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Anal Abscess
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Also known as: Perianal abscess · anal abscess · pus boil at the anus · perianal abscess · purulent anal inflammation · abscess at the bottom · festering sore anus · thick lump at the anus · pus lump at the backside
Your Body Is Speaking
An abscess at the anus combines two signals: the encapsulated, purulent inflammation of an abscess, and the theme of the anus — the place where the body lets go. When pus collects there of all places, your body is showing you something very concrete: you are holding on to something that should have left long ago — and the pressure building from that has become inflamed.
Medically, an anal abscess is painful, sensitive to pressure, often accompanied by fever. From a psychosomatic perspective, it is the physical condensation of an inner state: anger and rigidity surrounding something you cannot release — and which is now festering, because it has been held too long.
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