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Severe rectal pain (pain on the inner side of the anus) is usually an emergency. Causes include rupture of an organ, internal bleeding, infections, trauma, etc.

Dr. Robert Kwok reviewed this

35 year experience in Pediatrics

How long it usually lasts:

Medium-term (lasts weeks to months)

Body locations

Buttock, Pelvis

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