Help! I have a serious medical problem and need advice (it's a bit gross) but c!
Question:
Help! I have a serious medical problem and need advice (it's a bit gross) but can someone help?
Once in a while, I get these terrible pains in my anus. I am not constipated. I sometimes get them before my period starts. I tried taking Pepto but it doesn't help. It is 2 A.M. here and the nearest 24 hr. Walgreens is too far and I don't want to go to the ER. What might help? Would Epsom Salt help if I just put my rear in it? I know this sounds very gross and maybe even funny but it is anything but this! It is excruciating. Would a heating pad help? Any advice (kind) would be appreciated.
Answers:
It sounds as though you have Internal Hemmoroids. The fact you often feel this before you get your period is pretty telling. If you have Tucks Medicated Pads, they really Help a lot with the swelling. Actually it's one of the things Drs give their new mothers after having a baby to keep the swelling down..
There is NO need to go to the Hospital Unless you begin to pass Blood, then you may have a ruptured or torn Hemmoriod...
Also sleep on your back will feel better than laying on your stomache.....I have felt what you have described so I am pretty certain if you have the Tucks you'll be fine...
If not you should get some..Heating pads will only enlarge the blood vessels and increase the pain....
Hang in there.....