Anal Fissure Support Forum

Hi all, been reading a lot here. Had a fissure during childbirth in 2010, healed and then reopened in 2020. Has ever since healed and the opened up several times. 11 times botox. I now did the LIS (4 mm was cut) 8 weeks ago. I notice I can not always keep gas from coming out. Panic! Is this normal a...

I'm 33 years old man. I have been dealing with a fissure for 7 months now and just had LIS, fissurectomy and skin tag removal two week ago. My doctor also found a small Pilonidal and removed it while doing the LIS. Every time I go for a BM I use a bidet and clean and using a mirror I see that it's a...

So I had Botox injections 3 weeks ago tomorrow. I had some incontinence to begin but cut back a lot on my med regimen (miralax, docusate and mag citrate) hoping that it was mostly just because everything was so soft. Things had been better but fast forward ...

... anal fissure(6 months and couting...) which caused me unbearable pain 24/7. My problem is that since the botox I’ve experienced some horrible incontinence of not only gas, but poop also. I’m a soon to be 18 year old girl, which now has a problem with shitting myself.. yummy yummy. :groan: ...

... you need to go back to the toilet and wipe again. I'm sort of getting frustrated because the information is so inconsistent. Some studies mention incontinence in 30% of patients, others 10 or 5%. My surgeon tells me he's never seen incontinence in a male and once in a female and that was to gas. ...

Does anyone have information regarding the following: Say you get a sphincterotomy. You don't immediately suffer from fecal incontinence. But later on in life, the incontinence presents itself. I would hypothesise that a sphincterotomy accelerates the degeneration of the sphincter as ...

I started using nifedipine Friday, and it's been great. I almost feel looser than normal down there. That got me to thinking, could it cause incontinence? I'm trying to just use a pea-sized amount.

I am having a fistulotomy and I am extremely worried about incontinence. I am a 28 year old female and I know that the risks for females are higher. Has anyone experienced this?

Some people have posted here looking for something to keep their underwear clean during light incontinence, or if they are using greasy ointments and creams. I haven't tried this, but it looks good: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00MT5XHF4?ref_=pe_623860_70668520 It's ...

wondering: are certain populations of patients more likely than others to become incontinent (or more likely to do well with surgery)?

and what are the odds of successful outcome?

many thanks