2 days ago I had a bowel movement and was shocked to see it was covered in blood.It wasn’t mixed in it was just on the top. When I wiped there was a small amount on the tissue also. Today it happened again but not as much. I do have external hemorrhoids that don’t hurt but they’ve been there for awhile. I wonder if I could have internal hemorrhoids. I have a burning feeling in that area but nothing major. When I had the first bowel movement I had gas and had to go 3 times resulting in the last stool being bloody. I wasn’t constipated so that wasn’t the problem. I have no health insurance and am worried that I need a colonoscopy
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a few months ago i started getting really sharp pains in my anus whenever i passed a bowl movement and then i’d have a really itchy anus afterwards but only for a while. i googled my symptoms and decided to buy anusol hemorrhoid cream as it was either piles or an anal fissure. i also bought fiber supplements because i knew i didnt get enough fiber in my diet. the cream gave the itching and pain instant relief and eventually i got better (or atleast i thought i had done). i stopped taking the fiber tablets cause i kept forgetting and stopped using the cream. now, a few weeks ago, after every bowel movement ive been having uncontrollable itching down there, so bad that i can’t sleep and i try hard not to itch as i heard it made it worse but i just cant help it! i started using the cream again and if anything it just makes it worse! i get no relief from it anymore! and the sharp pain has also come back when im passing stools! the itching is so bad i don’t know what to do. also there appears to be little white bumps around and near my anus but i dont know whether they have anything to do with it. i don’t want to go to the doctors that would be a last resort, and i certainly do not want to have surgery! someone help me please

a few months ago i started getting really sharp pains in my anus whenever i passed a bowl movement and then i’d have a really itchy anus afterwards but only for a while. i googled my symptoms and decided to buy anusol hemorrhoid cream as it was either piles or an anal fissure. i also bought fiber supplements because i knew i didnt get enough fiber in my diet. the cream gave the itching and pain instant relief and eventually i got better (or atleast i thought i had done). i stopped taking the fiber tablets cause i kept forgetting and stopped using the cream. now, a few weeks ago, after every bowel movement ive been having uncontrollable itching down there, so bad that i can’t sleep and i try hard not to itch as i heard it made it worse but i just cant help it! i started using the cream again and if anything it just makes it worse! i get no relief from it anymore! and the sharp pain has also come back when im passing stools! the itching is so bad i don’t know what to do. also there appears to be little white bumps around and near my anus but i dont know whether they have anything to do with it. i don’t want to go to the doctors that would be a last resort, and i certainly do not want to have surgery! someone help me please

I’m 18 and have been having hemorrhoids for about 2 years. I had constipation which led to hemorrhoid. Blood come out with stool whenever I have a bowel movement. The blood doesn’t come out a lot, like only 5 drops, sometime more. This worried me so I decided to see a doctor. The doctor told me I have external and minor internal hemorrhoid. The strange thing is that i feel no pain, irritation or discomfort. The doctor suggested I take stool softener, eat more fiber food, and take fiber supplement. After following that doctor suggestions the bleeding stop and thing go back to normal. I became for aware of my eating, so I wont have that problem again. After 6 months my bleeding from the hemorrhoid was back. I kept my bleeding to a minimum, by taking more fiber supplement and stool softener. It doesn’t really stop the bleeding.

I am really frustrated by hemorrhoids, so decided to research surgeries on hemorrhoid. The one seem to be best for me is the laser surgery where they burn the hemorrhoid with a laser. This is a simple procedure and recovery is quick.

My question is how much would this surgery cost? I have insurance so hopefully they will cover this.

Every couple of months, I feel this extremely sharp pain in my rectum and when you push on my lower abdomen, it gets worse. It is unbearable and no position will alleviate it so I just lay on the floor and cry. It happened again yesterday and soon after I had a bowel movement. it was so bad that my mom almost rushed me to the hospital. I’m 17, a girl and have had chronic prolapsed hemorrhoids for 2 years now. My mom thinks it could be IBS but has this every happened to anyone else and if so what is it or what could it be?