Rectal Pain?

TJB said...
OK. I have something significant to add to this discussion. I've had that deep anal pain off and on since high school. I'm male and now in my mid-40's, and I get it about once a month. I NEVER knew what it exactly was until about a half hour ago. Wow! It is definitely proctalgia fugax. It is the most excrutiating, toe-curling pain in your ass, and there isn't a darn thing you can do about it. Here's when I get it most frequently: If during a bowel movement, I really, really push too hard, I get it afterwards. It's bad. Here's the stranger one: I get it after a particularly intense ejaculation. Awkward to get this pain after sex. Awkward to say the least. It is the EXACT SAME PAIN I get after the pushing too hard during BM thing. It is like a knife is up my rectum. It lasts for anywhere from 5 minutes, to about 30. I also occasionally get it in the middle of the night, and it will wake me out of a sound sleep, it's that bad. It's the EXACT SAME PAIN in all three instances. Well, I'm relieved there's finally a name to it. Just wanted to share.

This describes my situation pretty closely--it's somehow reassuring to know I'm not the only one. I'm 32 and this has been happening to me for about 5 years, maybe once a month. The vast majority of the time, it's immediately after ejaculation. I think in every other instance it has woken me up in the middle of the night. I don't remember it ever being associated with a bowel movement, although I often feel like that would help alleviate the pain. I'd love to hear any other suggestions people have for dealing with this, or better yet, preventing it.

I get this too but it usually wakes me up in the middle of the night. It starts with low to moderate ache and gradually progresses so I have to get up and try to have a BM because it feels like I need to push but nothing comes out!! It is so wierd and like others it can come after an orgasm too, why I have no idea!! I have ibs and endometriosis so it could be one or both of them causing it.

Hello,
I am feeling this pain that is hard to describe. I wish I had insurance, so I could go and get tests ran, but I can't at this moment. I am glad that there is a place like this, where someone can come to for answers. The pain comes and goes through the day. If I try to pass gas, I feel it. I also feel it when have a bowel movement. I am 34 years old and I am not sure if it is something serious or not.
It kind of feels like I have a blockage or something. Then it goes to a sharp pain that a knife is stabbing me in my rectal area. I wish this on nobody, but I hope someone out there knows what am going through, to shed some light on what is wrong with me.
A friend of my family passed away last year from colon cancer and it has made me think that it may be serious. I don't think it could be that, but I am so worried about it, that it is driving me crazy.
Any help with this will be a huge help