hemoroids?

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OK so I was at the gym this morning and something felt a little wet down there, but like further back near my bum.  It was uncomfortable and stinging quite a bit cause I was walking on the treadmill and we all know that friction and wetness does not feel good.  I wrote it off as being sweat or maybe some discharge from my vagina that had worked its way back there.  When I was in the shower I washed back there and it stung when the water hit it, which stung more than normal but like I said I HAVE had dampness back there before when working out from sweat and all.  I figured the stinging was just the water hitting skin that had been irritated from being damp while being active.

But later as I was getting my things together I noticed my panties had blood on them, not a lot, just enough to stain my panties of course and freak me out.  I don't get a period with my birth control pills and it was all toward the back of my panties.  What was that?  I've never had hemoroids but that was my first thought.  I did have a rather larger than normal bowel movement yesterday but I did not strain at all nor did it hurt at all.  This was about 3 hours ago and there had been no blood since.   I just had a bowel movement, granted it was somewhat softer than usual but it did not hurt at all and there was no blood in the toilet nor when I wiped.  I checked things out with a mirror as best I could but everything looked as it should, and my actual anus doesn't hurt, just the skin like between my butt cheeks where I guess the blood sat for a bit and made it a bit raw down there, but as I was checking things out I pushed on my anus a bit and that didn't hurt at all.  I put some Desitin on the raw area since its all I have in the house.  Does this sound like hemoroids, or something else?  I'm not TOO worried since I've felt ok since, but finding unexplained blood on your panties is never a joyous occasion.