Anal itching
Anal itching is a symptom in which a person has itching at his anus (where his stool/poop comes out). In children, anal itching may be caused by pinworms (little thread-sized worms about half an inch long).
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A 18-year old female asked:
Yesterday unexpectedly i got anal itching and i don't know why. What could it be? Usually it itches during the morning and night, not the afternoon.
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A 41-year old asked:
My anal itches a lot, what can I do to stop the itching?
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A male asked:
Anal itching for 2 months, Dr thought pinworms. Prescribed albenza 8 days ago, anus still itches like crazy. Should itch have stopped? Is it working?
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A 24-year old female asked:
I realize i have a hemorrhoid skin tags near my anal, it itches sometime and it makes me scared. Will it go away on its own without surgery?
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A 22-year old male asked:
Anal hole itches and kind of hurts when i itch it, mostly at night. Is the hsv? Don't feel any blisters or bumps around it.
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A 33-year old female asked:
Shaved near anal zone like 40 days ago. Used pads, area got chafed, but have not used pads since a month. I am aware I have small internal hemorrhoid. Anal area itches when I go out for walks. No problem pooping. New hemorrhoid, sweat, growing hair?
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A 24-year old female asked:
In the middle of the night, my anal is so itchy, is it the cause of the anal skin tag itches my anal? can i leave it alone?
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A 17-year old female asked:
My anus itches really bad I don't know why , I have had Anal sex is that why?
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A 21-year old female asked:
My anus is swollen hurts really bad and itches,has a few little bumps please help?
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A 20-year old male asked:
My anus itches really bad a lot, what could it be from. I'm 20 years old and really clean. Any ideas?
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A 36-year old female asked:
What does it mean when you have whose stuff on your anal and in your vaginal and it itches? Could it be yeast?
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A 31-year old male asked:
I am having pain and itching around my anus. No bleeding.It itches and hurts when I use toilet or sit. I don't feel any lumps.
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A 22-year old male asked:
My anus itches i had a pimple that is gonenow but yet it still itches ans feels like something is movin in the anus what is it?
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A 22-year old male asked:
I hve a small vein that itches once in a while on the left of my anus on the entrance its not big and it does not hurt. Creams i used don't work?
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A female asked:
Hi I am a 25year old female and have a flap of skin from the centre of my perineum which then goes inside my anus. I haven't had any problems in the past with it but recently It really itches. Any ideas? Thankyou.
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A 28-year old female asked:
What could it be when the same spot in the Anus itches and bleeds for years?
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A 31-year old asked:
My anus burns for a while after i secrete and it itches too. What could it be?
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A 39-year old male asked:
What can I use for severe itching of the anus. Its itches and I can my help scratching it sometimes.
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A 23-year old female asked:
I have a bump or boil on the left side of my anus directly on the hole ,and it also itches , what can this be ?
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A 30-year old male asked:
Hi. I have dry, itchy, scalpy, flaky, cracking skin around my anus and on buttlocks. It itches very bad. How can I treat that?
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A 19-year old female asked:
I have alot of anal sex. should my butthole be leaky and saggy? It also itches when ny man relieves hiself in me,is that normal?
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A 22-year old male asked:
Small hole above the anus. doesn't hurt or discharge anything. It. Very rarely ever itches. Any ideas of what it is? Should I get it checked?
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A female asked:
I have a slightly, barely noticeable raised bump around my anus. Not irregular color. Hardly itches when scratched. Not painful. What could it be?
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A 27-year old male asked:
Can amoxicillin give you a rash in anus? It itches.
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A 22-year old male asked:
I have penis discharge but I think its clearing up now my anus itches?
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A 47-year old male asked:
I have taken Vermox in case of worms but my anus itches. Could it be pyles? If so, what to do please ?
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A 30-year old female asked:
I have a soft painless lump on my bum near anus for 6 or 7 years..its growing slowly..it is painless but it itches at times...
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A 25-year old male asked:
I got a handjob from a girl with herpes. My anus itches and was wondering if i could have got herpes from a handjob or could it be from something else?
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A 20-year old male asked:
Why do I have a white spot near my anus? It is not inside it is just near it, it only itches at times.
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A 34-year old asked:
My anus itches, i've tried a few things, but it just seems to always itch when I have it. What do I do?
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