Internal anal lump , hard about pea size under the skin

Terrified is how I feel at the moment . My anus felt a bit sore after wiping , don't know why but felt around in cas if I'd "torn it " and felt a pea sized lump under the skin about 1cm inside sphincter. I've never had piles , no bleeding , not itching either. Feels movable like a cyst but joined on , not swollen like a pile , rubbery like a lipoma . No one available on the chat lines , surgery naturally closed over xmas , can't just talk to anyone , no support , nowt. I've emailed my surgery for a request for an appointment but after the xmas break I am now going out of my tiny mind with worry. I can't turn up at A and E can I? Especially with this covid explosion. I feel desperate I only found it this evening and cannot put it down to anything else other than cancer , it just does not resemble any descriptions of internal piles , can anyone please help ?

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  • I found one of these four days ago, nurse said its a perianal abcess and got anti biotics for it, seems to be going down, she's checking it again on weeks time x

  • Hello and thank you for replying , that's really weird , I had an abscess about a week or so ago and it's just healing up on the front of my lady parts , it was really big and full of gunge which emptied . I wonder if I still have infection in me ? Oh well I suppose I'll find out sooner or later , just have to wait to be looked at , oh joy. Once again thank you . Can I ask what alerted you to the fact that you had it ? 

  • I wiped and felt a bit sore so had a feel, looked in mirror, the usual, I'm an absolute health anxiety freak, constantly prodding myself, nurse was amazing, said its actually quite common. Its not sore anymore and feels like it's doing down slowly, it's right on my anus and terrified me, never had piles so I had no idea what it was. Hopefully you can get into doctors and get some antibiotics x

  • Oh you're lucky my lump is just inside about a 1cm in , I am totally hypochondriac I'm making myself feel physically sick with worry , haven't slept and hardly eaten. I wonder if you can have one right inside? Thanks again for your reply .

  • Hi ZG321,

    I saw your post on the supraclavicular lymph node (I have my left one up too) and wondered if perhaps it is linked to the perianal absess (infection)? Just a thought?

    x

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  • I think it could be, lymph node swole up after day 2 of covid booster and then perianal abcess appeared week later, nurse suggested it could have been brewing for a while. Hoping bloods inc FBC and CRP Protein bloods will rule anything out. I hate having these awful thoughts, hard to rationalise and explain to people how I feel.