Some months ago I noticed increased itching 'down there' and, occasionally, bright red blood on toilet paper at the end of a bowel movement. I knew that it was probably hemorrhoids but since it didn't hurt I didn't do anything about
it.
The last few months I've been on Entocort a day and eating Metamucil wafers, so I haven't had to go to the bathroom more than 2-4 times a day. Occasionally diarrhea, yes, but never constipation.
So I was baffled when six days ago I noticed a small bump near my rectum and then over the next couple days it became more swollen and quite painful. It seemed like an external hemmorhoid. Then it seemed that the bump 'grew' in the sense that I could feel it going from my anal cavity to the original spot. Last night the pain was so bad that I couldn't even sit and I was taking Acetaminophen every four hours. It was hard to even spread my cheeks to apply witch hazel or Prep H because just doing that hurt a lot.
I thought maybe it was thrombosed (based on feverish Googling) but viewing it, it seemed to be pink, not blue/black/purple.
This morning, I got up at 5 because I was puzzled to find that the pain had gone down hugely. I went to the bathroom to see what happened and there was red and orange smeared on that (right) side of my bum. I used Tucks to wipe more and it's clear that in the upper right area, there's bright red blood.
I just had a couple bowel movements and there's no blood in the stool but again, wiping, there's bright red blood on the inner and upper right cheek where this bump is.
Can someone help me understand what's going on? Did the hemmorhoid rupture and start bleeding out 'from the inside'? If I wipe with tissue the inside of my right cheek, it's got blood on it.
I'm having Anuice delivered today and it works internally and externally but I'm not sure that I'm supposed to use Cryotherapy on anything if it's bleeding. Heck I don't even know where the bleeding is exactly - inside or outside.
Post Edited (matrices) : 10/15/2011 5:20:02 AM (GMT-6)