Hi all,
It took me a while to find this forum but am so glad that I have.
:)
Please let me tell you a bit about my case, I am still not totally sure that it is anal fissure, although thats what my doctor has diagnosed.
Back at the end of November I went on an early Christmas event...this led to dehydration and subsequently a very large stool being passed. It was large enough for me to notice the size!!!!
Didnt think anything much of it that day , but the next day I began to feel discomfort in the anal area.
At firsdt I thought it must be hemorrhoids, and I treated it as such. I think in fact there were hemorrhoids there and after treatment these seemed to subside but I still had the discomfort.
Sitting and sleeping on my back were very difficult, and still are.
At Christmas I went to my fathers to stay and it was still really bad, so I decided to go to see his doctor. He did a manual examination and after hearing my account, as above, he diagnosed an anal fissure. He prescribed 0.4% GTN (Rectogesic) which I started to take about a week ago.
One problem though, just after taking the Rectogesic I started a cold!! I think the sneezing and nose blowing does very little for the pressure in your anal sphincter (am I right?) and in fact just makes the thing a whle lot worse.
Also, and this is the strange part, having read these forums. I have had no bleeding at all at any time! Has anyone else had this? Not that Im complaining of course, I certainly would rather not have bleeding but it just makes me wonder whether this is an anal fissure or something else.
The symptoms as of now are:
aching and discomfort, especially on sitting down or lying on my back. Also a feeling of the pain being sort of from the anal area to the coccyx.
I have tried to make all the right dietery changes and am taking senokot bulker and lactolose.
Any input or comments would be most welcome.