A 77-year-old man is on the mend after developing a condition that doctors have termed "restless anal syndrome."
The man, who has not been publicly identified, is the subject of a new BMC Infectious Diseases case report. He started noticing symptoms after he recovered from COVID-19, developing a constant need to poop. The case report detailed how the man, who lives in Japan, sought treatment for "deep anal discomfort" after spending 21 days in the hospital with COVID.
The man said the discomfort gave him an "essential urge to move" his bowels. But, even when he went No. 2, he still didn't feel relief.
The case report said that the man's symptoms got worse when he was resting, felt better when he exercised, and got worse again in the evening. He had a colonoscopy that detected hemorrhoids, but that didn't explain his symptoms. Neurological tests found no issues with the reflexes of his tendons in his anus, nor did they uncover any problems with the sensation in his perineum (the area between the anus and genitals) and spinal cord.
The man, who has not been publicly identified, is the subject of a new BMC Infectious Diseases case report. He started noticing symptoms after he recovered from COVID-19, developing a constant need to poop. The case report detailed how the man, who lives in Japan, sought treatment for "deep anal discomfort" after spending 21 days in the hospital with COVID.
The man said the discomfort gave him an "essential urge to move" his bowels. But, even when he went No. 2, he still didn't feel relief.
The case report said that the man's symptoms got worse when he was resting, felt better when he exercised, and got worse again in the evening. He had a colonoscopy that detected hemorrhoids, but that didn't explain his symptoms. Neurological tests found no issues with the reflexes of his tendons in his anus, nor did they uncover any problems with the sensation in his perineum (the area between the anus and genitals) and spinal cord.
