Hi everyone first time positing here a spike many others mindngoes into overdrive in search of answers , had a few bouts of what I assumed were haemorrhoids in the past always when I had severe constipation , suffer with a bad back and take codiene which caused it (don't take it anymore) had a really bad case of constipation about a week and a half ago and when I eventually did "go" it was excruciating my fault as pretty much forced it out since then I had a burning searing pain whenever I opened my bowels and constant pain afterwards. My bowel movements are normal now and o don't have pain opening my bowels but have constant anal pain , I can't sit or even walk without feeling like I had a sharpe ball inside me , I contacted the doctor who did a phone triage and said it sounded like thrombossed haemorrhoids , I have no bleeding whatsoever which is why I'm confused as almost all people with piles bleed . He prescribed me a steroid cream to use internally (although I figured you didn't get thrombossed haemorrhoids internally) have been taken it for a few days and see no improvement , painkillers to nothing to ease the pain and I feel like the pain is in my tailbone , it feels so delbilitating . I'm going to go back to the doctors but I'm petrified and also struggle to clean myself after going to the loo and have to use a sitz bath as it's so so painful to touch I don't think I could bare a digital inspection , has anyone has similar symptoms ? I feel like the more I worry the more the pain comes on