A patient with external hemorrhoids develops pain while passing stools. The nerve mediating this pain is –
Correct Answer: Pudendal nerve
Description: External piles (hemorrhoids) lie below the pectinate line and are therefore painful.
Pain sensation below the pectinate line is carried by inferior rectal nerve, a branch of the pudendal nerve.
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