Hi,
I recently experienced swelling around my anus after passing bowels, it only appears during bowel movement or sometimes while standing up. This lump (that I named it) is not painful and after a while itself goes inside the anus. I told my doctor about it and she said that its internal hemorrhoid, she said that I just need to be careful in eating,avoid spicy things and let it not get inflamed, it will go away by itself! Now how am I suppose to do that? She gave me laxatives and nothing else. I really don’t know if anyone ever encountered such a thing, but I really am worried about it, it doesnt hurt but still its presence like having a swelling makes me feel uneasy and I want it to go away. I want to know is there anything that can help me? Will it go away? It did go away once but then came back…what should I do? And yeah all the doctors I have talked about with only say to avoid eating spicy food and blah blah blah but they dont tell me the solution.

First off, I apologize for the awkward question.

I am 21wks pregnant with my first. I have been constipated for a while now and was finally able to go to the bathroom. I had to strain in order to do the deed and when I wiped, I noticed a lot of bright red blood on the toilet paper (there wasn’t any weird discoloration to my bowels itself). It looked as if I had my period. This has happened in the past, but the blood before was just a tiny bit and I figured it was from a bit of external tearing due to the constipation. This time there was a lot of blood. After cleaning up, I check again 5 minutes later and I had not bled anymore. I’ve heard that hemorrhoids are common in pregnancy. Is this something I should be worried about? Thank you for your help.
Thanks ladies for your time and thoughts. I feel better and am not as worried, though I will heed your adivce and talk with my obgyn.

Today i went for a flexible sigmoidoscopy due to the fact of having abdominal pains reccurant diahrea and occasional bleeding. They said they found patches of inflammation in my bowel. Then the doctor asked me loads of questions like How often do you get diahrea? and How often do you have the bleeding? This has got me really scared. Can anyone tell me if the inflammation could be cancer? They took pictures and biopsys which they said would take 2-3 weeks to come back. I know very little about bowels etc so someones opinion would be very much aprreciated. I am 23 and have no family history of bowel cancer.
Yes i do suffer from alot of stress as i suffer with depression and panic attaks. Also they did say that there was one small pile up there.

I really need some help. I’ve asked on here before but i don’t have any of the essentials or much money. my mom is going to buy me a sits bath tomorrow, and ive read that the doctor will just try to remove them or put a rubber band around them and apparently the recovery is probably the worst pain you’ll ever experience. they are external. my dad bought me some magnesium citrate, but i told him my bowels feel like theyre moving since improving my diet, just i cant go and i am backed up *it feels like the inside of it being swollen is stopping me from passing a bowel*. it is runny and diarrhea like, so its irritating the hemorrhoids cause im backed up. my dad keeps telling me to drink it and that i will go, but i hear that just makes the hemorrhoids worse and that is something I don’t want to do. i have bowel movements 1-2 times a day. they are runny but small. if there are some natural remedies like maybe yoga, exercise i really am all for it. i can’t seem to put the prep h *up there* i tried for an hour today and almost an hour and a half the night before last i just couldn’t get it up there, the tube is too short to reach. i really need some help and relief guys, the more people that respond the better…

i am severely constipated. i have to small external piles around the anus. nothing is hardly coming about but the very edges of my bowels and it comes out runny. ive been drinking miralax and it hasn’t helped. ive been on it since tuesday , today would be my 4th time drinking it. i am dying for relief of constipation and these external hemorrhoids. is this a good idea to drink to get rid of both?