rectal pain

Vicodin and various pain meds can be very constipating. Since I HAVE to take my pain meds, I also take stool softners to keep things soft enough to pass. Maybe they might be of benefit to you too. Another thing to ask your doctor about is something for the spasms i.e. Bentyl, Levsin or Librax. That might help to give you some relief. Good luck!

i have had this exact pain. i describe it to my friends and parents as "the butt lightning." lol. it seems to just strike like lightning and the pain is furious. it definitely feels like waves of pain. after the pain, i can hear food crunching it's way through my stricture. the less fiber i eat, the less chance of getting butt lightning.

lol @ butt lightning. That about sums it up half the time lol. I can kind of deal with it when it is really sharp pains because it goes away after a few minutes. Its this forever-lasting dull pain that I can't take anymore =( It makes me so uncomfortable, I am constantly shifting and moving like a crazy person because subconsciously I think that the pressure will go away if I move -just- right.

I don't think its a fissure because it doesn't hurt more when I go to the bathroom and I haven't had any bleeding or anything. I did have a lot of mucus recently kind of off and on. I'm wondering if the inflammation has started to venture. I finally got ahold of someone today and the dr wanted me to drive out there an pick up a mesalamine enema. Of course I wasn't in pain at the time and its an hour drive so I asked them to just mail it to me. Well now its hurting and I'm kicking myself in the arse :( I wish I had driven up there to get it. At the time all I heard was enema and was like psh what is that going to help but now I realize its medicine =\ *big sigh* They said if the enema doesn't help I need to be evaluated at the ER. I don't really want some dumb ER doc poking around in my butt lol...they don't know what they are doing. I may just try to make an appointment if it doesn't get better...I think I'm about due for a colonoscopy anyway =\

Me and this rectal pain have gotten to be quite friends. Just some background, I've had fissures and some surgeries. The worst pain ever was a necrotized strangulated hemorrhoid. I was begging the Almighty for death...instead I got 2 surgeries. I had soft to D type of stools prior to this, months and months....just letting you know this because has anyone looked? You can feel or even look in a mirror or have a significant other do it for you. The feeling part hurts too. I hope you fine resolution

Thanks for the responses. Some good info to consider. I don't have any cd in the colon as of the last scope but we know how it likes to travel. The mesalamine enema may help if that's the case. I haven't really heard much about strangulated hemmies. I do have a little pain with pressure if I kind of press on my lower cheek upward toward my rectum. I know that sounds like a weird thing to do lol but I'm sure you guys know how it is when you're in pain...poking and prodding everywhere to see if you can get some relief or at least make it worse to have a better idea of what is going on. Anyway with that extra pain with pressure it would make sense that something is in there. I had more mucous today too. Has anyone gone to the bathroom and only gotten mucous or mostly mucous? I don't know what causes that. Still kicking myself for having them mail the enema instead of picking it up :( thanks again guys. Good stuff to look into and I'll def get it checked out if it doesn't get better

I was diagnosed with prostatitis about 6 years ago. When I first noticed it, my rectum and anus would hurt and I'd have to go pee quiet frequently. At the time I first noticed it I had been drinking water to try and get off of soft drinks but that is when I started having the symptoms. when I had the prostatitis checkup my prostate hurt so bad that when they were doing that finger up the rectum thing (can't think of what that's called) the doc said that it was unusual for someone to be so sensitive. the strange thing was that I noticed that tobacco would cause it to flair up and my whole rectum and anus was in pain. I was out of work for six months and was in so much pain that I could hardly walk and sitting down was quiet painful. this may sound weird but it felt like I had a corn cob shoved up my rectum. I drive a tow motor and there was a time that it was just unbearable. I'd have to get off the tow motor constantly and go to the bathroom to pee. it got to the point where I would have to get up constantly at night and go to the bathroom too. I've had occasional abdominal cramps for years before the prostatitis came on and sometimes the pain was so bad that I'd have to squat on the ground until the pain went away and I knew then that something wasn't right. It was during the time of my six month leave that I went to my doctor and was overwhelmed with anxiety. He noticed how upset I was and prescribed me clonazepam and it helped me out majorly. Enough so that I was able to go back to work. It has helped me more that anything else that I've been prescribed but I've still never completely got over the discomfort and pain. I recently had a colonoscopy after having more flair-ups and they said that everything looked clear and healthy. I can't understand how it can hurt but look normal. I've never had stool problems other than when I have abdominal cramps and then I get the runs after which my rectum increases with pain, pressure and discomfort. I've taken meds for IBS with no results. I'm just not sure exactly what is going on. I wouldn't think that prostatitis would cause so much discomfort in my intestines and anus. I would have thought that having so much problems with my rectum and anus would have shone up when I had the colonoscopy but they said that my results were excellent. I'm totally confused and don't know what to think.

I have this horrible rectal pain as well, that is stabbing and horribly painful. It inflames each time I have a bowel movement, no matter how much I go. I have hemorrhoids that are hard to treat, and I think that is where most of the pain comes from. Nothing will completely heal them so they are always ready to scream in pain, especially with the things I do at work all day. It radiates into one buttock and hurts so bad I sometimes just bawl. I do not know how to treat this and it is embarrassing to have to explain.

I have had six blockages and I still cannot get a doctor to commit to a complete diagnosis of Chrones disease. It has gotten very bad now, and I have had all the tests. The blood test came up positive but my biopsies are normal. I want a clear diagnosis so my boss will believe me and I can qualify for the Family Leave Act. It keeps you from getting fired for having a chronic disease.

I had to stop taking Vicodin because it seems to cause more problems than it solves. But the pain is often unbearable. I have a lot of abdominal pain and gas pain. My diet is very restricted to what most people with Chrones Disease can eat. I have lost a lot of weight and missed a lot of work. I am afraid to even take Humaria because of the side effects but I have not even been offered this.

Life is very frustrating at the moment. If you find anything helps the rectal pain, please let me know. I have read that aloe helps, and I am going to try it.

Nothing has worked very well and my doctors have been no help at all. I have been constantly misdiagnosed or told it is all in my head. Thank you for sharing. I was told it was tailbone pain too, and was sent to and Orthopedic doctor who began to think I was nuts. I also had vaginal pain and saw GYNS. No one could think out of their box and they thought I was making stuff up

. At times I have had horrible pain while urinating and they thought I had bladder infections, but I did not. No one could tell me why.

Chrones Disease stinks!

One more question.. does anyone feel like there is a 2x4 in their stomach after they eat? Very stiff, or like their stomach seizes up? Has anyone had an success with Cats Claw or natural remedies?