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My doctor sent me over to a vascular surgeon and just wrote down hemorrhoids plus a fissure... is that really all there is to it?
Ugh. For the last few days I've been feeling a bit nauseous too, and sometimes everything just starts spinning...
Well, I guess I'm joining the club here too. 😁
So, a few days ago, right after I used the bathroom, I noticed some faint traces of blood. At first, I honestly thought it was just ketchup from something I’d eaten earlier, but then I looked at the paper and realized it was definitely blood—just like when you get a nosebleed. My heart basically sank, and I had no clue what to make of it...
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Two days later, I went again, but this time things were harder, and the blood actually dripped into the water, plus more on the paper... it looked exactly like the first time, maybe just a little less volume.
Then today, another bowel movement, but there wasn't much on the paper this time, though I did see a tiny bit of blood in the toilet bowl.
The first time, there was this stinging/burning sensation while I was going, which lasted for a few minutes afterward. The second time, nothing burned, but today it started stinging again. Right now, sitting here, I have this slight discomfort in my anal area—maybe a 4 out of 100 on the scale. A few days back, I felt super bloated, too; I don't even know how to describe it, I just felt like I was "full" of air all the way up to my throat. I've been burping way too much for a few days now.
That burning sensation during bowel movements comes and goes every once in a while, and it's been happening for years, but I've never seen any blood before.
I saw a doctor yesterday, and she did a digital exam 😁 in the anus and told me I don't have hemorrhoids, but on the referral for a vascular surgeon, she wrote something like "no hemorrhoids + bla bla fissure" (or something like that).
About two or three weeks ago, I had some blood and urine tests done—totally unrelated to this—and my bloodwork was fine, though there was some calcium oxalate and amorphous urates in my urine. Also, a few years back, I had surgery for a varicocele (that dilated vein on the left side of the abdomen leading down to the left testicle).
I spend a lot of time sitting down and I eat pretty much whatever. I've put on about 13-15 pounds in the last few months, though I wouldn't say I'm fat, and I'll be turning 21 in a few months.
Is this just hemorrhoids or something else? Has anyone else dealt with anything similar?
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