Proctalgia Fugax

How many are suffering or have suffered from Proctalgia Fugax? I would like to know if it is more common in people who stimulate their anus through play or sex, I will use current literature to get an idea of the prevalence in the general population. (The last I read it was about 18%.)

Thanks

Rob

I've had it in the past. Don't think it's anything to do with anal stimulation, it's more likely caused by stress. As a nurse friend once told me, it's like having a migraine attack but in the bottom.

I never heard of it before!

Sounds seriously painful...

Here's a lay description:

http://www.webmd.boots.com/digestive-disorders/rectal-pain

I've had it and it's no fun! Years ago I read that taking a small warm enema makes it immediately better and it's true. I saw a poor woman at the ER who had it and I told her what to do. She called back later to tell me I'd been right. Each time I've had it there seemed to be a small piece of stool above the anal verge. More detail than I'm sure you'd like but if you get it you'll know what to do.

I get an attack once or twice a week, a terribly intense cramping pain that dose not let up, and would often make me nauseous. If I got up and walked around a bit it sometimes helped.

Most times It would come in the night and wake me up, and would last maybe half an hour 40 min.

Not Fun!

I had not experience it until sometime after prostate surgery. I agree with liquidsky, quickly grabbed a syringe and took a warm water enema, and the relief was instantaneous. I also believe he is correct that a small piece of stool above the anal verge may trigger it, and it seems to occur most often when I have used a drug containing sildenafil.

I had not experience it until sometime after prostate surgery. I agree with liquidsky, quickly grabbed a syringe and took a warm water enema, and the relief was instantaneous. I also believe he is correct that a small piece of stool above the anal verge may trigger it, and it seems to occur most often when I have used a drug containing sildenafil.

Interesting idea. That drug frequently causes congestion in mucus membranes, usually nasal. Maybe the same can happen rectally.

I would add that the pain is enough to wake me from a very sound sleep, and it is a sort of nagging pain like a toothache or a bad headache that just won't go away. I just have to wake up enough to stumble into the bathroom and fill the syringe, fortunately for me it occurs perhaps every 3 or 4 months.

I've had this happen to me occasionally and it is very persistent and painful. As someone said "like a toothache in the bottom." It doesn't happen often but I have had it reoccur for many years and it didn't follow any anal play or other stimulation. So perhaps it was just a sign of some deep seated yearning for something in an empty rectum. I always take a very warm enema and it goes away but sometimes like hiccups it can return later. In that case I take more enemas as long as it persists.

I have experienced this a few times and it had nothing to do with any kind of anal play at all. The first time I was about 18 years old and I woke up out of a sound sleep with this horrendous stabbing pain inside my ass. It was so bizarre! It lasted for a couple of hours. Scared the heck out of me! It happened to me 2 or 3 times since then. Second time it happened when I was sleeping as well. I noticed someone else said that. I wonder what that's about. Fortunately, it hasn't happened to me in a long time.

I had no idea what it was from or that it even had a name. It wasn't until I saw a post on here or another web site that discussed it and I realized it was a real condition that some people experience.

I get migraines and I saw someone compare it to that. I would have to agree that it is definitely like a migraine in your ass. It's not fun.

Way before I got into anal play, I used to suffer from it periodically, usually waking me up in the middle of the night in agony, sometimes going on for 30 minutes or more. After a couple of visits to the doctor, he mentioned that massage was reported to sometimes help, but he wouldn't elaborate. After I got increasingly into playing with my ass with toys, stretching it enough to be able to relax on demand and basically "massaging" it on the inside, I've never had it again and that was years ago. I don't know if my activities resolved the condition, but given what a stressed out and screwed down tight guy I used to be, I wouldn't be surprised.