Anal canal is surrounded by a muscular structure called the ‘sphincter’. This help in maintaining the control of the passage of stools(solid or liquid state) and gas – Continence. Lower anal canal is lined by a spongy tissue called anal cushions. These help in maintaining continence to gas and liquid stool. Piles are structurally defective […]
If you have got pain in the anal region with tenderness at a particular point with fever this may be due to an abscess. Abscess is a collection of pus due to an infection. It can be extremely painful or may only cause a discomfort during passage of stools. Most of the time this happens
Passage of blood through your rectum with or without stools is called rectal bleeding. This is not a disease but is a symptom of various harmless or life threatening conditions like cancer of the bowels or rectum. Depending on colour of the blood, character of passage, relation to stool passage and various other accompanying symptoms
Fistula is a discharging non healing recurrent wound in the vicinity of the anus. Most of the time these occur following a ‘perianal abscess’. These wounds do communicate with the anus. Some of these may have pus collections in relation to them. Depending on the site of internal opening of the fistula in the rectum
One of my young patients complained of feeling of “passage of tiny glass pieces” while going to the toilet. This is accompanied with severe burning pain and she had noticed little blood every now and then while passing stools. On examination we found her to have an anal fissure; an ‘acute anal fissure’ to be