braginskaya
14-10-17, 12:07
So, very occasionally (we're talking three times in the past year and a half, since I first noticed it happen?) I seem to get minor swelling and pain near my tailbone, at the top of my bum crack and slightly to the right. The pain isn't severe - I can only feel it when I sit in a certain position or press on the affected area. It goes down again in a week or two at most, although it does still sometimes feel like there's a small lump in the flesh where the pain and swelling usually develops.
I Googled it (bad idea, I know) and it sounds as though it's either a pilonidal cyst or some sort of tumour, but from what I've heard a cyst would be almost unbearably painful and might have a pimple-like head (which mine doesn't), while a tumour would have noticeably and continually grown in the amount of time I seem to have had it instead of swelling up and then shrinking again.
I'm trying not to worry too much, but I have no idea what it could be - has anyone else had anything similar?
I Googled it (bad idea, I know) and it sounds as though it's either a pilonidal cyst or some sort of tumour, but from what I've heard a cyst would be almost unbearably painful and might have a pimple-like head (which mine doesn't), while a tumour would have noticeably and continually grown in the amount of time I seem to have had it instead of swelling up and then shrinking again.
I'm trying not to worry too much, but I have no idea what it could be - has anyone else had anything similar?