irisrose

Even though I don't know because I'm basically asking the same question that no one has answered or commented on, I will offer what I've found out by reading.

Since you're in your 20's you probably have a fissure. From what I've read (and it's been quite a bit) many people get fissures throughout their lives. It's a tear in the anal lining. You can have acute (like it just started and may heal on it own) or chronic (which will continue to bother you and possibly worsen with time). Fissures can be confused with hemorrhoids (I have those too thanks to childbirth) because some of the symptoms are the same. Pain, itching, bleeding. However, a lot of people describe painful bowel movements and then there is blood on the stool, toilet paper or in the toilet. I experienced that today. Went to the bathroom and felt like a tearing or ripping pain, then there was blood. More than I've had in the past, but definately a drop or two in the water. Scared the life out of me. I called my gastro office (I had seen them in the past for hemorrhoids etc) and she said my descriptions sounded like a fissure. I have some Prep-H suppositories that I will use at bedtime and try to soften my stool for the next couple of days. I was told that if it doesn't start to lessen or resolve in a couple of days, see the dr. I will try that first before rushing in to the dr.

I would bet that's what you're experiencing. If you can't get it to stop by softening your stool and maybe using some Prep-H suppositories, you might want to go to the dr. so they can give you a more affective medication to heal it.

Good luck!!