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Question

I have hemerroids and when i use my medicine i noticed that after the tube like entrance to my butt, about 2 to 3 inches in there is like a wall and then the tube continues up. Is this normal?

I worry easily and I just need to know if the wall is normal. It is like 2 to 3 inches in and then it goes up. I looked for daigrams but i couldn't find anything usefull. can someone please answer.

Answer 1

You have two anal sphinters (ring of muscle), the inner and outer anal sphincters. The outer one we control voluntarily and the inner one is involuntary.

The inner one could very possibly be what you're feeling.

Here's a wiki link about the inner one:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internal_anal_sphincter

And the outer:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/External_anal_sphincter