What are those sharp, paralyzing pains we feel on rare occasions in our buttholes?
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This subs comment rules are inanely prohibitive. Let me just add a question mark so it doesn’t get removed again. This could be a sign of prostatitis?
Actually this is not a common condition and most people never experience this. Please seek professional medical attention.
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Like, first thing when you wake up?
This happens to me also on occasion; after conferring with my doctor (along with various other symptoms), she suggested I may have endometriosis (not officially diagnosable without a biopsy/surgery but all the symptoms check out). Of course, this may only be the case for you if you have a uterus…
But in line with what others have commented, this is definitely something you should talk to a doctor about…
I get cramps there occasionally, what’s worked best is going for a brisk walk, uphill is best.
I am not a doctor, butt, I know that the Anuś has actually two sphincters that control the release of your stool. The internal one is “automatic” and the external one is under voluntary control. I wonder if the pain *could possibly* come from one of these sphincters that gets a cramp, if that’s even possible. Since it’s a muscle, maybe it clenches in a way that’s unnatural at times and forms a cramp which causes the pain. I know what pain you’re talking about and I’m just suggesting a line of investigation you could look into. Follow the sphincter, maybe it’ll give you answers.
I get something like this on occasion. Is this normal or not?
I always experience this on the first day of my period cycle. From what I’ve learned from Doctor Google, the condition is called Proctalgia Fugax.
It comes in sudden, 5-10 second pangs, then immediately goes away. It’s pretty paralyzing that I have to stop in my tracks and hold on to something for support if a pang suddenly comes while I’m walking.
Mom tells me it’s like a sneak peek to birthing pains.
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