Hello,
I have been having a very annoying problem in my anal area for the past month. I have seen my doctor at Kaiser multiple times now but I have gotten nowhere.
Basically, I have really bad anal itching problems and I see small white things just outside my anus...The white things basically look like small white seeds and/or small white worms. I get the itching sensation fairly randomly but it becomes more bothersome at night. Naturally, I thought I had pinworms. I went to the doctor, got vermox prescribed and had stool tests and the tape test. The results came back negative for all 3 stool test types and the tape stick test. Since then I've had the stool test 2 more times and the tape stick test once more. Every time they come back negative.
Recently, when the itching was bad, I actually inserted the tip of my finger into my anus and rubbed it against the sides. When I pulled it out I saw a decent amount of "white stuff". I don't know if it ws multiple parasites or parasite eggs kind of mashed up on my finger or what.
I basically can't sleep through the night now due to the stress of this and the itching itself.
I don't feel like my doctor is anywhere closer to telling me what is going on and I've been dealing wit this for a month. I also have takena photo of the white things and shown my doctor but he said he couldn't tell what they were because the photo didn't give him a perspective of what they were. He suggested to me it was probably just food bits, or seeds and asked me what I ate...But I see these things everyday, multiple times a day. I don't eat anything that regularly...this suggestion of his was laugable.
What do you think I should do? Do you have any ideas on what it could be? Oh, I also do have slight hemorrhoid problems but I really feel like this isn't the problem.
Thank you!