I am 24. I have chronic constipation/enlarged stool. I have tried EVERYTHING from OTC stool softeners to a high fiber high water diet to Flax meal (the flax gave the most relief as I simply had watery stools for a week). I always dab a bit of witch hazel on the area after a bowel movement as that is the main ingredient in Tucks and other otc products. I have had these problems for as long as I can remember but after my 2 y/o daughter was born it’s become much MUCH worse. I fear going to the bathroom. My stool is far too large to come out without a great deal of pushing which results in a scream of pain and a ripped rectum. I often fill the toilet with blood and continue to find blood on the toilet paper after several hours. I have no health insurance so is there really ANYTHING they can do if I go to the emergency room? Any tips? I’m so young to have such severe stage 4 hemorrhoids that most of my friends just laugh or think I’m gross. I don’t know what to do anymore. My mother has I.B.S. but she always has diarrhea, is this simply the same hereditary condition manifesting in a different way? Am I just screwed?

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