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How long does javelin arse last?

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TiffanyAchingsHatFullofSky · 29/01/2022 22:20

It happened to me last week for the first time in ages. It lasted about 5-6 seconds.

I was just wondering whether, when we describe javelin arse, are we all experiencing the same thing?

Does it only last a few seconds for others as well?

OP posts:
EmbarrassingHadrosaurus · 29/01/2022 23:51

Paralysing and disabling seconds for me but long enough to be worth taking paracetamol and for it to kick in for other relatives.

How long does javelin arse last?
SequinnedShawl · 29/01/2022 23:48

A few seconds. It's agony

watchingthedetectives · 29/01/2022 23:46

If it lasts more than seconds then a few puffs of ventolin usually sorts it out

samwitwicky · 29/01/2022 23:46

"For severe proctalgia fugax, electrical stimulation of the anorectal muscles may provide relief. This treatment option involves inserting a small, finger-sized probe into the rectum and using a low voltage current to relax spastic muscles through vibration."

ShockGrin

saraclara · 29/01/2022 23:44

About 15 seconds for me. But it feels like 15 minutes.

crispsarny · 29/01/2022 23:41

20 + minutes for me, I usually end up on all fours crawling around the bed as no position helps, like a lot here it happens a few times a year, excruciating pain, my eyes are on stalks, after I feel exhausted. I try to breathe through it but it’s difficult.

amusedbush · 29/01/2022 23:40

If anyone is interested in the physiology, I’ve just remembered that a doctor I follow on Tiktok posted a short explanation in response to a woman’s video about javelin arse. You can watch it here and you don’t need a Tiktok account!

PufferFish · 29/01/2022 23:39

For me it lasts minutes rather than seconds. Easily 15-30 minutes. Occasionally it wakes me up in the night which is particularly unpleasant. I have found squatting on the floor or getting in a hot bath helps a bit.

Popsicle33 · 29/01/2022 23:37

I haven't had it for a while but have had fanny daggers off and on all day. Does anyone get left tit ache?

ElinorOliphant · 29/01/2022 23:35

I’ve not had it for ages either OP.

It really is agony… but only for a few seconds for me.

Benjispruce5 · 29/01/2022 23:34

Oh @FrecklesMalone that must’ve been awful. If I’d have been in the meeting I’d have understood javelin arse and helped you sit while I fanned you.Grin

Benjispruce5 · 29/01/2022 23:33

DH has had it too. He gets it in the night and goes to the loo but has passed out. Something to do with pressure on a nerve but was quite scary as he went all clammy and pale.
I’ve only had it when awake and around periods which are thankfully fading away as I’m 50.

FrecklesMalone · 29/01/2022 23:32

It lasted about 10 excruciating seconds on everyway possible.

70isaLimitNotaTarget · 29/01/2022 23:32

mittelschmerz is ovulation pain (though I'm sure there's a Latin name)

Im well menopausal now and still get JA even though my ovaries have shut up shop.
Ovulation pain was more radiating , JA more stabby

FrecklesMalone · 29/01/2022 23:31

It happened to me last week during an important meeting in which I was speaking at the time. I honestly couldn't speak, and nearly fainted from the pain and trying to hold it together. It was horrfic from the faces of the people in the room they knew something was wrong but that I wasn't about to confess to having a my poor arse being stabbed by a stabby fucking javelin.

Benjispruce5 · 29/01/2022 23:30

Nowhere not nowadaysHmm

Watercoloursky · 29/01/2022 23:30

@Supersimkin2

Proctalgia fugix.

Bear down as if pooing and it eases faster.

Sounds like a particularly horrible spell in Harry Potter!
Benjispruce5 · 29/01/2022 23:30

It’s a stabbing sensation in the bum, hence a javelin up your bum is a good way to describing it. Comes out of nowadays and takes your breath away and makes you do a strange lift of said area. For me it feels like it can’t get any worse then magically subsides. It’s a bit like contractions but in your bum.

Jenasaurus · 29/01/2022 23:30

I get this sometimes after orgasming, so a bitter sweet experience and can last for a few minutes

JetBlackSteed · 29/01/2022 23:29

Yes I used to get it in peri. Pain lasted about 15 seconds when pooing. Horrible pain. Pushing down through it gets it gone, but my god it's awful.
Not had it since in meno though.

Newbabynewhouse · 29/01/2022 23:29

Whats hapoening to our body when 'javelin arse ' happens ?

amusedbush · 29/01/2022 23:28

@Fink

I have read every post on this thread trying to work out what you're all talking about. Where is this pain? In the anus or all over the bum? And what are fanny daggers? How have you all got pains I've never heard of?!
Javelin arse is like a horrible cramp or spasm inside the rectum. You would know if you'd had it before, the pain takes your breath away!
EvilPea · 29/01/2022 23:28

@Fink

I have read every post on this thread trying to work out what you're all talking about. Where is this pain? In the anus or all over the bum? And what are fanny daggers? How have you all got pains I've never heard of?!
They are stabbing pains in the bum region. They sort of shoot up from your errrr anus to your spine. Like you’ve sat on a javelin and it’s spiking you repeatedly.
Benjispruce5 · 29/01/2022 23:27

1-2 seconds, has me lifting out of my seat or bed.Haven’t had it in ages actually, thank goodness.

namechanged221 · 29/01/2022 23:27

Fanny daggers are the same pain but more in the perennium area

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