painful bump in anus

Hi Doc thanks so much im going to the docter...

I don't know if there is a bump on my anus because I don't ever spread my buttcheecks apart. What really scares me is that some of you found it INSIDE your anus.

same as me years ago, I began eating museli for breakfast, but I swear by drinking lemon/ ginger honey tea, no more probs for sev yrs.

Yes, I am sure I know what this is from your excellent description, and it is nothing to do with cancer and not serious.

I am sorry to hear about your mum. I can understand why you are worrying.

What you describe is a perianal haematoma, or external pile. Despite this name, it is not actually a pile at all, but is really like a blood blister such as you get on your thumb if you trap it or hit it with a hammer.

What causes a blood blister in this situation is that when the bowels are opened the anus stretches, and sometimes a tiny blood vessel will rupture and cause a leak of blood just under the skin.

It raises a pea-sized swelling right on the margin of the opening of the anus. It is very tender at first, because the skin is stretched over it in this very sensitive region, and when it is further stretched by passing a stool, it is even worse.

Most of these haematomas do not need any treatment. I expect that by the time you read this, yours is already getting more comfortable.

In time it will become pain free, and then it will slowly start to shrink in size, but it may be a few weeks before it disappears altogether.

When they are very large they can be excruciatingly painful and sometimes it is better to carry out a small procedure to let the blood out to relieve the pain. I am sure this will not be necessary in your case.

One other thing to mention is that sometimes as it is getting better, the thin skin over the blood blister bursts, and some very dark coloured bits of blood may be seen. If this happens, don't worry.

Just keep the area scrupulously clean and it will soon stop bleeding and heal up.

There is one more thing I am going to mention, although you have not asked about it. You are only 20, so I guess your mum was only relatively young when she had bowel cancer.

I am not trying to make you worried here, but I feel I should mention, if you do not know this already, that some forms of colon cancer can be hereditary.

This does not mean that you are going to get it, but the chances may be a little higher for you than the rest of the population.

If your doctor has not mentioned this to you, then there may be nothing to worry about, but I think you should ask your mum's doctor about what sort of colon cancer she had.

Remember in future that if you get bowel symptoms like diarrhoea alternating with constipation, bleeding from the rectum, passing mucus, or weight loss, you should always mention this family history to the doctors.

Please don't let this cause you undue anxiety, but I thought I should just mention it.

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I have a bump mines pink but it itches its not painfull it just feel like a itchy scab but i feel a bump inside that doesnt decrease it has been there for one month or two i been noticed it but it havent hurted so i stopped paying attention to it but since it havent went away im starting to get a bit concernd

Colace works very well but there is another alternative you might like to try, it is coconut capsules, extra virgin. I take one on the morning and one after dinner and have no problem any longer.
Be warned you will move your bowels more easily and may experience a little loose stool issue for the first week or so. Your body needs to adjust to it.

I have a pea sized almost pimple on my anus I have read a lot of things and decided it might be a blood blister. The only difference I have from others is that I have almost brown brusing around my anus to the edge of my but I only noticed it recently it doesn't hurt but my anus and the pea sized pimple are purple I'm gonna wait it out 5 days before telling my mum and then after a couple more days I'll go to the doctor...

If your that hairy down there its time to manscape. Read up on it, You should keep your hair trimmed and manicured. You can also Nair your anus ...

U got warts on ur ass hole just pluck them out one by one

100% correct! I went through this. your words helped me through. I Thank You.

mine lasted for 5 days and it felt like someone smeared chilli paste on it , panadol helps. don't agitate it. man, I didn't know this was a thing.

I had diarrhea for a week straight would clean my ass after a while it started hurting and I feel a bubble there is it bad?

I had diarrhea for a week straight would clean my ass after a while it started hurting and I feel a bubble there is it bad?

If its coming from you anus hole it would be a hemmoroid... if its next to your anus and hard its a strained blood vessel in the muscle and can heal i time with stool softeners..but its best to get it looked at eventually if it keeps getting inflamed...hang in there cause im goin thru the same thing

Its a hemmeroid