[Closed] Serious question- anyone ever had PR (rectal) bleeding?

[i]In general[/i] if it's red, it's little to worry about, but go and ask your GP.

Oh....

i ate a load of beetroot once and when i went to the toilet i thought was was dying!

Call NHS direct. Might even be a trip to the hospital.

Ooo yes. Just get referred to a bum surgeon and let them have a look. In the mean time, keep your bum clean enough to eat off. You can use a bit of vaseline to ease the passing of stools if needed.

Mine was haemorrhoids, had a check colonoscopy and banding, plus an anal stretch, which is an old fashioned treatment for a fissure; these days they use botox before moving on to surgery.

Dont be shy or embarrassed, get it checked out.

Please get it checked out.

I'm not embarrassed, other than opening a new account rather than using my user name. I spoke to NHS direct and as usual they were useless, "you should probably see a doctor", really Sherlock?

Thanks Crikey for sharing; I've got next week off and as I have BUPA cover I might get an anal probe without waiting to long.

NHS Direct told me that I should see an optician when I called them about the stabbing pains in my eyes, they thought that my numb feet and fingers were a coincidence

As I've chronic IBS my arse resembles one that's been for a long weekend in Brighton on Rhohypnol, so it's nothing unusual for a bit of the red stuff due to a split, overworked arse. However that's me and it's had more imaging gear up it than the Hubble telescope so I don't worry too much at the sight of blood.

But if it's new to you then back to the quacks for further checks, could be a fissure, could be a pile but it could be something else. Get it checked, keep a note of your bowel habit (changes in regularity, consistency, smell etc) be persistant, don't take No for an answer.

On the funny colour note I had a rather large blue cocktail in the Yellow submarine cocktail bar in Las Vegas (Mrs Ming was in attendance before anyone s****s at the back). My poo was bright blue for 3 days after that, God knows what food colouring they put in it .........

I think the general rule of thumb is that if it's dark red you definitely need to get it sorted asap. If it's light red than you're probably OK.

At least I hope so, because I have had minor, light red blood on my tissue paper for years now. I'm pretty sure it's some kind of blister or something but it can be really, really irritating and uncomfortable.

Why I haven't gone to the doctors I don't know 😳

Probably something minor which your GP has now aggravated by getting medieval. Get it sorted however.

I'd get a second opinion I had similar symptoms that turned into an abcess which was the most agonising few days I've ever had. Nip it in the bud!

I've has no change in my morning habits, no weight loss, no loss of appetite, the usual this could be serious things.

allthepies could have a point as I actually yelped when the good doc fingered me.

Had a similar experience with bloody stools and paper. GP thought it was likely to be piles or fissures as the blood was fresh.

Was nonetheless given the obligatory picolax (google picolax thread, 'tis true what they said) and referred to the bum doc who shoved a camera up there. (Rectum?, damn near killed 'im etc etc) The fibre optic cable carrying the camera also has a wee grabber thingy which plucks samples of tissue from the lining of your innards. You get to watch all of this on a colour monitor, which is nice. Be warned, they also pump compressed air up yer bum to inflate the colon and stop the camera catching on the sides. Before long the air will reach a pressure beyond that which the average sphincter can be expected to cope. Cue gloriously long farts for the delectation of the assembled medical team. Indeed, if you can match your release pressure to the inflation pressure, perpetual farting becomes an attainable goal.

My tissue samples came back clear, so it was probably physical damage from straining. Best to get checked out just to be on the safe side though. Good luck.

As someone else has said the colour is important. Bright red might just be a slight tear due to passing a large stool. If it's darker, it might be an internal bleed somewhere along your alimentery(sp?)canal. Having had a few problems in that area, I haven't been too impressed by GPs, (but then again, they are only generalists) but if you have got private health care, use it to access a specialist and get it sorted.

You might be surpised at just how much pressure you put through your lower guts when you ride -it can easily cause piles or worse. Trust me; I know!!

Just to add to the consensus, go get it checked out.

Sounds like piles have ignored it for years..

it can easily cause piles or worse.

Between driving 800 miles a week and riding my arse does take quite a battering, then there's the wifes strap on....

Thanks for all your responses, just hearing people with similar pastimes have similar problems is quite reassuring

Who are you normally on here, 'worried'? 😉 😀

so it's nothing unusual for a bit of the red stuff due to a split, overworked arse

Sweet Jesus I did not want to know that, but then I did click on the thread, like a moth to a flame, a fly to a poo.... 😳

If you're not experiencing any pain or discomfort, then I woon't have thought it was owt too serious, but best to get a proper medical onion.

Does sound lie a pile. A mate had one and had near enough the exact same symptoms. It got a bit inflamed and nasty so he had to go and have it sorted.

You might be surpised at just how much pressure you put through your lower guts when you ride -it can easily cause piles or worse.

In all my time riding, I have never had any bottom problems. 😐

Maybe you've got the wrong saddle.

In all my time riding, I have never had any bottom problems.

Neither did I til yesterday and when I started it was real chamois leather

P.S I'm the Awesome Surf Matt

had the same - odd bit of blood - usually after epic rides in the wet... docs gave me ' drink more water dont strain' and its a pile....

paul

good luck with getting your problem sorted.although i don't suffer with that condition,i do suffer with the dreaded jeremy kyles 😡 have ointment for the (cough erm) problem though 😳

Elfin, saddle has nothing to do with it. My problems started after a lot of climbing training; it puts a lot of strain on your guts if you are not careful and your gears aren't low enough. Nurse described it as straining on the loo, but on a bike while going uphill.

Done a biggun lately that erm 'stretched' you?

As per Ming, I also have IBS so not unusual for me to see a blood splattered bowl

then there's the wifes strap on....

I knew this was TJ posting.....

My mate has a similar problem. He too had to have a camera stuck up his arse recently and I had to laugh when he said to the doc "...if i'd known you were going to do that, I would of let you buy me a drink first".

I'm sure you'll be fine.

My road riding buddy is a gastro-enterologist so spends all day at work looking up people's bums or down their throats. So I don't worry about the need for a check, we could probably nip into the woods while out on a ride.....

Is still anus bleeding? 🙁

Nothing today despite an hour on the turbo and a good sized effort this morning; still going to speak to GP again tomorrow and see what he says

jedi - Member
i ate a load of beetroot once and when i went to the toilet i thought was was dying!

Did the same prior to a medical at work, pee in jar was bright red. The nurse advised me to a doc appointment ASAP. 😉 did try and tell her it was diet related.

I had/have a fissure. It doesn't bother me so much these days since I've had surgery but when it was at its peak the thing would split everytime I'd try and put the power down when climbing. Cycling without a doubt antagonises that sort of problem.

I too had a male doc insert a sausage-sized finger when examining me. He told me to tell him if it hurt but in all honesty, when the time came to alert him, the pain was so intense I couldn't get more than a breath out.

Tip - get a nice thin-fingered female doc to check you out.

Some advice for when you are bent over with the doc doing the finger test; make sure he hasn't got both hands on your shoulders.

[i]it's had more imaging gear up it than the Hubble telescope[/i]

LOL!

Globalti - I hope he washes his hands inbetween.

Friend of mine had similar with IBS. Best to get it checked though

Thats the funniest post ever.

piles innit.

Ming and quahog mtb , so very funny, but at least its got us talking about mens health problems.

Worried as for the blood, it could be due to dehydration and being constipated, and then giving birth to a hard log, it happens to me, drink plenty of water and eat some fruit, also try another Dr, some are a bit rough because theyre embarased even more than you are,just think how youd feel if you had to do it to a total stranger in a clinical environment.

Senior consultant takes a group of medical students into an autopsy room, corpse lyeing on the slab, ,the consultant wells the medical students that they should observe and follow everything he does.

He dons a pair of disposable gloves and inserts his index finger in the anus of the dead person, pulls it out and licks his finger, all the other medical students do the same, so as not to be marked down, all except one chap.
When they had finished the consultant points out that, the purpose of the examination was observation, and that he used his right index finger to examine the corpse but his left index finger he licked.

As Houns first question?

holy arse related thread resurrection..

I sympathised with the OP after reading this thread.. I felt their pain and knew exactly where they were coming from

thankfully after a visit to the bum specialist today (why choose to specialise in colorectal surgery..!?) I have had my worst fears put to rest after a Colitis diagnosis which is very treatable.. and the best bit is I still get a colonoscopy next week so look out for a video thread..

big relief.. don't be ashamed of your disfunctional arseholes folks.. 8)

don't panic if you're left with a tail coming out of your arse, had a fissure sutured a while ago as a result of a crohns related complication and was shocked to find that the end of it hangs out of your arse !!

Would've been nice to have been told that in advance

Jedi, cheers mate LOL. I will stay off the beetroot then..

Why does the swear filter NOT pick up "arsehole"??

i ate a load of beetroot once and when i went to the toilet i thought was was dying!

I just smirked to myself remembering the first time I had most of a jar of Beetroot and worried myself silly the next day..

OP I wouldn't ride much for now.

Have you had any indigestion/acid reflux recently? (just to rule out another thing).

so much time in hosital, so many stories of pr bleeds, haematemesis and the like. professionalism forbids me from describing the latest 'slipped while naked' incident.

but yes, you should absolutely get this checked out and keep doing so until your satisfaction. guidance here (in case you've not googled already)

obviously there is one set of causes that may cause you some problems with your tradesman's entrance. for your edification (safe for my work but possibly not yours)
http://www.well.com/~cynsa/newpiles.html