Please, I'm self diagnosing myself ! I have said before on forum regarding my symptoms . Pain, throbbing, burning , discomfort . Especially more after defecation! There's no bleeding thank god ! This has been a problem for almost a year , everyday ! I was suppose to get a sigmoidoscopy but chicken out! This week a surgeon is suppose to evaluate my condition . I've had hemorroids , so you can rule that out , don't know if that's still an issue though . Desperately trying to find any feedback to what might be causing this health issue of mine . If anyone shares any similarities to this condition , and what you think it might be . It will be greatly appreciated thanks . Hope to hear a response !
You are not alone. Your simtoms say Anal fissure all the way. I've been dealing with it for over a year myself. I don't need to explanation the pain. It's the worse! It's a daily battle but I have learned to deal with it. I tried crazy diets which didn't work. I now treat myself with laxatives and strategic pooping. I take a natural vegtable laxative before I go to bed. When I have to go in the morning I try to hold off as l long as I can but when it's time I never sit. I stand with my back to the toilet and almost poop standing but slowly bend down and aim as good as possible to hit the target. Sometimes good and sometimes clean up. I'm getting good at it. I still get pain most days but with normal activity I'm pain free most of the day. I hope this helps you. Keep me posted.
Thanks Greg . I appreciate that very much. Yes ! All this time it point to a fissure ! Everyday there's pain as though like when you have a scrape and it stings . There's some okay days that I'll be fine , but diet of what I eat has a lot to do with it I guess . I hope this doc can see what the issue is , I heard the sig is not pleasant . I really hope it's that and not something worst . Thanks again
I hear you. Sergery has crossed my mind but that's a last resort. Try to avoid the hard to digest stuff. Tortilla chips. Nuts etc. I try to drink a lot of water and go heavy with veggies and fruit. Let me know what the doc says.
Will do . Thanks a lot , and yes fruits , veggies , lots of water . I'll keep you posted .
Get some diaper rash cream. One with the highest amount of since oxide in it. Cover the areas before and after pooping. Directly after pooping first soak in warm water to clean the area and bring circulation to it then apply the cream. The cream is thick and will smooth and coat the area and for me and many others stops the burning. Look into getting H-fissure oil from healing oils and use as directed. Make sure to take a stool softener and eat veggies and fruits and drink tons of water till it is healed. It can take a while and be up and down. Hope this helps.
Let us know how it goes ! God bless uou! It is brutal I know
I feel your pain! I've been dealing with the same issue for about 2 months now. I did go to my doctor and he prescribed a ointment for me and after 3 weeks I went back for a follow up and he said I was healed up. It's back again. i follow a pretty good diet and still it just keeps coming back. I do have blood every now and then and the pain is nothing like I experienced a couple of months ago. I soak in a warm sitz bath at least 3 X a day and that seems to help. I feel like my whole life is just focused on going to the bathroom. This sucks and I pray for relief quickly!!! I've lost about 15 pounds just from following my healthy eating habits and plan on sticking with it. Good Luck Erick and keep us updated on your progress
Thank you Elizabeth . Do you think it is a fissure? Based on what I'm going through ?
Thanks Jennifer ! I will try that . My issue obviously lies in the rectum at least that's what I'm suspecting , coworkers make fun of because I walk funny . They know what's going on , but everything points to a fissure I suppose ?
Sure sounds just like a fissure!! If it feels like you are pooping glass it is most likely and fissure. Make sure to have a colorectal doc take a good look. Keep us posted !!
Hard to say. With that type of pain you usually see blood. Sounds like it is but once the doctor confirms at least you will know. You might need the compounded ointment to help heal it. Keep us updated.
So sorry you have to deal with an anal fissure erick....They really do affect you physically and mentally.
I had the surgery and if you are interested can give you the details of how it went for me. My surgery was successful and I have not had any issues since.
Here are some tips I have found in the meantime that might help:
1. Try somee zinc oxide in the form of calmoseptine which has menthol to soothe the area down there as well. Calmoseptine can be bought at almost any local drugstore and can be bought online too.
2. Try squatting when going on the toilet instead of sitting. This is a much helathier position and the poop sometimes will just slide out, no pushing or straining involved.
3. I would definately take a fiber supplement, specifically metamucil is what I take evveryday, in ordr to allow your stools to be soft and to allow them to pass thorugh easily. THis being said, with any fiber supplemetn, you must drink lots of water when using them, or they will not work veffectively. Also, do not take too much as too much fiber can irritate your bowels on the way out and diarreah actually does worse down there.
5. I would recommend getting a sphicteronomy surgery if htings dont get better. I waited it out, gave up, had the surgery, and was able to heal within about two weeks. I had a chronic fissure, so I knew where you are ocming from with v all the pain and discomfort.
Try listening to music to distract your mind a bit, especially when going to the bathroom. If you are in writing pain, distract yourself with a movie or TV show right after. Also, to prevent myself from screaming and from putting more stress in the area down there, i bit down on a washcloth in order to make the tensions with my teeth instead of my sphicter muscle.
Good Luck!!!
Sincerely,
Myles
Thanks Marcus ,
Is this the only alternative to heal if it is a fissure ? Surgery? Can some one live with this condition without any serious complications ? Everyone so far , points to a fissure . I guess in my desperation I name every illness in the book ! Cancer , colitis , chrons, ibs , everything in the colon family I have ! I know I sound like a hypochondriac , but it's anger to feel this everyday ! Some days are ok , but when it attacks there's no mercy on my rectum ! Which is where I feel all these symptoms .
Erick,
I found a doctor in NY who does a new procedure that does not require cutting the sphincter. He says he has such good results he doesn't proform that surgery ever. I have not gone to him as I am doing so well and planning of healing totally but if need be this would be my next step prior to sigmoid ectomy. But in the end I would do anything to make this horror stop. It is hideous and effects every area of your life. I wish you the best and hope you get to a good colorectal specialist to get diagnosed.
Daniel L. Feingold, MD
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NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia
To be honest, with no sign of blood, I wouldn't jump directly to a fissure. However, fissures are known to cause tremendous pain (pain hard to even describe because it is so bad), and is the worst for a few hours after going to the bathroom.
I would recommend seeing a colorectal surgeon or someone high up in the medical department of an anorectal doctor to help diagnose you.
You might possibly not have an anal fissure. But if you do, and it is not helaing on its own, then you should see a doctor. Surgery and botox (I do not know how well botox works as I have never done it) are used as kind of last resorts..however there is cream to help relax the sphincter muscle anx can help you heal.
With most fissures, the problem is that once you go to the bathroom, you irritate the fissure and cause the internal sphincter muscle in your but to spasm, which prevents the fissure from healing. Without this spamsing, the fissure would heal a lot quicker. However, you have to go to the bathroom so there is no real way to stop it without medical ointments, like diltazem creams, surgery, or botox.
Hope this helps you.
Sincerely,
Myles
Hi Jennifer ,
Based on what you said not to have the sigmoidoscopy perform? Can a doctor determine by doing a standard rectal assessment ?
Thanks again. And these things to apply are only prescribed meds ? Or can anything over the counter help? Yes, as I said before there's no bleeding at all . Only that discomfort , pain, throb, irritation. Sometimes I get the impression that maybe it's a hemorroid that is thrombose , or prolapse .
You can probably find some kind of over the counter, but to be honest is you want the most effective treatment, I woul go to a doctor and get checked out. Or else, you are just guessing and might do more harm then you want to.
I would not say not to have it. I would certainly have it if need be and I can not heal this on my own.
Yes you need to make sure you see a colorectal specialist and let him have a look. If you have a fissure he should be able to determine that in a matter of 2 mins-let us know
I will thanks .