ANAL LEAKAGE! Help!!!

[Cashbutler1200]

I stopped all things anal about 4 months ago and I’m still have anal leakage daily! What helps!?!?!??

 

[KaraBulut]

Generally, anal leakage isn't connected to anal sex, as long as you weren't doing extreme anal play.

There's a number of things that can cause leakage. Your best bet is to see a gastroenterologist to determine whether there's a problem like irritable bowel disease that would explain why you're having leakage.

 

[lockeroomguy]

Leakage is from poor anal sphincter muscle tone. You can tighten up that muscle with simple exercises. Do an internet search for "anal kegel" and you'll find instructions.

 

[PrinceCory]

I stopped all things anal about 4 months ago and I’m still have anal leakage daily! What helps!?!?!??

This is what happened to me. Several years ago (2012) I finally mentioned to my Doc that I had anal leakage (smears in my underpants). He assumed it was hemorrhoids and sent me to a general surgeon. After an exam the surgeon said all he saw was a loose flap of skin inside my anus. He said he could cut it out but not guarantee it would fix my problem. He said usually the problem is a matter of too much or too little fiber. I returned at a later date for outpatient surgery. It did not fix the problem. So I just put up with it for several years using round cotton pads (found in the makeup section of the store) put between my cheeks after a bowl movement. That soaked up the leakage.

I finally went to a gastroenterologist about 3 years ago. Basically he said no specialist will give you an opinion without an updated colonoscopy. I never got around to doing that. Thinking back it was a (often) normal thing for me, when I had a bowel movement, that the toilet water was cloudy near the bottom of the bowl. It was cloudy enough that I could not see the stool (but not very dark with floaters like you see with diarrhea. I kinda assumed that the stool was just immediately breaking down from sitting in the water.

The issue continued until about 1 1/2 years ago when I was diagnosed with diabetes. I was put on oral meds for that (Metformin). After 3 or 5 months I realized that the leakage had slowly stopped...but now i had frequent (weekly) soft BM's or diarrhea. BUT, I had also lost 40 pounds. At this point, since I'm now off the Metformin (by about a month) and my bowels are only a little better. It was suspected that the Metformin or my gallbladder was causing the soft BM problem. I now suspect all along it was my gallbladder (before my weight loss I was eating fatty foods everyday) acting up causing the leakage. Apparently there is no fix for a gallbladder other than changing your diet.