipation. None of them turned out positive for any of those signs. The general surgeon could not understand what it was. Whenever he pressed on at the top in between my lower ribs, I would be in a lot of pain. In the end, he told me that I might just have constipation, and to just improve my diet with lots of fiber and liquids.

I began doing so, but then whenever I go to the washroom now, I have rectal bleeding with pain. I find it on the toilet paper and in the bowl as well. I’ve been doing some readings, and what I’ve found was that I might have a case of hemorrhoids, which would explain the bleeding. I’ve been trying to keep up a high fiber diet, although I must admit I might not be taking the 35g recommendation. I will start taking Metamucil, so hopefully that’ll help a bit.

Looking back at what I had, I’m really worried that I might have a type of colon cancer. Is it possible with the symptoms I had/have? Has anyone else experienced this and found any answers?

I would greatly appreciate it if anyone could help,

Thank you

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?

stool test came back positive for blood twice, but during this time she had inflammed hemorrhoids. After the suppository treatment, she no longer has any pain or straining during bowel movement and all visible signs of red blood on the stool and toilet paper have disappeared. So how likely is this to be something more serious like colorectal cancer? She is now due to repeat the stool test again

I’ve been having some bothersome symptoms lately. I’m 29 years old. I was just reading about the death of Joel Siegel. He died of colorectal cancer. So as I was reading about it, I found out the symptoms of colorectal cancer & I have actually been having several of these symptoms for some time now. Since the birth of my daughter early this year. Would it be really unlikely that I would have colorectal cancer? Like I said I’m 29 years old. These are the symptoms I’m having:
- chronic constipation
- a little bit of rectal bleeding (this doesn’t happen every day tho)
- pain during and after having a bm
- unexplainable fatigue & feeling of weakness despite me getting a full 8 hours of sleep & sometimes I even get more
Those are the recurring symptoms I’ve been having. Do you think it could be colorectal cancer? I’m hoping it’s just hemorrhoids as I also read from an article on webmd that hemorrhoids can also cause bleeding in the digestive tract & since I had baby not long ago…
by the way here’s the link to the article about colorectal cancer. It contains a list of many of the symptoms caused by having colorectal cancer that I got off of webmd.

http://www.webmd.com/colorectal-cancer/symptoms-colorectal-cancer

I believe after research online that I have IBS. The symptoms started out as going back and forth with very soft to hard stools. Also extreme rectal burning pain that comes and goes. It is so bad sometimes I had started taking motrin, tylenol or Excedrin. I also noticed I have a small bump the size of a bebe on my rectum. Sometimes it feels like I have a cut down there and if urine hits it I want to scream it burns so bad. Lately I have been constipated and not going regularly. I have tried Preparation H but it doesn’t work at all. I don’t think I have hemorrhoids since it isn’t swollen…just the bebe size bump and feeling like a cut sometimes. Up until recently, I have never had issues with constipation and went regularly 3-4 times a day. when I wear nylons since they tighten everything up, I notice I have more problems with the pain. It isn’t non stop, but when it’s really bad I take the over the counter pain medicine that helps relieve it. I don’t have medical insurance so I can’t go to the dr. I think this pretty much covers most of it. This is obviously very embarrassing to talk about, but it is very painful sometimes and I don’t know what to do about it. Any help anyone can provide me would be so much appreciated. thank you so much!

I have been having pain around my rectal area for the past few days. At first I thought that it might be hemorrhoids that I caught early, as there was nothing protruding from the rectum. So I bought hemorrhoidal suppositories and external creme and have been using it. This morning I felt a lot better, but then as the day went on and I went to work and stood for a long period of time the pain worsened. It feels more like my anal cavity is bruised. I am not sure if it is hemorrhoids, or if it could be something else. I’m sorry if I have given too much information, I don’t want to gross anyone out.
I really appreciate all of your help. I have not had any bleeding. However, doesn’t a rectal exam hurt?