I have symptoms that I'm hoping are just hemerrhoids but I"m worried I have something worse. Can someone PLEASE tell me whether these sound like hemerrhoids?
* Lump outside anus. It is not sensitive to touch. It feels firm but not as hard as a marble. It's bigger than a pea--perhaps the size of a large marble.
* I have itchiness around my anus and some soreness. Slightly bothersome but not very painful.
* My bowel movements have changed in the past week or so. Two days I went three times in one morning. Two days I only had very small or no BM at all.
* I have a slight feeling of fullness in the anus area but not extreme.
* I have passed more gas (lots of air coming out, like a window is open in there, but not smelly)
* I have a history of HPV/abnormal paps (twice, but both times it cleared up within six months)
* I delivered a giant baby vaginally seven years ago and think I had hemerrhoids after that - but I assumed they went away
*Other than in the past week, I have not experienced constipation at all so no pushing or anything that would have led to hemerrhoids
*I'm 49 years old and normal weight (132 lbs, 5'9) but 15 lbs more than I was in high school
* I exercise twice a week and eat a mixed diet - veggies and fruit every day but also carbs and sugar; no fast food
*Non-smoker and no family history of anal/rectal cancer. But lots of cancer in the family.
Please give me feedback if you can!! Thank you!!