Something is wrong with my bottom

[Embarassingbumproblem]

Namechanged for obvious reasons! Apologies for graphic details.
I’ve got a bum problem-something that I guess should be on the inside (if at all) is coming out.
It feels like I need /haven’t finished a poo and is slightly stingy and annoying but not painful.

I can sort of push it back inside when I wipe my bum but it’s soon back again.

I don’t know if it’s piles or some sort of Prolapse. I have been slightly constipated recently which I think has brought it on.

I know I need to see gp but what do I say? I don’t think I can handle someone looking at/in my bum. I can’t even bring myself to have a proper look/feel. Help

[8FencingWire]

No need to be embarassed, it’s all part of the job.
Go and say just that, no need to be embarassed.

[user1474894224]

Sounds exactly like a pile. (Obviously I say that as a lay person) - have you tried treating it with anusol cream? It's magic stuff.

[newmomof1]

We freak out so much about these things but doctors see strangers bums every day of the week.
Get it checked OP x

[AudacityOfHope]

Sounds exactly like piles. Go and get it seen, when I had it by day two I was climbing the walls with the pain. It was dreadful.

[Embarassingbumproblem]

I think I’ll have to have a stiff drink before I go because the idea is mortifying me even though I know logically that they see this all the time. How will I look at them next time I take the kids for a check up?!

[Singlenotsingle]

Everyone's got a bum, even doctors. They probably have to look at each others.

[Haworthia]

Please just let a GP look. It’s their job and they probably do examinations like that every day. They won’t remember you or judge you when you come back with your children, I promise you.

[SimplySteveRedux]

Look up rectal tenesmus, and haemorrhoids/piles can cause it.

[AudacityOfHope]

Not to be rude, but - grow up! You've had kids, surely plenty people have been in the region before. You've got a medical need, so get it dealt with. No doctor gives a fuck.

[BusterGonad]

You've got kids? I'm guessing you gave birth to your kids? Surely having someone see you giving birth is worse than having a doctor take quick look at your bottom? I've had the old finger up the bottom thing, by a doctor before. It's quick, you're under a blanket, it's less invasive than a smear. It's literally 2 seconds. Job done.

[BusterGonad]

@AudacityOfHope same thinking, cross post!

[Embarassingbumproblem]

Oh I know (although I found all the examinations to do with that pretty traumatic too tbh)
I also have a non urgent issue I could do with seeing a gp about so it might be easier to raise them both at the same appointment.

[AudacityOfHope]

Go for it. Get some over the counter stuff in the meantime to see if it helps. The Pharmacist won't want to look at your bum

[Ivegotthree]

I wouldn't bother the doc with a pile. Just get some stuff from the chemist.

Piles are horrid but (generally) they go away.

[TheToxicCoccyx]

Sounds like a pile to me. I had them too. Try anusol, they should go in a bit.

[AudacityOfHope]

It depends. My GP said mine would never have resolved with OTC stuff and gave me suppositories on prescription.