Anal fissure Treatment?

An anal fissure is a small tear in the skin around your anus. They usually heal within 4 to 8 weeks without treatment, but they can be very painful until then. A small number of fissures keep hurting for months its important you consult Fissure Doctor in Mumbai. There are different treatments available to help with anal fissures. You can use some medicines, do exercises or nothing at all. In this article we look at the options available and their benefits and harms.

How common are they?

Anal fissures affect people of all ages. But they are more common in people.

1. frequently get piles (haemorrhoids)

2. experience a hard bowel movement

3. have pain passing poo or blood when they do pass poo

4. force their poo out.

Treatment for Anal fissures?

There is no perfect way to treat anal fissures but Fissure Clinic in Mumbai can help to stop it. Most heal by themselves within a few weeks, without treatment. It may help to:

1. take sitz baths

2. avoid constipation and straining on the toilet.

When fissures last for longer than 4 to 8 weeks, you may be offered treatment to speed up healing or prevent them coming back.

Using nitrate creams* hourly for 2 months helps about 1 in 3 people get better.

Otherwise, Fissure Clinic in Mumbai may offered:

1. Corticosteroid creams or ointments*

2. Surgery to cut through the tear (fistulectomy).

3. Botulinum toxin injections*

4. Surgery to cut the sphincter (sphincterotomy).

5. A procedure called lateral internal sphincterotomy - see later.

6. Stitching the tear closed (anal or perianl dressing).

What is privation of Anal fissures?

In most cases, there is no need to take action to prevent anal fissures. In some cases, you may be advised to:

1. eat a high-fibre diet to soften your stools and help them pass out of the body easily.

2. use a laxative medicine* if you have constipation.

3. apply petroleum jelly to the skin around your anus after every bowel movement.

4. take sitz baths (warm water baths while sitting in a shallow bath or basin) four to six times a day for about 20 minutes.

5. stop smoking, if you smoke.

6. avoid wearing tight clothes.

7. do the following exercises:

8 Squeeze and draw in your anus as if you are trying to stop yourself passing wind. Then release.

9 Repeat this 10 times, three times every day.

10. do pelvic floor exercises - see later.

11. wear cotton underwear that lets your bottom breathe whilst your fissure heals

If you do need treatment at any point, see a Fissure Doctor in Mumbai again before starting any new treatments. This will help to make sure that the treatments are safe for each other.

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