In response to the "do I have Hemorrhoids" thread
This is in response to
http://www.bluelight.ru/vb/showthread.php?t=504299
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Gross post ya'll, don't read it if you don't have to....
Hey anon, I'm actually really happy to see you post this, because I have what seems to be the exact same problem.
I was always 'the boy with the golden ass' before. Nothing made me constipated, I never strained or hurt myself, never had to force a poop, and all of the sudden I find tiny streaks of blood on the toilet paper and the itchiest asshole I can possibly imagine. But it doesn't seem to be hemorrhoids!
They were my first thought, but since this started happening, I've been inspecting my butt on camera and with my fingers, and I don't have anything that looks like a hemorrhoid. The only abnormality I see is that the 'perianal folds' on one side of my hole are a lot longer and deeper than on the other sides, and they're a bit inflamed, and there isn't hair on them. I assume that is from scratching at it so crazily.
so anyway, I found this .PDF for describing stuff that can happen to your butthole.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2780053/pdf/ccrs17241.pdf
One thing I thought might cause this was pinworms.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enterobiusv
Supposedly like >40% of people in temperate climates are infected with them, especially kids. It might make sense, because I was volunteering with some ghetto kids when this started happening. Even though pinworms are harmless, I think they might cause this by tempting me to scratch my butt enough to where I get microabrasions or something, and then this cycle continues. The way to test for pinworms is to press some scotch tape on your butthole first thing when you wake up in the morning, and then look at it under a microscope for eggs. WEll I don't have a freaking microscope, and I don't have several hundred to drop on a doctor, so I ordered the pinworm medecine off the internet. It's OTC in the united kingdom, but the good stuff requires a prescription in the USA. Luckily I found it relatively cheap - 4 doses for 10$. One dose kills all the worms, but their eggs live in your house for up to two more weeks, so most people take a second dose after two weeks to kill any new ones.
Aside from pinworms, which I really hope caused this because it'll be easy to treat, the PDF I sent you contains some stuff that looks like it might explain things. I thought Candidiasis and Streptococcal and Staphylococcal Dermatitis sounded pretty accurate. If you read that pdf, just google words you don't understand. Pruritis = itching, and erythema = redness. It's possible that we contracted pinworms, and the by scratching gave ourselves a secondary infection. (Candidiasis is from fungus, the strep things are bacteria.. not mrsa not mrsa)
Anyway good luck to you. The only thing I have going for me at this point is that I haven't had sex with anyone in the period which this has developed. I hope you get better because living with an itchy butthole is no way to live!