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pain and pressure

I was woken up in the middle of the night with severe pain and pressure in the rectum with sharp pain down my left leg and was very diaphoretic i got up thinking maybe i had to go to the restroom and did not the pain continued into the next day but is not as severe
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Hi,

How are you?
Common causes of rectal pain are anal fissure, hemorrhoids, excessive straining due to constipation and rectal polyp.
Please take a soft bland diet, and make sure you are not constipated. You can take a mild laxative also.
Take care!

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I know for a fact it is not constipation so maybe it is an anal fissure my L leg is still giving me alot of problems 7hrs later is this normal for that kind of problem?
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