For people who have started to feel lumps, bumps accompanied by blisters, which are typically caused by improper hygiene, should consult their doctors immediately as they may be a symptom of a more serious disease. To make matters worse than they already are, the above symptoms may be signaling a different disease. Their condition can be worse than they might think if the patient is suffering from anal fissure or tears in the lining of the anal region.
While the typical symptoms of anal fissure do not include bumps and blisters, extreme pain in the anus and blood spots in the feces are signs that a person has a torn anal lining. The pain then briefly subsides after defecating. If the person tries to avoid bowel movements, it may only result to fecal impaction and constipation. This can only induce more damage to the already-torn lining in the anal region.
Diagnosis
If after careful examination of the anus and the inspection does not reveal an eversion (or the pulling apart of torn anal muscles) then the other symptoms must then be taken in consideration. An endoscopic evaluation should give the doctor a good picture of whether or not a person is suffering from anal fissure. This involves using a flexible tube with an attached camera that allows the doctor to see the condition of the inner tissues within the rectal walls. This test determines if other conflicting diseases in the anus or rectum have been causing pain and bleeding, which are initially ruled to have been caused by fissures.
Chronic occurrence of fissure in the anal regions can be associated to a sentinel pile or a thickened tissue lining near the anus, which pressures the expansion and contraction of the anal muscles thereby causing a tear. An enlarged papilla may hide the tear from initial checking but a colonoscopy should be able to spot the tear easily.
Another way of checking for complications in the rectal region is by performing a sigmoidoscopy, which checks the distal part of a patient’s colon. This is usually done for patients who are 50 years old and below. Otherwise, colonoscopy is more advisable.
If after further inspection, the doctor was unable to find a tear in the anal muscles, he must check whether there is an abnormal growth of cells within the linings of the colon. Bumps, lumps and blisters can be symptoms of colon cancer. Before ruling out other disease, it is important to determine if the patient has a family history of colon diseases including colon cancer.
Swelling or anal lumps can be due to genital warts (which can be transmitted sexually), abscess (a painful lump of pus), hemorrhoid (swollen blood vessel), a rectal prolapse or a skin tag. Whichever the case may be, self-diagnosis is not advisable. Patients who felt swelling near their anus must consult with their doctors to put a finger on which condition may have caused the swelling.
For patients who have been experiencing rectal blister or a fluid lesion in their rectal region, they must check with their doctors to check if their condition is caused by Herpes, Hemorrhoids, Proctitis or even HIV infection.
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