I also suffer with burning sensation in the rectal area every morning just before I have a bowel movement. The pain also seems to come from my vaginal area. Once I have emptied the bowel, the burning goes away. I had this a few months ago and my GYN tested me for yeast infection and it was positive. I eliminated dairy and sugar from my diet, took the Dyflucan prescribed by the GYN and in a couple of weeks it was cleared up. As it is with most people, once you are cured from a condition such as this, you can easily slide back into poor habits, which I did. This morning that burning before and during my BM was back. I am so discouraged and the pain every morning is just intense. I am 81 years of age and have other issues to deal with. This pain only adds to the rest of it. Anybody have any home remedies I can try because I hate to have to take the Dyflucan again.
You described what I've been feeling recently, and I'm 52 and female, too! since its been 21/2 yrs since your post, I wonder what you discovered.
Polyps won't cause pain, but rather bleeding. But they can become large enough to make passing stool difficult. I think if it were anything serious you would have bleeding and more pain. Gas can cause severe pain as well. I truly feel that whatever it is you'll be catching it early and that's what important. I wouldn't worry, and it doesn't sound like cancer. I've had a lot of this in my family, and none had these symtpoms. Take care....
I would guess perhaps a fissure, but you don't see any blood. I get pain with hard stools and bleeding and all they found was an internal hemorrhoid, which they say typically causes no pain! I had a fissure in the past but if it's there, it must be so small the GI people who have looked can't spot it! They insisted on a colonoscopy after I did occult blood stool testing that came back positive times three.
Also, an immediate relative of mine had a polyp close to the opening (don't know if it caused pain though). The polyp was removed and found to be non-cancerous in her case. Can you get some occult blood stool testing while you are waiting for your colonoscopy? Also, are you on the cancellation list in case a sooner date comes available?