anal fissures relief

Diarrhea here also...........

I got mine from constipation. I no longer have constipation which was months ago but I still have the fissures they are so painful. I just can't seem to get them cleared up. Thanks for the suggestions here.

 

Trish

You poor thing.  I feel for you.  Nothing hurt more than those fissures.  Took my breathe away.  And it takes a while for them to heal - and only one bad bathroom visit to get them back.

I've learned that when my back end isn't operating at 100%, everything on the front end gets wonky also.

I'm more selective now when I say someone is a pain in the a$$.  It has more meaning for me.  :-)

I got them before the DS from chronic constipation with my Sleeve.  But the one I got after the DS from diarrhea was 10 times as bad!!!  I did the sitz bath and that helped.  Witch Hazel worked great too.  I'd soak cotton balls in it and use that to help soothe the inflamed area.  Next time I'll have to try the heating pad and numbing creams...  it's the spasms that absolutely kill me!

Thanks everyone.  I have copies all the good info into a word document and saved it on my computer.  My "GO TO" file when it strikes again.  And now I know what to ask my doctor for if I can't take it any longer and I'm willing to suffer the humiliation.

I know this will seem like a dumb question but what is an anal fissure?

Anal Fissure

Medical Author: Thomas P. Sokol, MD, FACS, FASCRS Medical Editor: Jay W. Marks, MD

What are anal fissures?

An anal fissure is a cut or tear occuring in the anus (the opening through which stool passes out of the body) that extends upwards into the anal canal. Fissures are a common condition of the anus and anal canal and are responsible for 6-15% of the visits to a colon and rectal (colorectal) surgeon. They affect men and women equally and both the young and the old. Fissures usually cause pain during bowel movements that often is severe.

Anal fissures occur in the specialized tissue that lines the anus and anal canal, called anoderm. At a line just inside the anus--referred to as the anal verge or intersphincteric groove--the skin (dermis) of the inner buttocks changes to anoderm. Unlike skin, anoderm has no hairs, sweat glands, or sebaceous (oil) glands and contains a larger number of somatic sensory nerves that sense light touch and pain. (The abundance of nerves explains why anal fissures are so painful.)

Anal fissures are caused by trauma to the anus and anal canal. The cause of the trauma usually is a bowel movement, and many patients can remember the exact bowel movement during which their pain began. The fissure may be caused by a hard stool or repeated episodes of diarrhea.

 

Wow.  I've been considering the DS procedure but after reading this topic I'm not so sure.  Sounds like this is pretty common with most people getting DS?

No.

This isn't a DS thing.  It can happen to anyone who has ever been constipated or had diarrhea.  Most of the people this happens to have not had WLS at all.