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Started by miss piggy , May 17 2006 10:11 AM

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#1 miss piggy

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Posted 17 May 2006 - 10:11 AM

Hi
My brother-in-law has a mannual evcuation every day ,and i have noticed a flap of skin,right near the entrance to the bowel.Has anybody got any idea's what this could be THANKS

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Posted 17 May 2006 - 02:33 PM

Hi. That sounds like an anal feasher (cant think how you spell it) Its when you get a tear or split in the anal entrance. probably caused from the manual evacuation,long nails etc. Did he by anychance have stronger spasms. if not he could have done that a long time ago. Hope this helps. :licklips:
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Posted 18 May 2006 - 10:10 AM

Hi Knightrider
thanks for replying .Today his had quite a few spasms i put it down to him having too much beer last night :scooter: I have been advised to try witch hazel ,so i am going to try that before going to the docs .thanks again

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Posted 01 July 2006 - 06:03 PM

could be hemhorroids too, they're the external hemhorroids and yeah they happen with frequent manual stimulation
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