DaniStress
12-12-11, 23:24
Hi everyone
I am a new member who has a question about piles/hemorrhoids.
I have had piles a couple of times since the birth of my second daughter back in 2007. The "flare ups" normally start when I have to move my bowels urgently (sorry, TMI) and small 'pebble' type movements are pushed through quickly by a larger, softer stool. I feel the familiar pain (at the entrance) and see blood either on the side of the stool or on the paper.
Normally it clears up within 3 - 4 weeks and I don't have any more issues for a year or so.
This time I am worried, as I have been getting the pain/bleeding on and off since early September. I am fairly sure it is piles again, as I can clearly see a few of them when I am straining, and I can also feel a couple of tender lumps just inside. I even asked my poor husband to take a look :blush: and he confirmed that he could definitely see them (he gets them too).
Whenever I use Anusol cream (or suppositories) the problem goes away immediately and stays that way for 3 - 4 weeks after I finish using it. However after that time the twinge of pain and slight bleeding (bright red) seems to come back, every few days. When I start to use the cream again, the problem goes away again.
Can an episode of piles come and go like this? Is it a good sign that the cream works, at least for a while?
Even though, rationally, I can see that there is evidence of piles, the irrational side of me is scared that it is cancer.
I know that you can't diagnose me, but any help/stories would be appreciated.
Kind Regards,
DaniStress
I am a new member who has a question about piles/hemorrhoids.
I have had piles a couple of times since the birth of my second daughter back in 2007. The "flare ups" normally start when I have to move my bowels urgently (sorry, TMI) and small 'pebble' type movements are pushed through quickly by a larger, softer stool. I feel the familiar pain (at the entrance) and see blood either on the side of the stool or on the paper.
Normally it clears up within 3 - 4 weeks and I don't have any more issues for a year or so.
This time I am worried, as I have been getting the pain/bleeding on and off since early September. I am fairly sure it is piles again, as I can clearly see a few of them when I am straining, and I can also feel a couple of tender lumps just inside. I even asked my poor husband to take a look :blush: and he confirmed that he could definitely see them (he gets them too).
Whenever I use Anusol cream (or suppositories) the problem goes away immediately and stays that way for 3 - 4 weeks after I finish using it. However after that time the twinge of pain and slight bleeding (bright red) seems to come back, every few days. When I start to use the cream again, the problem goes away again.
Can an episode of piles come and go like this? Is it a good sign that the cream works, at least for a while?
Even though, rationally, I can see that there is evidence of piles, the irrational side of me is scared that it is cancer.
I know that you can't diagnose me, but any help/stories would be appreciated.
Kind Regards,
DaniStress