Hello. I will try to keep this short. When I was pregnant with my son who is now 18 I suffered really bad external hemorrhoids,after he was born it all settled but when he was about 3 I felt another tiny soft external lump that occasionally itched so I saw the doctor who said it was as skin tag left after a anal fissure. I have suffered from IBS for many years too (diarrhoea form) and have had about 3 or 4 sigmodoscopies and colonoscopies which were all clear, anyway fast forward to now and that little lump is still there and never has caused any problems until 2 days ago I suddenly had a lot of pain when sitting or standing,coughing or sneezing and hurt even to move my legs in bed and also mild itching. I went to the bathroom and this tiny external lump was now hard and bigger and so painful,it sits just below the opening to the anus. At this time I was also on my period so it was hard to tell if it was bleeding but as my period began to ease up I could tell this lump was infact bleeding, not a lot but still bleeding. I am sure it's just the external hemorrhoid playing up so I bought some germoloid pile cream and after 2 days the lump has got a bit smaller, still hard but a lot less painful and it only hurts when I poop,cough or sneeze now so it's a lot more bearable but it is still bleeding and it's that I'm worried about,everywhere I've looked says it could be anal or bowel cancer, I have no other symptoms of this, no rectal bleeding just bleeding from the external lump and not from the inside of anus, no weight loss, no pain and no change in bowel patterns that is unusual for me. I did read if it is hemorrhoids it can take 7-10 days to heal and now I'm just entering day 3. I have a doctors appointment in 7 days to have my covid vaccine so if its still the same then I will ask to see the doctor. I do believe the cream im using is making a big difference to the size and pain just not the bleeding. Any help and advice would be great. I'm 41 and have naturally birthed 4 children and no family history of bowel cancer. Sorry for long post. Thank you xx
Hi, , it is possible that it might be a Bartholin's cyst. A lot of the symptoms you say sound familiar, depending quite where it is. Look it up on the NHS site. A gp will be able to help with this, probably with antibiotics. Or you can try hot compresses to try and burst it. But would be worth seeing your GP as they can rule out lots of things, and give you peace of mind.
I am in the sane position last year I went to doctor with pain anal itch and lumps tryed to do a internal but very painful doctor said lokked like anal fissure with a tear as I hsve had bowrl surgery stoma and reversal over 20 yes’s and prolonged diarrhoea was referred for signioscopy but was told results were all clear am Waiting on consultants feed back but my own doctor read results and said all was ok so I’m be k to square one I take sitz baths daily
