Anal lump
Anal lump: Introduction
Anal lump: Lump in the anal area as a symptom.
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Causes of Anal lump:
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Medical Books Excerpts
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Medical Books Excerpts
- Hemorrhoids
- "Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition)" (2005)
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- Rectal pain
- "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)" (2006)
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- Rectal Bleeding
- "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter" (2000)
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- Rectal pain
- "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses" (2007)
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Copyright notice for book excerpts: Copyright © 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.
Anal lump: Undiagnosed Conditions
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Misdiagnosis and Anal lump
Chronic digestive conditions often misdiagnosed: When diagnosing chronic symptoms
of the digestive tract, there are a variety of conditions that may be misdiagnosed.
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Intestinal bacteria disorder may be hidden cause: One of the lesser known causes of diarrhea
is an imbalance of bacterial in the gut, sometimes...read more »
Antibiotics often causes diarrhea: The use of antibiotics are very likely
to cause some level of diarrhea in patients.
The reason is that antibiotics kill off not only ...read more »
Food poisoning may actually be an infectious disease: Many people who come down
with "stomach symptoms" like diarrhea assume that it's "something I ate" (i.e. food poisoning).
In fact, it's more likely to be an ...read more »
Mesenteric adenitis misdiagnosed as appendicitis in children: Because appendicitis is one of the
more feared conditions for a child with abdominal pain, it can be over...read more »
Celiac disease often fails to be diagnosed cause of chronic digestive symptoms: One of the most common chronic digestive
conditions is celiac disease, a malabsorption disorder with a variety of symptoms (see symptoms of
celiac disease...read more »
Chronic digestive diseases hard to diagnose: There is an inherent
difficulty in diagnosing the various types of chronic digestive diseases.
Some of the better known possibilities are peptic ulcer, colon cancer, irritable bowel syndrome, or GERD.
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Anal lump: Related Rare Diseases
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Diagnostic tests for Anal lump:
Various tests are used in the diagnosis of Anal lump. Some of these are listed below :
- External Physical examination - looking for perianal skin tags, external hemorrhoids, perianal haematoma, patulous anus.
- Digital rectal examination - noting tone, any mass, tenderness, blood.
- Sigmoidoscopy and Proctoscopy - allow visualization of any lumps that have been felt or to exclude other impalpable lesions and to take a biopsy of lump.
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Diagnosis Checklist: Questions your doctor may ask (and why!)
During a consultation, your doctor will use various techniques in their assessment of Anal lump.
Your doctor may ask several questions when assessing
your condition. It is important to remember that your consultation is a two-way process and any extra information
you can share with your doctor about your symptoms may help them with their diagnosis.
Some of the questions your doctor may ask are listed below:
- How long have you noticed the lump - determine if acute or chronic.
- Was there an event that caused the lump to appear initially? - perianal haematoma may appear following straining at toilet or some other effort involving strain.
- Is the lump there all the time or does it come and go? - A lump that comes and goes indicates a prolapse of a lesion from the rectum e.g. rectal prolapse, rectal polyp or internal hemorrhoids.
- If the lump appears intermittently, what causes it to appear? - e.g. during bowel evacuation.
- Medical history of Inflammatory bowel disease? - may indicate increased risk of perianal abscess.
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Diagnosis Checklist: Associated symptoms your doctor may ask about (and why!)
Sometimes, other symptoms may be present and may help your doctor analyse
your condition.
The symptoms your doctor may ask about (in association with Anal lump) may include:
- Is there pain associated with the lump? - may indicate perianal haematoma, strangulated internal hemorrhoids, perianal abscess.
- Constipation? - predisposes to hemorrhoids, perianal haematoma, rectal prolapse.
- Rectal bleeding or blood on the toilet paper? - may indicate perianal haematoma, hemorrhoids, rectal or anal cancer, rectal polyp.
- Passage of mucous? - may occur with benign or malignant rectal tumors.
- Fever? - may indicate perianal abscess.
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Home Diagnostic Testing and Anal lump
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Organs affected by Anal lump:
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Detailed list of causes of Anal lump
The list below shows some of the causes of Anal lump mentioned in various sources:
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How Common are these Causes of Anal lump?
This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases,
not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Anal lump.
Of the 15
causes of Anal lump that
we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:
- 1
causes are "very common" diseases
- 1
causes are "common" diseases
- 0
causes are "uncommon" diseases
- 0
causes are "rare" diseases
- 1
causes are "very rare" diseases
- 13
causes have no prevalence information.
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causes of Anal lump
Conditions listing symptoms: Anal lump:
The following list of conditions
have 'Anal lump' or similar
listed as a symptom in our database.
This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete.
Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause
of any symptom.
C
Costello syndrome
... anal papillomasF
Focal dermal hypoplasia
... anal papillomataH
Hemorrhoids
... feeling of rectal fullness, anal lumpP
Proctitis
... feeling of rectal fullnessR
Rectal conditions
... Rectal lumpRectal prolapse
... anal protrusionU
Urinary tract infections
... rectal fullness feelingUterine prolapse
... feeling of rectal fullness
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Causes of Anal lump Based on Risk Factors
This information shows analysis of the list of causes of Anal lump based
on whether certain risk factors apply to the patient:
Diabetes - history of diabetes or family history of diabetes?
Classifications of Anal lump:
Subtypes of Anal lump:
Rectal lump (8 causes)
Medical Conditions associated with Anal lump:
Anal symptoms (266 causes), Anal swelling (10 causes), Rectal lump (8 causes), Lump (298 causes), Digestive symptoms (4367 causes), Swelling symptoms (3152 causes)
Symptoms related to Anal lump:
Anal symptoms (266 causes), Rectal symptoms (266 causes), Rectal bleeding (229 causes), Internal bleeding (3 causes), Anal pain (7 causes), Rectal pain (8 causes), Haemorrhoids, Piles, Anal cancer (1 cause), Anal bleeding (2 causes), Rectal abscess
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