Hi all, apologies if the title of the thread sounds a little too Asian-centric, but i was hoping to know people in this part of the world (esp in Singapore, if any) to share experiences and perhaps to also provide advice on the type of diet/even medical references, suggestions so that we can better make sense of this terrible pain!
I've been suffering from an anal fissure for almost a year. Back then I was in Sydney traveling for a holiday when i noticed during a BM fresh blood dripping...suffice to say, the 10hr return trip to Singapore on the plane was not the most comfortable. After I came back, i visit the GP who prescribed suppositories. It helped and the pain subsided and BM was not a problem. But over a period of nine months, the AF returned several times and i had to use suppositories for about one week each time.
Shortly before the delivery of my kid, I decided to visit a CRS to see what other options there were as the AF did not seem to heal. He did a colonoscope and a gastroscope and there was nothing wrong with my body. He also helped me to do an anal stretch as well as prescribed Rectogesic.
Since then (about Jan 2013), the AF seemed to have returned with a vengeance. Over the past month or so, I've been having severe spasms which would last five to six hours after a BM... i've been cutting down on meat (which is very difficult for an Asian-CHinese like myself) and have been subsisting on a diet of vegetables, fruits and other stomach-light food. I am also on a regular supplement diet of Spirulina and Lactobacillus acidophilus, but clearly these are not your usual AF remedies. The best i could achieve was about a week of generally soft stool when i consumed a combination of dragon fruit/prune juice/stool softerner and a teaspoon of molasses before bed time...but the instant such a diet is not being adhered too, my BM would become hard and the AF would begin all over again...
Appreciate any comments/advise you may have. If you are from my part of the world/country, ps write to me too!
Thanks,
B