Question: Hey and thanks for answering in advance. I'm a 21 year old male and I have been having problems for over 1 year now with my anus leaking. When I go to the bathroom I make sure to clean myself real good after doing my business and sometimes I even take a shower and clean myself again after that. Buuut usually 10-15 minutes after I go to the bathroom and clean myself afterwards I feel uncomfortable on my butt and I go to the bathroom and wipe it with a paper towel and there will be feces down there. I have gone to a couple of doctors now in my country and they thought it was a skin problem which seems very stupid to me because what I see as the real problem is my anus leaking. This (I suspect) causes the skin around the anus to become soar and burns a little and makes it so that I cant workout, do labour work, go out running, do stuff that makes me sweat because sweat will usually make the tenderness of the skin down there worse and sometimes like a burning feeling in the anus. As I said I suspect the leaking anus to be the cause to the skin problems around the anus but I cant seem to figure out what is causing this. This started ca 1 year ago give or take and the only lifestyle change I can remember from that time is that I got fatter and was eating more junk food and still am. I'm not overweight though I'm 180cm tall and 75kg. I hope you can come to some sort of conclusion about this illness.

Hello Dr. Ajit Naniksingh Kukreja.

I would like to add that I have suspicions that my diet may have a role in causing this "illness" seeing as it started when I was living quite unhealthy and eating a lot of fat foods and I still do. I have heard that when people become of more weight and eat fat foods that leaking may occur. I have answered all your questions beneath in order. Before you start, where do I go for anal manometry? Should I speak with my family doctor to find out where?


1] What is the frequency of stool or soiling in 24 hours ?

Answer to question 1:
I cant really count how often it happens because I don't feel anything when it happens. I just feel a soar feeling around the opening of the rectum if I sit for long or If I sweat or do something that strains the body. It really varies from day to day. For example yesterday I went to the toilet every 15-30 minutes to wipe my behind and there was always a little wet feces on the paper when I checked. I went out for a walk for 30 minutes yesterday and when I got buck I felt my skin was very soar and a little burning feeling. Today I have almost not had to go wipe my behind at all. I still feel very soar around the rectum opening though.

2] Do you pass mucus in stool ?

Answer to question 2 :
I can not say with certainty that I have noticed that at all. Its more sweat like feces rather than mucus I would say.

3] Is there fullness of abdomen after taking meals

Answer to question 3:
I'm not quite sure what you mean by fullness of abdomen. If what you mean is that I feel like my stomach is full (abdomen = stomach?) then no not really unless I eat too much.

4] Is there soiling of garments when you pass flatus ?

Answer to question 4:
Yes. Not always though.


5] Have you tried retaining stool in case there is no provision for toilet ?

Answer to question 5:
I manage to retain stool if I am not in close access to WC and that is usually no problem.