I am now 20 and have had pain right below my left rib cage for over a year and a half now. It’s a very sharp pain. Just recently it has felt like a bruise, when nothing visible was there. sometimes it will feel like there is a cut right below my rib, and still nothing visible. These pains will come and go, sometimes lasting days sometimes minutes. I thought of the pain as a broken rib on my left side protruding through my external oblique. I went to the doctor and had an x-ray and they found nothing at all. I can feel an abnormal bump..all most like the last false rib was turned sideways, but again the doc could not feel what i can. Just recently my fiance felt it, assuring me that I wasn’t over reacting. I feel that I have some sort of digestive problem. Although I’m not sure if it relates. I think (DON’T ACTUALLY KNOW) that there is a problem with my parastalsis after I eat. Instead of burping, it’s like I growl. The air slowly comes back up bouncing off the walls because of the waves caused by ongoing parastlsis when the food has all ready been passed through. Also, my bowl movements are not always regular. Sometimes I do feel constipated when I shouldn’t because my diet is pretty much the same. I have looked at an anatomy book and the colon is located directly in the area that hurts, But I’m not for sure if that is what it is. Please help me figure out what is wrong. I have found several others with my symptoms, but yet they too have not found any diagnosis. I feel so helpless and frustrated.

I think I just had my first hemorrhoid. At first, I thought it was just irritation from wiping too hard. However this was about 2 days ago, I’ve been having burning and itching around my anus ever since. And I can feel a small hard bump right at the rim of my anus. Does this mean it’s an external hemorrhoid? I changed my diet today to include more fiber and water. But I haven’t bought any OTC medicine, such as Preparation H, I haven’t even tried any ice.

Should I try getting the Preparation H cream or suppository? Is there anything else I can do to help fix this? And if I stay on top of treating my hemorrhoid. How long will it take go away?
I don’t have health insurance, so seeing a doctor is out of the question.

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 am looking to improve my diet, and want to know what some healthy natural foods are, with little or no sodium, little to no fat or carbs, and lots of protein and fiber.