Play carefully-- Please, read this; it can save your anal play.

I want to warn everyone (especially new adventurers) about something that should be more than known, but it is worth emphasizing about it.

I talk about the importance of preparation time, playing NICELY and use of a lot (really A LOT) of lub when performing the anal masturbation.

I say this because few months ago a bump just appeared in my anus. I am a very healthy person and I'm not a compulsive anal player (every 2 or 3 months on average), and yet it appeared to me.

Searching about it in the web I realized that it was hemorrhoids. I am sure that it appeared to me due to playing without enough anal previous preparation and due to use insufficient lub (I never paid attention to that important part of anal play... and I now regret).

I spent three months without playing with my butt. The bump seemed to have gone completely; but when I masturbate my hole again, after some minutes I felt pain and the grain reappeared as the first time. Then I let it go two new months until now. The bump has completely disappeared again (of which I am very grateful), but I am too very clear that when I masturbate muy bum again I will do it with extreme care.

I hope my experience will serve to you to not commit my mistake. If you're neglecting your anal play, stop it right now. Never do it grotesquely (although you note that your body does not required it to you ) because anytime the consequences may appear. And then it will be too late.

Nobody warned to me about it (and I stupidly ignored the little I read in internet), but I warn you so that you not perform my mistake.

Don't scare people away from the joys of anal, there are many, many reasons for getting haemorrhoids... age, diet, weight, chronic bowel conditions... your experience could just have been exacerbated by the rougher anal play.

Just play safe, use lots of lube and know your limits. Be careful of large amounts of pressure or stretching. If it hurts, you've probably already gone too far.

I do not intend to scare anyone. The anal is one of the things I most enjoyed in life and would thoroughly recommend it The point is I want to make it clear how important is to do it relaxed and providing enough time (without hurries).

I'm sorry I sounded so alarming.

Hemorrhoids are an anatomical problem.

They form from straining when defecating.

Your problem of the swelling and pain was most likely due to repeated straining and rectal vascular pressure--kind of like an aneurysm where the vessel/vein swells.

Not using enough lubricant will definitely cause existing hemorrhoids to be inflamed, painful or bleed, but not likely cause them unless you are doing massive stretching.

Now that you mention it, it seems relevant to point that every time I play I do introducing and pushing different sizes balls. I really like the feeling of maintain and pushing the balls as a way of dilatate my backdoor.

Now I dare to ask a question: do you think that with very care I could continue to do so, or should I leave it form of masturbation forever from now?

Play all you want. Use lots of lube and remember pain is your bodies way of telling you that you are reaching your safe limit.

If you are that worried about your hemorrhoids then go to your doctor and have them fixed. And no, you don't need to tell him you like to play back there, and no he will not know that you do. Hemorrhoids are not from playing and are very very common. More people have them then don't have them. So stop worrying, you are fine and perfectly normal.

Mashie

Mashie, thanks for your favorable reply.

Sam,

you may very well play more often, since it may cause your trouble to go away (just not like you do it now). Buttplug wearing can make your hemis cure, this is first hand experience and also from many others. Just do it with a silicone or glass medium size comfy plug, well lubed for an hour or so (for as long you are comfortable) for a week or two. No pushing, no straining, no in and out motion, just relaxing. Your hemis should shrink and eventually be gone. Listen to your body (don't do it if the bump is swelled, wait until it disappears), don't push on plug, pull it out slowly and gradually.

Take care of your diet and how you go to toilet (if you need to go, just GO, don't wait until later). Get a "squatty potty", the sitting position with legs lifted makes it really easier to defecate without straining.

Also change the way you are playing. Pushing balls out of your butt is a sure way to get hemis because of straining.

Happy plugging!

^^^^ That is the claim of the makers of the "rectal rocket" for treating hemorrhoids.

http://rectalrocket.com

There are several similar devices that claim the same (didn't want to mention or include links). However, the main (and good) thing is, that it works.

Happy plugging!

@afternine

Get a "squatty potty", the sitting position with legs lifted makes it really easier to defecate without straining.

I don't mean to start a sitting VS. squatting debate, since there aren't enough studies to definitely support that one is better over the other, or that squatting cures hemorrhoids. I did want to point out though that while it seems to be the most popular, the squatty potty isn't the only product of its kind out there. There are all kinds of foot stools out there, as well as platforms that go over the toilet bowl to allow you to fully squat over the toilet, and to do so safely (not on the rim). You can also DIY if you're into that. I am not bashing the squatty potty either. I have one, and don't want to poop without it or something like it ever again. I got mine after doing research, and concluding that the squatty potty meets my needs/requirements the best of all the products I looked at. A lot of people including myself are convinced that feet up, or squatting outright is the way to go. A lot of people claim their hemorrhoids went away after they started to use the squatty potty. So, do your own research, and play safe.

Thanks to all for being people concerned about the health of others. The buttplug wearing seems to me a fantastic form of deal with the problem. I'll try it!

Hemorrhoids can be successfully treated with beetroot. I kid you not!

Drinking the juice has several health benefits – lowering blood pressure for one – but as a cure for hemorrhoids I have and do use tinned beetroot. That is, whole beetroot which are small enough to insert like a suppository. I have used proprietary suppositories from the pharmacy for hemorrhoids but have never found that they work as well as beetroot. And I have read that drinking the juice is also useful to treat anal and rectal hemorrhoids. Or just generally having beetroot in the diet. Some component in the vegetable has an effect of hematomas in general, meaning bruising, blood clotting, etc. I'm not a doctor and not giving advice like one, just saying what works for me and best if you do some research. I've also had what I believed to be internal hemorrhoids – rectal and intestinal. Severe sharp pains like a stabbing feeling in the lower rectum and within the abdomen, and often most severe when food was passing through my gut. Ultrasound and X-rays showed nothing so my doctor suggested a colonoscopy but I was reluctant. Not because I'm shy or embarrassed – I'm the least inhibited person on the planet. I just wasn't keen on the idea because I have heard that the procedure is painful, requires sedation and also powerful laxatives beforehand. So I looked on-line for answers and came across a few forums where people reported similar pains, and internal hemorrhoids seemed to be a recurrent theme. So I began taking apple cider vinegar every morning – 200 mL (four teaspoons) in 200mL of water. It is quite acidic so be aware of that if you have stomach ulcers or similar problems. The apple cider vinegar must be the raw variety with the mother culture still intact, not the filtered kind used for cooking and salad dressings. This variety contains the beneficial bacteria that, like a probiotic, do the most good. It has a cloudy and murky appearance. Within four days my gut and rectal pains had gone, and while I have had anal hemorrhoids on and off for several years, using whole beetroot as suppositories has cured them whenever they have occurred. British MD Dr. Michael Mosley did a study of apple cider vinegar and got good results among his test subjects which seemed to indicate that it has beneficial effects, including lowering of cholesterol. Again, do your own research and make your own conclusions and decisions – don't take my post as medical advice.

When it comes to defecating I have also tried the squatting technique, and while it is supposedly the "natural" way to do it, and was no doubt done from the time of the caveman up until the invention of toilets, in my opinion it causes the lower intestines to be folded and compressed which can hinder peristalsis. No medical or scientific substance to that as far as I know – merely my personal opinion and what I feel when I am in that position. I find a more effective method is to stand, legs slightly apart (i.e. – feet about 12 inches apart) and then clutching my buttocks with my hands and pulling them open, fingers on either side of the anus and stretching the anus open to stimulate movement of the bowels. Generally using the fingers to pull first to one side and then the other is what works best for me, but there will be different strokes for different folks I guess. I stand straight, but bending forward might also be preferred by some people. I find this is also a more comfortable way of passing a large stool since it stretches the anus open to allow it to pass more easily. As well as pulling the anus open from side to side, I also move my fingers forward and backward or move them in a slightly circular motion, all intended to "massage" the anus and stimulate the bowels to empty. I also use this technique in public toilets with my legs either side of the bowl and this avoids sitting on a toilet seat that may or may not be contaminated (hepatitis for example – maybe not possible, but I'm just saying). Some tissue in the bowl will avoid any splashing!

Yes, with all due respect, please do not take his post as medical advice.

Mashie

^^^^ Agreed.

Way too much opinion and anecdotal information.

Yep pretty fringey. Reminds me of some of the strange things I hear in Santa Cruz where I live. Anecdotal evidence is just that. Only what has been verified by using the scientific method and double blind study is to be taken seriously.