I have multiple externals main issue is a firm raised anus with two skin tags , I had a rectal exam 6 months ago which was normal apart from the Hemorroids, I’ve decided I don’t want any surgery , just wanted to hear others thoughts and opinions.
I’ve had mine for well over a year it’s just the raised firm feeling that bothers me most .
I've been feeling some discomfort in my anal area for a few days, and earlier after using the bathroom I tried to insert my finger on my anus(curiosity lol). I felt a semi-hard bump in it and it hurts mildly. I'm a bit worried now cause I know the internal hemmy doesn't usually hurt. What's the best thing to do? Is it really bad? I'm worried about it. TIA.
Hi all. Thought I’d add to the ”good experience“ posts because I was desperate for them leading up to this procedure.
I’ve been dealing with hemorrhoids and fissures for a few years now (this club sucks), and one of my healed hemorrhoids (or maybe the fissure?) turned into a skin tag. Being in my 30s, I wanted it gone because I would think about it every time I was intimate with my partner.
My GP sent me to a general surgeon who advised an excision with stitch.
For a week before the procedure I made sure to take Restoralax (Miralax for US folks) every day. Procedure itself probably didn’t take any longer than 20 minutes. The needle for freezing was extremely painful but over with in about 30 seconds. The freezing lasted about 3.5 hours and I felt great until it wore off lol I was asleep when it wore off so I couldn’t get ahead of that pain as I took Tylenol arthritis (650mg x 2) right after the procedure. My aunt, retired nurse, suggested alternating between Advil and Tylenol in order to get narcotic level relief since the doctor didn’t prescribe anything. So dosing was Tylenol, 4 hours later Aleve, 4 hours later Tylenol until bed that evening.
Today is day 2 and I haven’t felt the need for any pain meds but I also hadn’t had a bowel movement since before the procedure so I used a suppository in the morning to help things along and had an uneventful first poop lol
The excision site actually looks a lot less angry than I thought it would. Of course it’s swollen and red and tight around the stitch but I am so happy to have the tag gone. After everything I read I assumed I’d be bed ridden and in pain for at least a week so to not feel that I need pain meds on day 2 is such a relief.
If you’re on the fence, I’d say go for it.
Lastly, I’m Canadian so this procedure was fully covered under OHIP. And a bidet attachment has been life changing since dealing with chronic butt issues and now this procedure: 12/10!
I am on vacation in the tropics and am having a painful hemorrhoid flare unlike anything I've ever experienced before. I feel like it's a hot poker. it is both burnng and painful and I feel nauseous because of how badly it hurts. I have the Boiron cream and I've taken a warm bath and
I feel like i read that a couple of these were just not effective. And I have to laugh when the doc writes that banding is 'little to no pain' after the procedure because--that's just not true, right? Thanks for any advice.
Hey guys! Im 16 days post op and Ive got a lot of swelling on my anus. They’re flat since they’re being pressed by my butt cheeks. My surgeon left 1 small hemorrhoid to avoid stenosis. I took a picture of my bum on day 1 and I saw the leftover hem but on the 2nd day I’ve seen 4 extra big lumps and bumps that I feel like its swelling (Im hoping) — they’re located to where my stitches were. Ive not noticed any decrease of swelling and Im scared that they’ll form into a new hemorrhoids😭. I need to know if its just me or anyone else as well have the same issue.
JMO so take it with a grain of salt. I just had the hemorrhoidectomy early this morning and have been alternating between ibuprofen and Tylenol. Is there a little pain, yes some but nothing really imo. 1 out of 10.
I haven’t had a bm and will probably hate life when that happens and this wears off, but I’d say if your surgeon can use this TRY IT!
Hi everyone!
Never did I once think I'd find myself in this subreddit and yet, here we are. I've read some of your testimonies and let me just say, you're all so brave. Hemorrhoids honestly sound like a hell to go through and you're all handling it like champs.
I, am not. The possible hemorrhoid isn't mine, but my boyfriend's. He's 36 but recently hurt himself wiping with rough public bathroom toilet paper and a week later continued to say he had an uncomfortable scratch on his bum. Worried as I am, I had to take a look.
What I saw was a blue-ish lump, external, around the size of maybe a peanut M&M? I immediately thought of something worse but convinced myself it's an hemorrhoid as he also spends 90% of his day sitting due to his job.
We are doing sitz baths and applying hemorrhoid cream but I'm still worried. It definitely looks thrombosed because it's blueish and firm, but yesterday it was softer.
The main red flag for me is that he says it doesn't hurt. I touched it, he touched it, he sits normally, has bowel movements, it doesn't hurt him at all.
Reading your stories, thrombosed hemorrhoids sound incredibly painful so is it concerning his isn't hurting? Any help would be great. I appreciate you, this subreddit and your courage with these little bastards.
So I’m dealing with hemerrhoids right, I saw a proctologist in September, but he was terrible and I never went back. Only thing he recommended were over the counter suppositories lol. But one thing he noticed was some kind of a rash/red inflammation around my anus and he said to get it checked out by a dermatologist. Anddd I didn’t bcs I started to have other more serious health issues and the hemerrhoids didn’t really bother me except for their looks. Anyways, what could be causing the anus/skin around it ve so red and inflammed? It kind of burns tbh from time to time and I’m starting to have occasional but pain. And I am also dealing with aerobic vaginitis which is an overgrowth of intestinal bacteria in the vagina, although my hygiene’s perfect, diet too, etc. Theoretically, if I had an overgrowth of pathogenic intestinal bacteria (e coli, entroccocus), could it also be causing the fedness around my anus? Also I’m scared for some freaking skin infection or smth…The hemerrhoids I’d say are either external or prolapsed internals. Would sitz baths help or make the rash worse? HELP
I’m on week 3-4 or so of a thrombosed (confirmed by colorectal) hemorrhoid. I’ve never really had pain.. just a little itchy and irritated but nothing major.
Anyone else experience that? Curious if someone had surgery on a hemorrhoid that wasn’t causing much pain but kept coming back
I couldn't think of a better title.
I am a 30 year old female in the UK and have been suffering from thrombosed hemorrhoids all week. It has been pretty bad but I've been doing baths, ointments and generally it seemed to be getting better. Its been bleeding lightly all week, hasnt really seemed to stop at any point but it hasnt been a concerning amount.
Anyway, just now I was stood making dinner and felt this sudden hot gush, I ran up to the toilet and it appears my period has started. Except it was an insane amount of blood. In the time it took me to go upstairs it had soaked through my jeans and was dripping into the toilet bowl like I was peeing. This has NEVER happened to me before.
I now have a tampon in and normally wouldn't feel it at all, but it feels incredibly uncomfortable.
I cannot help notice the timing of my first hemorrhoid (and a thrombosed one at that) and this weird coming on experience.
Could the two be related? I felt my hemorrhoid afterwards and it was still there and still hard so I dont think it burst. The blood definitely came from the front too.
I am feeling rather anxious about it all!
Hi all,
I recently moved to Ireland from India and I’ve been dealing with a recurring hemorrhoids issue since early February and would really appreciate some insight.
I was diagnosed with minor internal hemorrhoids by a GP. Initially, I had constipation and some bleeding, don’t if it due to weather or body is not getting adapted .Since then, I’ve significantly improved my routine:
• Drinking 3–4L water daily
• High-fiber diet (vegetables, fruits, dal, etc.)
• Taking lactulose in 1st week and stopped and then again started (started with 10 ml, now tapering)
• Recently added psyllium husk (1 tsp at night)
• Using suppositories (Scheriproct) for a short course
• Cleaning with warm water after bowel movements (no dry wiping)
• No significant pain, only occasional mild itching
Current issue:
• My bowel movement is generally soft and easy to pass
• BUT the very first part of the stool is slightly hard/dry and it’s kind of stuck
• That initial part seems to cause irritation → leading to a small smear of bright red blood on tissue
• After that, the rest of the stool is soft and normal
Observations:
• This pattern repeats daily
• I feel like a small amount of stool might be sitting in the rectum for too long and drying out
• I sometimes need slight pushing at the start, but not much
• No dripping blood, only small smear
• No significant pain
What I’m trying to understand:
1. Why is the first part of stool still dry despite good hydration and fiber?
2. Has anyone experienced this “hard first stool” pattern and fixed it?
3. Would splitting lactulose dose or adjusting timing help?
4. Any strategies to ensure complete evacuation or prevent stool from drying overnight?
I’m trying to avoid overusing laxatives and want to fix the root cause rather than just manage symptoms.
Any practical advice or similar experiences would really help.🙏
Thanks in advance.
Weird because I felt so much better all morning, I haven’t even tried to have a bowel movement but it just hurts now.
my hemorrhoids flared up.. didnt bleed as much today compared to yesterday can i still workout tommorow?
So pretty basic story didn’t shit for like 2 weeks then took a massive shit and now there’s a big lump in my ass . I can’t sit, sleep, or even walk and I get off spring break in 2 days I’m mad fucking worried I’m scared to tell my parents because I don’t want to have to go through surgery but at the same time I can’t go to class like this, let alone sleep. Please if anybody can help me get rid of this thing before I have to go back to sitting on my ass for 7 hours a day or if anybody could just lend me some advice on how to sleep it would be a big help.
Another thing that really worries me tho is that I lost the ability to fart and I also do not have the ability to burp because of RCPD so what’s gonna happen when my body can’t hold anymore gas? Please help me I’m mad fuckin scared. It’s to the point where the pain isn’t even keeping me up at night it’s the fear. I will take any advice thank you so much.