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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nThe man had only recently checked out of the Tokyo Medical University Hospital following a 21-day stay while ill with COVID-19. But despite having fully recovered from the virus, he returned to report uncomfortable new symptoms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He told physicians that he began suffering \u201cdeep anal discomfort\u201d in the area between his anus and genitals, prompting him with the \u201cessential urge to move\u201d his bowels \u2014 which gave him no relief, according to their paper, available to read<\/a> via \u201cBMC Infectious Diseases.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Add \u201crestless anal syndrome\u201d \u2014 with its predictably awkward symptoms \u2014 to the growing list of mysterious side effects associated with COVID-19 recovery.Alamy Stock Photo<\/p>\n\n\n\n As days passed, the patient observed that physical activity seemed to relieve his stressed anus, while lying low only increased his discomfort, which also spiked during the evening hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A colonoscopy showed the man had internal hemorrhoids, but that didn\u2019t explain his spasms. His nervous system also appeared to be in working order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n COVID-19 is known for causing a shock wave of side effects<\/a>, some of which are neurological<\/a>, including loss of taste and smell, brain fog and numbness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n That\u2019s when doctors reckoned his awkward condition must be neurological, noting that his symptoms had manifested similar to RLS, which has been detected in at least two other recovered COVID-19 patients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The connection between the disease and RLS is not yet understood, said report author Dr. Itaru Nakamura. Nakamura\u2019s patient, however, may be the first documented case of restless anal syndrome associated with COVID-19, he wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Restless legs syndrome is said to occur in at least 3 million Americans, and its symptoms may occur elsewhere on the body, such as the arms<\/a> or even the face<\/a>. Some experts believe the condition is vastly underreported, as the Restless Legs Syndrome Foundation estimates<\/a> that 7% to 8% in the US are living with some form of RLS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nakamura prescribed the man a daily regimen of the sedative clonazepam (Klonopin) to help relax his anal muscles, and he has continued to improve after 10 months of treatment, according to the report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Hannah Sparks The latest COVID-19 symptom is about butts \u2014 but it\u2019s no joke. A newly published medical report by doctors in Japan has revealed a mysterious condition associated with… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":51094,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[128],"tags":[827],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51093"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51093"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51093\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51095,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51093\/revisions\/51095"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}