Hemorrhoids, Herpes, or ??? Please Help!!?
This is embarrassing, but…. I have tested positive for herpes through a blood test, but I have never had an outbreak. My problem now is that I think I may have hemorrhoids (mostly internal), but I’m worried that maybe it is anal herpes instead? I have never had anal sex, but I have heard that you can still have an anal outbreak regardless.
For a few months now, I have seen a little bit of blood on the toilet paper when I wipe, but it has always been a small amount. There have been a couple of little tears now and then, so I figured that was the cause of the bleeding. I have had itching too.
The past few days, my symptoms have been a little worse. I’m not sure why I initially decided to do this, but I took a mirror to the bathroom and held it so that I could see my anus as I was pushing out. A couple really swollen looking and bright red things come out past my anus, and go back in.
I forgot to mention that I have been taking a diet pill, for about a month. I have been having diarrhea, but it started after I started taking the pills, so I think its related to just that. I say this to point out that I have not been constipated, so I haven’t had to push too hard to go to the bathroom. However, now that I see the swollen looking red things that come out, I feel like I am having to push harder because It feels like I need to push extra to get the stool to go past the red things. I know this is kind of gross, but I took a couple of pictures (clean) in case I can send them to someone to help with a diagnosis. I’ve been reading and it seems like my symptoms can fall under anal herpes, hemorrhoids, and even inflammatory bowel disease. Please help!
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angie (68)
Hi Aela000,
First of all a trip to your Doctor would be best so he can confirm what it is you have.
If you have hemorrhoids then here are some of the symptoms:
Symptoms of hemorrhoids Symptoms of external hemorrhoids include painful swelling or a hard lump around the anus that results when a blood clot forms. This condition is known as a thrombosed external hemorrhoid., rubbing, or cleaning around the anus may cause irritation with bleeding and itching, which may produce a vicious cycle of symptoms.
The most common symptom of internal hemorrhoids is bright red blood covering the stool, on toilet paper, or in the toilet bowl. An internal hemorrhoid may protrude through the anus outside the body, becoming irritated and painful, this is known as a protruding hemorrhoid.
Getting rid of hemorrhoids is often a much discussed subject and you can read or be told a variety of things ranging from Pills to Surgery and with these methods they tend to come back again and again.
The only real way to get rid of them permanently is to treat the cause of them and not just the hemorrhoid itself.
Down below in the source are two links for you to go to the first one will show you pictures of hemorrhoids and the second one will take you to the best permanent healing method available.
This is truly a remarkable question. I hope someone answers this one!!!
First off, anal herpes is quite, quite rare. That’s not to say it doesn’t happen, but it doesn’t happen often. Furthermore, while you may have an outbreak at any time, what you’re describing sounds a lot more like prolapsed internal hemorrhoids at the stage where they still retract on their own. They can be brought on by EITHER constipation or diarrhea.
You need to go see a doctor because of the anal bleeding. Any time you bleed from the anus you need to make sure that’s it’s just a hemorrhoid and not a fistula, fissure or something even more serious.