Dear Agatha,
I have a teenage son whose anus is protruding. I discovered this about four years ago and since then I had been searching everywhere for help. Ironically, he does not feel any pain, only that he stays in the toilet for a very long time and then you see his anus protruding like sausage roll.
I had taken him to many general hospitals around, and they said with time it will heal. But it is over four years now and I have not seen any positive result.
I have also used local herbs to no avail.
My main worry now is the fact that the boy's manhood is not looking like any child of his age but rather looks like that of a little boy. And I have noticed that he does not have erection. I am therefore very worried, I do not know if the ailment is responsible for the present state of his manhood. I have heard that such health challenge can lead to inability to father a child.
Please what do you think I can do to help him?
Worried Mother.
Dear Worried Mother,
The doctors must have given a name to whatever it is that is wrong. What did they say is wrong and responsible for the protruding anus? Something must have caused it. What in their opinion did? Were tests carried out on him? What general hospitals did you go to? Have you tried getting them to refer you to a teaching hospital because it is not normal for the anus to protrude out of its jacket when one goes to the toilet? That it is happening is enough evidence on its own that medically something is wrong. So, no doctor can dismiss it as one of those things that would go on its own.
Once the anus begins to leave its jacket at will, doctors suggest an operation to forestall a situation of not shrinking back to its former position. If nothing, they should be able to tell you why your son's anus keeps protruding from its normal position. So, to tell you that nothing is wrong is not tenable at all.
Do they think it has anything to do with his diet? What did they suggest you do about it? There is no way they can all be silent about the condition or say it is normal. Can you recall anything precisely about their investigations? And have you told them about his seeming problem with his manhood? You reserve the right to insist on thorough investigations where you think something is wrong. There have been instances of complicity in the way some doctors respond to issues. You can go to a higher authority to lodge complains if you suspect the doctors you are seeing aren't thorough in their response to your son's situation. When it comes to the issue of one's health it is always best to err on the side of caution than to live in permanent regret.
However, the situation you described sounded like hemorrhoids, also known as piles. It is basically inflamed tissue or blood vessels at the lower rectum. It's something that countless people suffer from silently in various degrees. It could also be a severe case of constipation. Severe constipation could lead to too much stress on the lower rectum from straining to pass difficult stool.
If they say nothing is wrong, on your own, do you think it has to do with your kind of diet? Some people have constitutions that react differently from the normal.
While you may get away with your kind of diet, your son may not be able to digest very well some of the things you serve him. The long time he spends in the toilet is suggestive that he is having problems passing stool with ease. Men are easily affected by such things because of the external nature of their male organs as well as its composition which is made up of muscles. Once a man has problems with his lower muscles, it could affect his reproductive organ.
You may start his treatment and help him improve on his digestive problem by including in his diet more fruits and vegetable. Fiber rich foods too can help a great deal to ease movement in his digestive canal. Ensure he takes plenty of water as well.
For now, remove starchy foods from his diet. Encourage him to eat fruits as whole meals or vegetable salads. Carrots are particularly helpful in easing movement of the digestive canal. What more, they are plenty now in season, and could be eaten anytime and anywhere due to the convenience. Garden eggs too have that advantage.
Discourage him from taking anything sugary. Honey should replace sugar. Another thing, I have discovered, that helps digestions very well is eating of orange. Once it is peeled, it should be eaten whole except the seeds. If he can withstand the pungent smell of garlic and onion; these can be blended into juice, sweeten with honey and taken last thing in the night. It is a great drink that aids digestion in addition to its medicinal values of blood purifier.
However, you still have to take him to a doctor to complain of his inability to have an erection. As his mother, for how long has this problem persisted? Has he ever experienced any erection as a child? Can you remember? When did his manhood stop growing? Did it happen the same time he began to have problems with his digestion? Have you pointedly complained about the incident to the doctors? If you haven't, please it is important you do so to make reversal medically possible.
Frankly, you took things for granted. You should have acted promptly the moment you noticed the problem. Damage to the reproductive system is best treated at the onset of the problem. The size of his manhood isn't as important as his ability to have an erection. Irrespective of the size of a man's organ, once he is able to have an erection, he can father a child. Like the woman's breasts, size doesn't matter when it comes to fulfilling the essence of its duty, breast-feeding a child. The problem here is the absence of an erection; a clear indication that something is fundamentally wrong with him.
As a baby, did you ever notice him having an erection? At what point did he stop having them or didn't he ever have an erection?
If government hospitals insist nothing is wrong with him, take him to a very good private hospital where the medical crew would have the patient and interest to carry out thorough investigations on him. Please don't mind the cost of ensuring he gets qualified attention; it is the least you can do for him.
Good luck.
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