What to do if you have anal fissure

Rectal prolapse, hemorrhoids, and anal fissures are all very common anorectal diseases in clinical practice, especially anal fissures, which not only cause severe bleeding in patients during defecation, but also cause great pain to patients. Especially when one is getting angry, slightly dry stools can cause anal fissures, which has a serious impact on the patient's life. So, what to do if you have anal fissure?

If you want to know the treatment of anal fissure, you first need to understand its symptoms. The typical symptoms caused by this disease are blood in the stool and pain, and there will be persistent pain after defecation, which usually disappears after a few hours, and sometimes it may take several days for the pain to disappear. This is anal fissure.

Anal fissure is a common anal canal disease, which is a fusiform fissure or ulcer formed by rupture of the anal canal skin (about 3 cm to 4 cm away from the anal edge). The characteristics of anal fissure are anal pain during and after defecation and dripping blood after defecation. It is easy to be irritated and infected, and the fissure does not heal for a long time. The skin at the lower end of the fissure changes due to inflammation, forming a bag-like skin bulge, which resembles an external hemorrhoid, often called "sentinel hemorrhoid" or "sentinel hemorrhoid". Anal fissures are more common in young and middle-aged people, but can also occur in children, but are less common in the elderly. Because patients with anal fissure experience severe pain and blood in the stool during defecation, and the disease does not heal for a long time, many patients feel as if they are facing a great enemy every time they defecate.

How to treat anal fissure?

Mild anal fissures are generally treated with conservative methods, mainly the following:

1. Oral medication: Oral laxatives such as fulvestrant, lactulose or paraffin oil can make the stool soft and lubricated to facilitate defecation.

2. Sitz bath: Use warm salt water or Chinese medicine for sitz bath, the temperature is 40℃～50℃ (2～3 times a day, each time for 20～30 minutes. Warm water sitz bath can relax the anal sphincter, improve local blood circulation, promote inflammation absorption, relieve pain, and clean the local area to facilitate wound healing.

3. Adjust your diet: For acute fresh anal fissures, you can relieve the symptoms of anal fissures and promote healing by adjusting your diet, softening your stool, and paying attention to personal hygiene. Eat more vegetables and fruits, drink more water, and correct constipation.

When it comes to what to do about anal fissures, you should not only pay attention to the treatment of the disease, but also develop the habit of regular bowel movements after treatment. In normal times, you must pay attention to eliminating spicy and irritating foods, eat more vegetables and fruits, and avoid dry stools. This will prevent the recurrence of anal fissures and continue to endanger your health.