Embarrassing Illnesses

hi there,

i tend to strain when i go to the toilet and i don't know if i have piles or not. I get constipation and i am embarrased to go my doctor. my anus area is very itchy and i would like to get this sorted but i dont want to go to my local gp. what can i do?

Ioren you will be reassured to know you're not alone – I too suffer piles EVERY month about 5 days before my period. Until a week ago all medical professionals said that there was no connection and dismissed it – however last week I saw a different GP who said she'd heard another patient say the same and didn't dismiss it! I am absolutely convinced there is a hormonal connection but what can be done to fix the cause? I have to go back to the doc on this subject so might get somewhere – so there is hope that the NHS might start to acknowledge this and fix the cause (not only the symptom)!

hi please Can you help without telling me to go to the doctor.
I had my daughter just over a year ago and since she was born, i have been suffering from constipation and piles on and off. Lately though i have been getting constipated a lot and find it painful to go to the toilet and the last few days have had blood on the tissue when i go. what can i do to help get rid of this painful pile?

Sometimes my vigiana gets itchy and dry. what can i do to stop it?

hey there ive suffered from piles for yrs. i take a lot of morphine which doesnt help but now my piles are bigger and totally black,they have started bleeding now and everytime i go to the loo it pulls another pile down. im to embarresed to go to the doctor is there any self help remedys i could use and is having piles related to bowel cancer as my dad has just passed away with bowel cancer hope some one can help me

Hi ever since i had my daughter 4 months ago i have been unable to go to the toilet without having severe pain it's gradually got worse over the past week, im at my witt's end the doctor have given me laxative and anticeptic creams but it's still extremly painful to the point off making me cry, im breast feeding so there is hardly any medicine i can take it's getting to the point where i could give it up so i could take something stronger it's the last thing i want to do PLEASE HELP :(

after i had my first child 6 yrs ago i developed i internal piles which seemed to go away, since then i have had another child now 2 yrs ago & have recently noticed that i bleed when i do a poo & i seem to have discharge also when i don't go for a poo, it's not painful but i was just wondering whether it is piles or something else? can you help

hi there im in desperate need of help,im to embarrassed to go to the doctor!! i have internal piles everytime i srain to go to the toilet they pop out.and when im finished they go back in. these aint painful at all just very embarrasing!! i realy dnt want surgery as i suffer from anxiety. i had a baby 6 months ago and never been normal since.these piles are rather large when out and very dry!! please help me!!!!

Hi there,
For about 6 months now I have had quite sore itching on and off around the anus hole area and sometimes I find it hard to go to sleep at night because it gets so unbearable. I have been prescribed Timodine Cream just to soothe it and I have been to the doctor's twice but the itching keeps coming back now and then. I regularly wash around that area but it doesn't really get rid of the pain. Is there anything you can suggest I do.
Thanks for your help.

i seem to get piles monthly just about 5 days before my period is there any relation? hormaonal ect