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Proctalgia with fainting ?

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andy16
andy16

Since the beginning of this year I have been experiencing what I think is Proctalgia by it's description but when I get it the anal pain is excruciating where I experience nausea, a cold sweat and dizziness and fainting, I always faint after which when I wake up the pain has gone completely. It happened recently in the GP's waiting room where as usual I fainted and so I got some data to ponder, my blood pressure dropped from around normal 130/70 to 90/70, my heart rate was slightly lower than normal at 64 BPM where normal resting is about 72 BPM and the ECG found nothing wrong. Now I already have Orthostatic Hypotension and this Proctalgia thing seems to come when I experience dizzy spells because of the Hypotension so I feel it is linked somehow but I also think my lifestyle might be causing it because I am mostly sedentary and so I am currently engaged in doing more exercise to see if gets any better. My Gp is aware of it but myself being an XXY male he is reluctant to do anything until he has a report from a geneticist as I don't have the typical endocrine conditions associated with 47, XXY. So does anyone else experience fainting with this thing ?

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  • Tabatu1
    Tabatu1 andy16

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    Lay on your back with no pillow and raise your feet 10 inches off the ground by resting them on a stool or something. This has stoped my previous fainting from proctalgia fugax. It also takes the edge off the pain. Lay down as soon as you can as remain laying in that position for 5 mins after the pain has gone. Painkillers and drugs for the nervous system ( pregabalin ) have had no benefit for me, only this. Good luck folks.
  • p61775
    p61775 andy16

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    I have very similar experience. 56yr old male. Had first episode a few years ago. Now happens every few months. Usually at night have severe rectal pain, i try to go to the toilet to no avail. Faint when returning from toilet and wake up feeling better but not perfect. Had a colonoscopy that showed nothing other than Diverticulitis.

  • tenortone
    tenortone andy16

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    I am now 64 years old. This has happened to me around 4/5 times since I was in my 30's. Always in the evening or when I'm awakened during sleep. Intense rectal pain, feinting and profuse sweating. I've also had a very dull ache in my pelvic floor for many years and painful orgasms. It happened to my again last night. Hence my coming across this site. It seems hopeful to at least come across others who experience this.

  • brad03741
    brad03741 andy16

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    **Hate hearing of others with this issue, I've been dealing with this since my early 30's now 50. started out with severe pain which would last 20 to 40 minutes with later episodes increasing in pain to finally passing out, which for me was a great thing for pain was totally gone when i came to. however I learned the hard way of once i feel this to get to the floor and crawl to bathroom. if not you may do as I did. I passed out hitting my head on footboard of bed, which required a trip to ER for stitches.

    I have found no treatment for this although I think hydration has something to do with it and maybe high blood pressure which I've dealt with my entire life.

    so my only words of wisdom is stay low to ground!

  • samantha46609
    samantha46609 andy16

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    im a regular 50+ female i have had this pain many times without fainting. Until today. i was at work its awful. i have a redundant bowel. im waiting for investigation because my bowel twisted back in October. But thankfully went back to normal. Today was a very frightening experience and im not sure what to make of it really? Any information would help

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