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Anal lump: Lump in the anal area as a symptom. See detailed information below for a list of 18 causes of Anal lump, Symptom Checker, Assessment Questionnaire, including diseases and drug side effect causes.
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During a consultation, your doctor will use various techniques to assess the symptom: Anal lump. These will include a physical examination and possibly diagnostic tests. (Note: A physical exam is always done, diagnostic tests may or may not be performed depending on the suspected condition) Your doctor will ask several questions when assessing your condition. It is important to openly share any pertinent information to help your doctor make an accurate diagnosis.
It is also very important to bring an up-to-date list of all of your all medical conditions, medications including dosages, and names of numbers of any specialist you see.
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This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases, not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Anal lump. Of the 18 causes of Anal lump that we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:
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The following list of conditions have 'Anal lump' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.
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This information shows analysis of the list of causes of Anal lump based
on whether certain risk factors apply to the patient:
Subtypes of Anal lump:
Rectal lump (18 causes)
Medical Conditions associated with Anal lump:
Anal symptoms (466 causes), Anal swelling (17 causes), Rectal lump (18 causes), Lump (342 causes), Digestive symptoms (5299 causes), Swelling symptoms (3730 causes), Digestive system symptoms (5299 causes), Abdominal symptoms (5930 causes), Body symptoms (5672 causes), Lower abdominal symptoms (3048 causes), Rectum symptoms (88 causes)
Symptoms related to Anal lump:
Anal symptoms (466 causes), Rectal symptoms (88 causes), Rectal bleeding (324 causes), Internal bleeding (22 causes), Anal pain (8 causes), Rectal pain (27 causes), Haemorrhoids, Piles (10 causes), Anal cancer (2 causes), Anal bleeding (13 causes), Rectal abscess
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