This started a few weeks ago when I had awful diarrhea and I was wiping a LOT. It's happened to me before in the distant past, I just happen to be an over-wiper I guess. Basically, I wipe so much that I aggravate that area and sometimes draw a tiny bit of blood.

Basically I've noticed this time that I created maybe a blood blister or a scab or something from all the wiping. It seemed to go away and I could wipe as normal for a while, but it came back again after a couple weeks.

When I wipe, if the incident occurs, I feel a tiny pain (like if you scratched a scab on accident) and then the toilet paper comes back with a pinprick of bright red blood. It's never more than a drop of blood and usually half that or less.

Then if I blot the toilet paper on the area, I can get the bleeding to stop completely. Afterwards there is no pain at all and I can sit, stand, walk, and even poop again later with no pain. I never have pain defecating.

So... is this something I should worry about? What can I do to make the problem go away? It sounds to me like a tiny anal fissure which I've read only heals on its own 50% of the time, but it's so little blood that I resent having to go to the doctor on my limited budget... but I don't want my butt to fall off.