This is very embarrassing to talk about, but I really need to know what it is so I can relax and stop stressing. I’ve noticed while using the bathroom, that I have a lump around the opening of my anus. It seems like it’s external but it can go inside as well but it comes out a bit. I’m not sure if I’m describing this right, lol. It’s about the size of a pea or smaller, isn’t hard, and isn’t tender or sore to the touch. The colour is red, in some light it looks a wee bit purplish but it may just be my lighting, it basically looks red. I am experiencing no discomfort or itchiness at all, it’s just a lump there. I was wondering what this may be? I am a very clean person, I wash my vaginal and anus area each time I use the bathroom, I consume a lot of fiber in my diet, I drink a lot of fluids. This appeared a few days ago and it is really worrying me. I have been using Triamcinolone cream on it today that I have in hopes that it will reduce the swelling and rid me of the problem. I am only 18 years old, I’m not sure if it is hemorrhoids, or if it’s something else, or something that will disappear within a few days and not show up again (would be nice if it didn’t). I’m currently trying to make sure I lay on my left side instead of sitting, and I try to get up and walk around in case it is an external hemorrhoid. Can anyone help? I’m willing to provide more details if needed. Please and thank you!
Oh, I do tend to eat a lot of spices and have been consuming them a lot over the past month.

i am 17 when i pass stool my anus becomes puffy around the rim but i do not have any other symptoms of hemorrhoids such as pain itching bleeding mucus and so forth is it common to get hemorrhoids without these other symptoms or could this be something else thankyou

I just noticed it today. And I also started having diarrhea today (from eating something bad I think). It’s not that painful, but it’s pretty big. About the size of a marble. It is right under my anus, between the vagina and my anus. My stomach is still acting up, so I have a feeling it will stay for a while. There’s no pus, and I don’t have bloody stool.
So my questions are: Is it an external hemorrhoid? Is there a nice, natural way to cure it? My period just started as well, so is it okay to use tampons?

All these symtoms over the years makes sence, as I have always put it down to bowel cancer. I have never heard of cancer of the anus before. Now wounder I have been getting bleeding every 2-3 months in 2005, my bowels have changed 180 degrees now, I am so itchy up my bum 24/7 non stop and it is so frustrating. I also have the HPV virus in me and have had that for a few years now. Today I found out that if you have the HPV you are much more at risk of getting cancer of the anus. I am passing out all mucus in my bowels now, and I feel the urge to go a lot and when I do it is soft and mucusy, this is all the time. I am 38 and female, with a history of cancer in my family. I have a lump of my bum and I will be getting a biopys taken of that soon. Things are now making sence, and it has taken awile to put it all together. I found out colonoscopys do not detect anus cancer, just colon. The itchingness has spread to other areas and I cannot stand it. I am not scared of death
as I know where I am going but I am scared of the process. This itching is driving me mad, and I was told today that cancer of the anus is all part of it. I will have to get my lump biopsyied. so worried here. Any advice for me? Becasue if it does turn out that I have what I now suspect I will accept it. This explains all the diarea over the 2 and a half year period and bleeding and all. wow I am finaly getting to the bottom of this.

I give off a poop smell that comes from my anus. I know that it comes from there and even after showering for a long time, I will wipe and there will be some poop. Could this be because of hemorrhoids. I have had bloody stool once in a while.