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Trait

Anal pain

Pain in and around the anus or rectum (perianal region).

HPO HP:0500005

Summary

Also called
Rectal pain, Anorectal pain, Proctalgia
Body system
Constitutional symptom

1 gene linked to Anal pain

Changes in these genes cause rare conditions in which Anal pain is seen. Most people with this trait have none of those conditions, and a gene on this list says nothing about anyone's own genome.

GeneHow often it is seenConditions
SCN9Asodium voltage-gated channel alpha subunit 9Not recordedIn 1 condition

How often is among people with one of the gene's conditions, the most often across them, as the Human Phenotype Ontology records it. These pages describe traits and the research behind them; they are not a diagnosis, and a doctor or genetic counsellor is the person to ask about symptoms.

Broader traits

Pain

Where this comes from

  • The Human Phenotype Ontology, release 2026-09-01: the trait, its names, its definition and the genes linked to it. Find out more at hpo.jax.org.
  • Data release 2026.10.16-c6eea6bf.

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