What is the cause of discharge from the buttocks?

If there is secretion flowing out of the anus, you must pay attention to it. There are many reasons for this symptom. The most common one is perianal disease. For example, patients with hemorrhoids may cause this phenomenon. In addition, patients with anal fistula and complete rectal prolapse often cause secretions. It may also be related to age. For example, in the elderly or those with poor physical fitness, the anal sphincter will be more relaxed, which may also cause such symptoms.

What is the cause of discharge from the buttocks?

1. Elderly or infirm people

The main reason for this symptom in the elderly or weak is the relaxation of the anal sphincter or the decrease in contraction force. The anus is closed less, and rectal mucus easily leaks out of the anus, causing long-term irritation to the skin in the anal area.

2. People with active anal sweat gland secretion

Especially for obese people, the anus is deeply sunken between the buttocks, which prevents the perianal skin and sweat from evaporating well, causing the anus to be often wet.

3. Perianal skin diseases

Some skin diseases can also cause patients to have anal moistness symptoms. Clinically, anal eczema, perianal dermatitis, anal condyloma acuminatum, and anal sinusitis are the most common. If this symptom is not treated for a long time, it will cause great harm to the body.

4. Patients with hemorrhoidal fistula

If anal fistula is not treated for a long time, it will cause great harm to the patient. Patients with anal fistula often have inflammatory secretions or a small amount of feces flowing out of the external opening, causing moisture and odor.

Patients with larger external hemorrhoids have damp anus due to incomplete wiping after defecation. Patients with second-, third-, and fourth-stage internal hemorrhoids often prolapse and bring out intestinal fluid, causing damp anus.

5. Complete rectal prolapse

Anal sphincter weakness often occurs, and the rectal mucosa prolapses outside the anus. The rectal mucosal fluid will contaminate the skin around the anus, leading to increased secretions from the anus.

6. Patients with advanced rectal cancer

Patients with advanced rectal cancer will have foul-smelling purulent and bloody secretions flowing out of the anus. They may also suffer from anal incontinence due to the cancer, which can cause anal moisture. However, the moisture caused by this reason is usually accompanied by prolapse, obvious pain, and lumps around the anus.

7. Anal sphincter incontinence

Many people think that fecal incontinence only occurs in the elderly, but this is not the case. Fecal incontinence is also called anal incontinence. The occurrence of this disease is mainly due to a symptom of defecation dysfunction, which causes the patient to lose the ability to control gas and defecation.

There are many reasons why a small amount of stool or secretions always overflow from the anus. If you blindly jump to conclusions without examination and diagnosis, and delay treatment, it will only cause more serious damage to the anus and make the condition worse.