subject: Causes For The Appearance Of Rectal Pain [print this page] Rectal pain is a medical term that refers to any kind of pain that you experience in the area of your anus. Rectal pain is also an occurrence that is pretty common. About one man in every five suffers from rectal pain as the statistics say. In the beginning the pain is going to be slight and you might think its something that is going to pass quickly. And in most cases you are going to be right, but there are exceptions where the pain might become growing in intensity. In such cases the pain reaches a state when it can be unbearable and searing. So what is the exact thing that is the reason for the appearance of this rectal pain? Well, there are a few other conditions that might lead for these pains. Here are some of them:
- Hemorrhoids certainly one of the top causes for rectal pain (if not the main one) are the hemorrhoids. Hemorrhoids are another medical term that describes formation of swellings in the veins that are located in the area that surrounds the anus. Hemorrhoids, on the other hand, may be caused by a great lot of factors. Hemorrhoids are a condition that affects many adults all over the world. These swellings around the anus might be caused by excessive strains during bowel movements. Another possible reason for their appearance is child birth. In fact, child birth is very often connected with hemorrhoids as the straining is pretty intense in this moment. Other options for the causes for hemorrhoids include lifting of heavy stuff. In case you lift big weights, you unintentionally strain your bowels and eventually that can lead to rectal pain.
- Anal fissure fissures in the area of the anus are all the tears which might appear in the skin due to excessive straining caused by passing stool with large size, for example. A large and hard stool will force your rectum to open to an extent beyond the normal which might be the reason for the appearance of tiny cuts in the skin area. This is the cause that is usually responsible if the anal pain occurs in people that have very tight muscles of the sphincter tone. Such people often have troubles relaxing their sphincter tone enough so that it can pass the stool without pain. Another possible reason for tears in the anus is anal sex.
- Proctalgia fugax this is the name of a disease which is associated with fleeting pain in the rectum. Usually, this condition occurs in people that arent older than 45 years. Also, many women suffer from it. The research for the cause for this pain is still going on and up till now, the general idea is that the main cause is related to spasms which are being produced in the sphincter.
- Levator ani syndrome levator ani is the name of the muscles that are located around your anus. These muscles support your anus and if there are spasms in them, rectal pain might appear.
