Numbness Or Tingling, Pain Or Discomfort, Painful Bowel Movements And Stool Leaking (Incontinence) Your symptoms are present in a wide variety of medical conditions, including hemorrhoids, anal fissures, and even cauda equina syndrome. Keep track of your symptoms.
What can be mistaken for hemorrhoids?
Here are five different causes for hemorrhoid symptoms you need to know about:
- Colon cancer and rectal cancer. "These cancers can occur near the rectum and cause bleeding and discomfort that are similar to hemorrhoid symptoms," says Dr. ...
- Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). ...
- Anal fissures. ...
- Pruritis ani. ...
- Genital warts.
Can hemorrhoids cause nerve damage?
Surgery to treat enlarged veins in the rectum or anus (hemorrhoids), as well as more-complex operations involving the rectum and anus, can cause muscle and nerve damage that leads to fecal incontinence.
