Please help me.

Digestive health
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Hello everyone,

I was wondering if your could help or advise me on what I can do. I’m 26 years old I’m a mum of 2 little ones 4 and 5.

I first suffered this excruciating pain when I was about 12 or 13. First time I had it I had my friend round and all of a sudden I went to get off the chair and it literally felt like Freddie crugar’s hand went up my anal area and into the lower part of my stomach. (gods honest truth it felt like a fish hook about to pull all my intestings out if I was to get off this chair. So I was sitting there balling my eyes out my mum had to take my friend home whilst I had a wheat bag on me to see if that would stop it. My mum took me to the doctor when it first happened and they said it was constipation or ibs because I do suffer with my bowels and going to the toilet. We also went back about a year later when after I had had one of these episodes 2 or 3 days later I would go to the toilet and literally a pool of blood came out of me (no not my period) it was coming from my anal area. But it looked like my monthly that is how much blood there was in my stolls and the water.

When I got into my later teens after getting no where with the doctors I decided to try and deal with bear with it and just carry on. Then after having kids I was back and forth to the doctors again because it became more regular, and the last thing I wanted was something happening to me as a mummy and a partner.

Let’s just say the exact pain of the fish hook, pure agony, can’t move, balling my eyes out also the amount of not normal blood is what I have been experiencing ever since the first time I had the pain including now when I have had it in the recent year there have been times I have been shopping with my partner and little ones and I felt like I wanted to pass out I have come over all funny with the pain.

Only last year the doctor decided that he was going to send me to a colonic consultant where I had a colonic study and a colonoscapy where in that it showed no bowel cancer, piles (in or out) no ulcers, no damage apart from still slight blockage and a dried up blood clot sack. but the consultant said there is nothing there to raise concern and just like that dropped me like a sack of potato’s even though he said to both me and my mum that he would rule out cancer by doing these test and carry on till we get to the bottom of what is going on.

So now back to square one and only Friday night I was on the toilet (2) and I could feel the pain gain but it came so quickly that my body shut down, I was stuck on the toilet for 45 mins my partner ended up calling my mum over and calling 111 who was getting an ambulance out. I had my little girl upstairs scared that there was something wrong with me bless her so I had to try and cry in silent and grab anything I could to not scare her any more.

Today 2 days later I felt really lathargic had no energy tierd (not like me unless had lack of sleep) needed the toilet and there it was again the blood pool.

On Friday my fiance was putting my symptoms in etc on google and. Came across this page reading out post done by yourselves and me and my mum was slowly but surley agreeing with him that this is what I have and was going through.

I was wondering how do I get tested or how do I go about talking to the doctors about this please.

I’m already on zapain, backlophen and diclophen for my back so it helped get my stomach get out of a spazem or something enough to get from the loo to the sofa.

But should I really be living my life like this any more.

Please help :frowning:

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Hi,
I’ve just read your post. Do you think you have an anal fissure - is this what you need advice on getting tested for?

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First, I am by no means a professional. You should try to get in to see a colorectal surgeon who can properly diagnose your symptoms. That being said, I will share with you some advise I received from my doctor and some things that have worked for me. However, that doesn’t necessarily mean it’ll work for you. If you have a fissure or anal spasms then botox might help. I just had a botox injection a month ago and it seems to be relaxing the area just enough so that the fissure can heal. If you suffer from constipation you could start by drinking lots and lots and lots of water. Try adding more high fiber foods to your diet and less junk foods. Psyllium husk powder can also help you get the fiber that your body needs. Maybe try magnesium tablets to soften the stool. I take 1 - 3 every night depending on how my body responded that day and then I adjust accordingly. For me, I personally prefer Country Life Chelated Magnesium tablets. I recently got a bidet toilet seat which has been super helpful since I am wiping less. I also try to use witch hazel wipes instead of toilet paper. Sitz baths or soaking in the bathtub with epson salt before and right after a BM can be helpful. Some topical treatments that might help are RectiCare Lidocaine Cream, zinc oxide, Calmoseptine, and coconut oil. Anything with zinc seems to help me manage the pain. I do hope you find a good doctor that will help you get on the right regimen for you so you can start the healing process.

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It sounds like an anal fissure. I think you should get a second opinion. A sigmoidoscopy should be enough to see if there’s any cuts there.

If there are no cuts, then it could be scar tissue causing the problem (scar tissue doesn’t stretch).
Use bio oil in that area if you can. DON’T use bio oil if you suspect there’s an open cut.

Since it sounds like a fissure, I would recommend that in the meantime:

Do

-wash backside with water and dab until clean every time you poo. (Portable shower spray bidets are under $15 on Amazon or eBay)
-take a stool softener. Magnesium citrate and oxide worked best for me.
-use a stool or box to put your feet on when pooing, makes everything easier when pooing with knees higher
-take sitz baths - helps improve blood flow
-add to your diet: brown rice, pears, flax seeds, apples, kiwis, figs, prunes, berries. Coffee first thing in the morning really helped me too.
-light exercise, walking is best.
-be patient

Don’t

-eat white flour foods (or any other foods that constipate you)
-go overboard with fibre and water. Fibre can increase bulk and make constipation worse. Too much water causes loss of electrolytes. Loss of electrolytes causes constipation.
-take laxatives. Laxatives are only for temporary use. You don’t want your body to rely on them as it can cause more health problems.
-wipe with dry tissue. Wiping can aggravate the fissure and open it more
-sit down for long periods of time