Painful lump near anus - what could it be?

[furiousfunker]

hello all, long time no speak! i havent posted here in a very long time, ive been relatively symptom free for a while, other than the odd mild flare up here and there.

anyway, i have been extremely stressed past couple of weeks, new baby, new job and new house all at once, i must be crazy! which has caused me a bit of a flair, nothing out the ordinary, until a noticed a small lump by my anus, around the size of a pea. it ached a little for around 4 days but nothing too bad, then yesterday as i got into my car after work, i had the most intense stabbing pain at my anus, a solid 8/10 pain wise. i got home and asked my partner to take a look for me (shes a nurse, so not too weird to ask!) and it had probably doubled in size, slightly raised and red but no leaking puss or warmth. today has been extremely painful all day and has got slightly bigger again, still no leaking puss or warmth though?

what could this be? ive never had this before. I rang the IBD specialist nurse today and she cant make an appointment to see me until the GP, which im hoping to see tomorrow morning.


sorry for the long post and thank you for reading!

 

[ronroush7]

hello all, long time no speak! i havent posted here in a very long time, ive been relatively symptom free for a while, other than the odd mild flare up here and there.

anyway, i have been extremely stressed past couple of weeks, new baby, new job and new house all at once, i must be crazy! which has caused me a bit of a flair, nothing out the ordinary, until a noticed a small lump by my anus, around the size of a pea. it ached a little for around 4 days but nothing too bad, then yesterday as i got into my car after work, i had the most intense stabbing pain at my anus, a solid 8/10 pain wise. i got home and asked my partner to take a look for me (shes a nurse, so not too weird to ask!) and it had probably doubled in size, slightly raised and red but no leaking puss or warmth. today has been extremely painful all day and has got slightly bigger again, still no leaking puss or warmth though?

what could this be? ive never had this before. I rang the IBD specialist nurse today and she cant make an appointment to see me until the GP, which im hoping to see tomorrow morning.


sorry for the long post and thank you for reading!

Not sure what it is but sending support and prayers.

 

[Lukesky36]

could be hemorrhoids or a ulcer try to keep it clean the best you can without agitating it i have had a couple before hopefully it resolves

 

[furiousfunker]

just got back from the doctor and he believes it to be an abscess and has given me anti biotics and codeine for the pain. fingers crossed it works otherwise its into hospital for a drain :sad:

in more disappointing news, i rang my boss to tell him i wont be back in for a week due to an abscess on my rear end, but someone has text me asking about it. which means he has told people about it, which im not too pleased about and im pretty sure he shouldnt have told anyone?