Comments on: Proctalgia Fugax Is A Pain In The Butt

By: Footballmom25

Footballmom25 — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:44:39 +0000

OMG- I am 32 years old with 2 kids. I have been experiencing these same symptoms for several years now and every doctor tells me it is IBS (which means I really dont know)! I feel much relief reading the posts and seeing that I am not the only one going through this. This is a very painful problem, to the point I went to the ER and was given Morphine, which only helped for 7 minutes! I was starting to think that I was going CRAZY and I think my husband thought so as well. :( Today is a GREAT DAY, since I have finally found out that I am not NUTS! lol. Thanks for all the posts…

Good Luck to all.. :)

By: barbara

barbara — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 17:49:07 +0000

I have suffered with this sort of pain since the early nineties. It was about once or twice a year at first. Then it got to be a lot worse over the years. Now I am having this pain almost weekly, in not at least every 8 to 10 days. Last night I had two episodes.

I have been to one doctor after another. I have had every test you can think of and I hope I never have another colon test! After the last one in 2005, I passed out and my husband could not get a pulse for a few seconds. I was very sick.

I am so tired of this. I had an MRI again and do have several bulging dics and a narrowing spine, and was sent to a neuritis surgeon who sent me away within five minutes. So, I still have the bulging dics, and I still have the back pain, and I still have the pain in the rear!

I looked up different things last night. I now know what to tell the Doctor about this and hopefully they can help me. I find that I can’t even stand, or sit. I have to lay on my stomach with the heating pad on high! I just lay there and cry til it passes! I have it not just in the middle of the night, it can be in the middle of the day, early morning, or anytime!

I have emailed my family doctor and asked questions.
I am praying for some help.

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 21:30:55 +0000

OMG I have searched so many times for this and never found this condition. This started for me about 6 years ago when it happened one night after masturbation. It occured once or twice a year either randomly at night or after sexual activity, over the last two years it has gotten to the point of happening randomly every few weeks to every few months. I have tried painkillers, hot showers to no avail. I find sitting on the toilet seems to help a little, but not much. All I found before was prostate issues, but this is definately my problem. I will bring it up with my Doctor at my next physical now that it has a name!

By: lisa

lisa — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:42:11 +0000

This has been happening to me for quite a while now, at least two years. Exact same symptoms as described above, during the night, extreme stabbing pain deep in the rectum. Quite scary at times. Even if there is no treatment or cure, after reading this article it is good to know that the condition is not serious and that I am not being paranoid with these symptoms.

By: danelle

danelle — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 05:08:19 +0000

what a great forum to read others’ experiences – thank you especially to bill… i usually sleep with one leg tucked up under me, exactly as he described. i am so glad that i may have found a solution by simply sleeping with both of my legs straight. i’m a 29 year old woman, and have the attacks about once a month – i wake up from a dead sleep and they last about 30 minutes. i finally got the courage to talk to my husband about my pain; he is an emergency room physician and immediately told me the name of this condition. he said it’s more common than people think, because nobody wants to admit this kind of pain to their physicians.

By: Dave

Dave — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 00:11:37 +0000

I have had these for years. I read that a puff or two from an asthma inhaler helps if its salbutamol and it seems to help. I know that hot baths and compresses help but they aren’t quick enough so what I do now is I keep a hair dryer close by. When I feel the pain coming I hit it with the heat from the hair dryer, as hot as I can take it and I massage the area aggressively. I helps to shorten the episodes and make them bearable cus with the dryer you can get heat on it right away.

By: Liam Thrush

Liam Thrush — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 04:22:22 +0000

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By: Myriam

Myriam — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 19:28:36 +0000

HI,
I am a 22 year old female and I have had these shooting pains occur sporadically for about 4 years. I passed out at work because of it once. I think more people have this than we think, because it is considered embarrassing to talk about, especially for women. Here is the interesting part: my grandfather has them and so does my uncle (who also passed out from it). My grandfather found, through experimenting with his diet, that if he ate processed meat the pain would happen. As soon as he cut out processed meat, the pain stopped happening. My uncle started doing this and same happened with him – he stopped getting the pain. A very health-conscious guy, my grandfather has decided it's the nitrates in the meat (who knows?). I have been trying to cut out processed meats and have the cramp very rarely. When I do get it, I think back to what I ate the night before and it's usually some sort of processed meat or meat at a restaurant. After talking about this with my boyfriend, he admitted to having the pain occasionally as well. He gets it a lot more rarely than me though. Hope this helps some of you. I would be curious to hear back about whether it makes a difference or not. My pain is shooting, sometimes unbearable, never lasts more than 30sec or so, and happens during the day.

By: Darla Belanger

Darla Belanger — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:13:49 +0000

What a relief to have found this article and related posts. I have suffered from this for 11 years now. The episodes are more frequent (from two a year to at least 2 a week) and painful then when they started. My doctor sent me for a colonoscopy, which revealed nothing , and I have just been dealing with the pain ever since as he did not have an explanation for the pain. It is difficult for others to understand what you are going through when you are pacing around whimpering and cursing at the mystery pain. I am glad to know there is a medical term for it, that others suffer as I do, and that it is not all in my head. I find bearing down helps for a bit, then when the pain starts to cut through that, I do the opposite and tighten the sphincter, and repeat back and forth until it is gone.

By: Kata Bliss

Kata Bliss — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:18:29 +0000

I have the same experience when I take a few days off from training. I get it back quickly, and the awkwardness does go away too. I hear some folks can come back stronger even after taking 2 weeks off. I guess it depends on the person.