For a few months, I've suffered rectal pain. It's quite an intense ache that I get after I go to the loo. Perhaps a spasm? I don't know. I haven't thought much of it until the last three weeks when I've had more symptoms: rectal pain (more of the same intense ache, plus a new burning acute pain) which sometimes wakes me up at night and 'vibrations' in my rectum (it's like someone stuck a mobile up there and keeps ringing it!), going to the loo several times a day on some days, or not at all for a few days.
The GP did an exam after which she said she couldn't see anything wrong, to take paracetamol, and come back in a few weeks if it doesn't get better. I said I didn't think it was going to disappear in a couple of weeks if it's been getting worse for several months. She then said she would book a blood test to check on my anaemia and wrote on the slip "Anal Pain" and "Anaemia". I did not mention anal pain, only rectal pain! I definitely know the difference between the two. I feel like I can't go back about this problem now
I would definitely get a second opinion. When the body sends pain signals it is it's way of saying "something is wrong". Pain does not start for no reason.
How are things with you now? I have strange sensations since a car crash several years ago which, to pardon the pun, doctors have never got to the bottom of. I sometimes get pain in my rectum and other areas of the anal area. There's no real trigger I can think of. You can ask to be referred to a specialist. I ended up seeing several people as I have loss of sensation, I don't feel when I need the toilet like I did before the crash as well as having reduced sensation on my skin all around my midrift (the area where my spine was fractured) the specialist was very understanding and listened to me although he explained he couldn't help me at present re the loss of sensation. I sometimes have a "red hot" feeling, like a disc of heat that no one can explain too. Definitely get a second opinion. Ask to see a specialist. Did you fall or hurt your self somehow before you got these symptoms? I appreciate how embarrassing it feels as I too felt that way but be persistent.