can t poop because of hemorrhoids

Do hemorrhoid make you feel as if you have to poop 24/7 but you can't? How long till it goes away it's been a week and docs just tell me to wait

90,000 U.S. doctors in 147 specialties are here to answer your questions or offer you advice, prescriptions, and more. Get help now:

Ask doctors free

Personalized answers

Free

Talk to a doctor

Unlimited visits

$10/month

A 22-year-old female asked:

Dr. Amrit Singh answered

50 years experience Cardiology

See a surgeon: if u have prolapse hemorrhoid, u will get full feeling all the time. Get checked by a surgeon.

Bump in rectum, doesn't hurt to poop but hurts sit. Hemorrhoid? What to do for it?

A 24-year-old male asked:

Dr. Charles Cattano answered

38 years experience Gastroenterology

Possibilities...: Consider anal fissure, internal hemorrhoid(s), proctitis (inflamed rectum), anal abscess or fistula, juvenile retention polyp, trauma to the anal cana ... Read More

I have hemorrhoids and need to poop but it's so painful my body won't allow me to do it how can I go?

A female asked:

Dr. Clarence Grim answered

56 years experience Endocrinology

Hemorrhoids: Consider Sitz baths. Discuss with your Dr.

Can Hemmroids "Not" Cause any bleeding.. When they are prolapsed? And can they cause Constipation and the rectum to spasm making BM harder?

A 34-year-old male asked:

Dr. Jason Sample answered

23 years experience General Surgery

Yes. Yes. : Not all hernias bleed. They can occasionally exacerbate any constipation you already have. I am not sure that they cause "spasm" per se, but they can ... Read More

Do int. Hemmoroids make cleanup after bm messy? Stool is soft and formed but feel like i can never really pinch off the end of stool. Always messy.

A 41-year-old male asked:

Dr. Mark Kuhnke answered

39 years experience General Surgery

Improve diet: I suggest you optimize your diet, by including whole grains (breads and cereals), fresh fruits, and vegetables. Keep well hydrated. You may add a bulk ... Read More

Can feel stool at end of rectum. It will not come out. Is their anything I can do or take to allow it to come out? I push but its causing hemorrhoids.

A 30-year-old male asked:

Dr. Nikhil Karanth answered

22 years experience Gastroenterology

Yes: You can take stool softeners, gentle laxitatives, or even an enema

I know that constipation could lead to hemorrhoids. But i've heard that laxatives could cause hemorrhoids too. Any thoughts?

A 50-year-old member asked:

Dr. Angelica Balingit answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Fiber: Fiber, especially in fruits and vegetables can ease constipation without causing hemorrhoids. Stool softeners like fiber are safe to use regularly. La ... Read More

Can internal hemorrhoids get so large that you cannot push stool out? Have to take milk of mag to get it out. Its flat on both sides but soft not hard

A female asked:

Dr. Dan Fisher answered

26 years experience Internal Medicine

Possible: But not likely. I would be concerned about other masses or a stricture or other anatomical defect producing your symptoms. A general surgeon should ... Read More

What to do when poop and wipe and everything is pure blood. past history of anal fissure. this time not as painful as fissure but too much blood?

A 32-year-old male asked:

Dr. Creighton Wright answered

55 years experience General Surgery

Need exam: by colorectal surgeon! Likely hemorrhoid but need to be evaluated and be treated.

How to treat hemmorhoids that only appear when i pass stool and after 5mins they are gone,its annoying makes it harder to pass stool?

A 22-year-old male asked:

Dr. Abdelkader Hawasli answered

42 years experience General Surgery

May need rubber band: You need to see a cool-rectal surgeon for examination. This maybe treated with just a simple office rubber banding or may need excision.

I do not have hemorrhoids or a fissure, yet i still leave large amounts of blood in the toilet after defecating. What can cause this? Is it serious?

A 34-year-old male asked:

Dr. Creighton Wright answered

55 years experience General Surgery

Yes: Many causes of non hemorrhoidal upper and lower GI bleeding and all serious and need immediate evaluation and colonoscopy most likely, barring other h ... Read More

I think I have internal hemorrhoid but could be anal fissure. My stools clearly show "gouging" caused when passing through the rectum. suggestions?

A male asked:

Dr. Mujjahid Abbas answered

19 years experience Bariatrics

Fissure is painful: Anal fissure is very painful mostly and internal hemorrhoids are painless on the contrary, a thorough evaluation by a physician preferably a colorecta ... Read More

If my hemorrhoids are causing bleeding every time I poop and not allowing poop to come out, are they a problem? Very painful.

A 26-year-old female asked:

Dr. Flavia De la cruz answered

14 years experience Internal Medicine

Fiber: For long term prevention and to prevent worsening, increase dietary fiber intake to more than 30grams/day (you may use diet supplements). Walk or jog ... Read More

What causes anal fissures and hemorrhoids to smell so bad besides having stool get stuck on it?

A 29-year-old female asked:

Dr. Eric Kaplan answered

41 years experience Colon and Rectal Surgery

Odors are a function: Of the foods you are eating and poor local hygeine. Another possibility is an infection due the fissure but you would have pretty bad pain and possibl ... Read More

Do you have any tips on how to get rid of anal fissures? I'm guessing it has to do with my diet maybe? They don't occur every time I pass stool and when they do I can tell there's some tearing despite a normal-sized stool.

A 29-year-old male asked:

Dr. Herman Hammerstead answered

49 years experience Trauma Surgery

Soft stools: DSS and Miralax (polyethylene glycol) help in about 20% of cases. Surgical Lateral Sphinctermyotomy is curative in 90+% of cases

Stool with mucus and what looked to be intestinal worms but they did not move (history of gastritis) what could it be?

A 22-year-old female asked:

Dr. William Schmidt answered

53 years experience Internal Medicine

Don't know.: Take a fresh stool sample to your GI doctor and he will have it checked for ova and parasites

I have hemorrhoids anal fissures. cuts in rectum hurting making bowel movement on/off since February how to fix this? can't do banding cause fissures

A 29-year-old male asked:

Dr. Mark Pack answered

30 years experience General Surgery

See a surgeon: If you have both hemorrhoids and fissures, these can be treated simultaneously at the time of surgery.

Have eaten lots of fiber recently-drank some fluids (not a lot). Doesn't hurt to use restroom (used to w/hemmrhoids). Is it alright to have anal w/bf?

A 39-year-old male asked:

Dr. Martin Raff answered

55 years experience Infectious Disease

Anal sex: If this does not irritate your hemorrhoids and you use lots of lubricant it should not be a problem.

How can BM stick the toilet when there is water inside of it? Wouldnt that happen to only low flush toilet? I understand sticky stools is from fat

A 38-year-old male asked:

Dr. Amrit Singh answered

50 years experience Cardiology

Normal: But if stools are fatty see md

Internal hemorrhoids are swollen and make the passing of the stool difficult need to strain hard and have to use enemas to have a bm. The stool is flat but soft, i take a stool softener every evening.

A 90-year-old male asked:

Dr. Alan Patterson answered

41 years experience Obstetrics and Gynecology

If u have bad: Internal hemm, please see a rectal specialist as u may be a candidate for rubber banding, or they may need to be lanced or removed.

What to do if I have small internal hemorrhoids and i really want to get ridconstipation, will that make the hemorrhoids shrink?

A 48-year-old member asked:

Dr. Troy Reyna answered

43 years experience Pediatric Surgery

Yes: If hemorrhoid a are small, treat the constipation. Increase your fluid intake. Reduce cheese and dairy. Increase fibre, fresh fruits, and fresh vegeta ... Read More

Constipated and also have inflamed internal hemorrhoid. When I go to the bathroom there is tan stringy mucus in stool. Causes?

A 35-year-old female asked:

Dr. Charles Cattano answered

38 years experience Gastroenterology

Mucus on stool: Mucus discharge occurs in up to 50% of patients with irritable bowel syndrome, with or without pain. Mucus may also be produced in response to partial ... Read More

Was given amitriptyline for lack of full anal sphincter function (basically, poop gets stuck & i can urge it out). Not constipated. Will this help it?

A 37-year-old female asked:

Dr. Pamela Pappas answered

41 years experience Psychiatry

Not sure: Amitriptylene has certain side effects which oppose bowel activity and slow it down. Constipation can result. If the doctor's idea is that your anal ... Read More