Suggest Treatment For Anal Pain While Suffering From IBS

Posted on Thu, 19 Feb 2015

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Question : i have had a pain in my anul area for about three days now at first i just thought it ws from wiping to hard or to often and today it seems to be worse and really bad when i go to the bathroom and i have noticed what seems to be blood in my stool I do have IBS and have been diagnosed with Acid reflux and i have also had my gall bladder removed which i have heard makes you go more often I go right after i eat within a couple of hours and sometimnes two or three times within a four hour period it is always diahrea like at least most of the time now the pain is worse when i go to the bathroom and seems to have blood and all day as been diahrea like so could this be hemorroids or could it be something else I have never had hemorroids before so not sure what to expect

Answered by Dr. Albana Sejdini (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
If blood is noted in feces, go to ER for immediate evaluation...

Detailed Answer:
Hi,

I have gone through your medical history carefully and understood your concerns.

You are reporting to have :
- anal pain for 3 days now
- wiping too hard or too often during these days
- noted blood in stool
- your gallbladder removed
- ongoing diarrhea.

Taking into account your reports, the factors might be:
1. hemorrhoids (if not noted externally, you might notice inside)
2. laceration of anal mucosa/skin due to wiping too hard or too often

However, if I was your caring doctor would advise to go to ER and get further diagnostic tests to determine why you are having bleeding:
- fecal occult blood testing
- culture of feces
- examination of feces for ova/parasites

and to schedule colonoscopy for further evaluations.

For the moment, I advise to:
- stop wiping your anal area too hard or too often
- keep a good local hygiene
- can apply zinc oxide cream to the anal area to get any possible laceration healed

Hope it was of help!
Dr.Albana

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar