question: hi, i am a 25 year old female, for the last couple of years I have noticed a lump on the outside of my anus. sometimes it enlarges & goes hard, and I find it uncomfortable to poo, other times it is barely noticeable but still evident outside my anus. At present it is probably the size of a 1p-5p coin and is hard to the touch. The more I go to the loo & wipe it the worse it becomes. I sometimes have to use sudocream. I also experience anal bleeding sometimes too when I have a poo (it doesn't necessarily have to be a strained one). i did go to the doctors over a year ago & got told that it had probably been there all my life & that i just hadn't noticed although I am sure this is not the case. What could it be?