What are the symptoms of recurrence of anal fistula?

Anal fistula is a disease that has a great impact on many patients. Due to the special location of the disease, many patients are embarrassed to speak out when the disease occurs, thus missing the best time for treatment and often delaying the disease. After treatment of anal fistula, the patient must adjust his lifestyle and diet to avoid recurrence of anal fistula. There are some symptoms before the recurrence of anal fistula, which must attract the patient's attention.

1. The first is perianal abscess, which will cause low fever and pain that cannot be relieved by sitting, lying or standing.

Can be controlled with antibiotics. Then there is anal fistula, regardless of whether you have anal abscess drainage surgery or not. Anal fistula is inevitable. Because to be honest, drainage is not a cleansing measure, it only relieves. It is recommended to use suppositories to control the anal fistula before going for surgery. Go to the doctor to determine whether it is high or low, and then perform anal fistula surgery. High-position incision with hanging wires and low-position incision with slow maintenance.

2. Newly formed anal fistula:

Most of the time, the patients suffer from anal gland infection and perianal abscess, which leads to new anal fistula and is mistakenly considered to be a recurrence. It is not difficult to distinguish clinically.

3. The inner mouth is messy:

That is, when there are two or more internal openings of the fistula, incomplete search for the internal openings may lead to recurrence.

4. Lumps:

The manifestation of anal fistula recurrence is a cord-like lump at the anal margin. When anal fistula inflammation occurs acutely, if the external opening is closed, drainage will be poor, which will eventually form an enlarged lump. If it is not controlled in time, the lump will gradually become larger. Therefore, the lump is also a manifestation of anal fistula recurrence.

5. Pus discharge.

Purulence is its main manifestation. A small amount of purulent, bloody, and mucous secretions flow out of the external opening of the anal fistula. Larger high-position anal fistulas are not controlled by the sphincter because the fistula is located outside the sphincter, and stool and gas are often discharged. Due to the influence of secretions, the anus becomes moist and itchy, sometimes forming eczema. When the external opening heals and an abscess forms in the fistula, the patient may feel significant pain, accompanied by fever, chills, fatigue and other systemic infection symptoms. The symptoms will be relieved after the abscess ruptures or is incised and drained.

6. Pain:

The first symptom that patients experience after recurrence of anal fistula surgery is pain. This symptom is mostly caused by postoperative infection and inflammation. The patient will obviously feel severe pain in the wound area. These are some common symptoms after recurrence of anal fistula surgery, and everyone can take it as a warning.

7. Wet and itchy:

After anal fistula recurs after surgery, the wound will be difficult to heal due to infection and inflammation. During this period, the patient will obviously feel symptoms of wetness and itching around the anus. This is also a common symptom of recurrence after anal fistula surgery. If the patient does not receive timely control and treatment after this symptom appears, the condition will become more serious.