hi, i have a slight lump on my anus but it is not hard. It feels very smooth as if the skin has been stretched, if that makes sense. I decided to investigate further and cannot really see anything except when i am relaxed over the toilet. It looks like one side of my anus is rather swollen like a balloon, it is soft and pink in colour. i have been experiencing quite a lot of itching, and it used to bleed say 4 months ago, but hav had nothing since. It is it not painful to touch or wipe or to go the loo, just an itch once i have been Is this a pile? or can this happen normally to your anus when going to the toilet. I thought it might be a prolapsed hemorrhoid but nothing is actually coming out of the anus it is more the side of it that is swollen.