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Re: Anal Fissures that won't go away, very painful, tearing.

Postby TearingPain » 22 Apr 2013, 00:59

Thank you Port, bgd, suzyljank, buttastic, Miss K, Just 'Pain' Tired, and Anonymon for reply to my thread. You guys are very nice, and thank you so much for answer my questions, and give me advice. Greatly appreciated!
May I ask, how can you tell the difference between hemorrhoids and anal fissures? I think I have anal fissures. Today I have my bowel movement, and again I feel sharp pain again, and see two drops of blood on my underwear. I believe this is retearing again. Pain, pain, ouch!
I heard that if there no lump in your anus then it is more likely to be fissures. But then what happened if it is an internal hemorrhoid? Do all untreated fissures will turn into hemorrhoids? :(
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Re: Anal Fissures that won't go away, very painful, tearing.

Postby TearingPain » 22 Apr 2013, 20:34

Oh my Buddha, I am scare. Today bowel movement was painful, feel like I am pooping razor blades. It that feeling that razor is cutting through my meat, I can feel it. And the blood today was on the underwear, bright red blood.
I'm scare that I might have hemorrhoids?
Do hemorrhoids give you the razor blades cutting feeling when you passing stool?
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Re: Anal Fissures that won't go away, very painful, tearing.

Postby ravians » 22 Apr 2013, 23:44

don't worry dear. not worrying should b the first weapon that v should use against fissures cz it causes further spasm of sphincter, puts your body in stress which will further aggravate the symptoms may b by hardening bowels. u must have had hard bowel movement today. usually tearing n cutting pain is due to fissure. I don't know much about how do hemorrhoid make u feel but it's fissure that cause cutting n tearing pain. I recommend u should c a Dr so that u van b sure of what u r suffering from. only after that u will b in a better position to manage it. I have 2 or three fissures n have gone through proctoscopy twice that was quite painful. consuming at least 2 litres daily. consuming veg. n fruits n watching my diet. careful that I should not eat any food like red meat egg or dry fruit that can aggravate the condition. so try doing all such things n also try miralax. n if u can find melon do buy it its very laxative. it will soften up ur stool n put ur constipation to an end.n take milk shake of apple, without peeling but take out seeds.May our Lord bless us all with health.
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Re: Anal Fissures that won't go away, very painful, tearing.

Postby galamat » 23 Apr 2013, 14:43

Hi TearingPain
I have suffered from hemorrhoids and they don't hurt unless they are outside and thrombosed (a clot forms inside them). Your symptoms are more likely to be due to a fissure, I could be wrong because I'm not a doctor, but if you feel the cutting pain when you have a BM and you don't have anything outside, is more likely to be a fissure.
Try to eat prunes, oatmeal and foods that are rich in soluble fiber, go easy on the ones that have insoluble fiber; insoluble fiber makes the stool rough (but a little is good to avoid constipation).
I hope you start feeling better soon, and also keep in mind that takes a few days to see results from the time you start to eat better.
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Re: Anal Fissures that won't go away, very painful, tearing.

Postby TearingPain » 23 Apr 2013, 20:35

Thank you galamat, and ravians.
May I ask, what vegetables do everyone in here eat? I think I am switching my diet to a white rice and vegetables only for couple days.
I'm Asian, so everyday my family cook white rice, I don't think I can run away from that, lol. But what vegetables would be good for anal fissures?
I don't feel anything outside. Just when I have bowel movement, it cut and retear again, it drips out red blood, and hurts like hell. I feel like I poop razor blades.
galamat, may I ask. Do hemorrhoids cause you to feel like pooping cutting razor blades? And what kind of diet do you eat? Vegetables? Fruits?
I'm going to try couple days of vegetable diets, and see. If not improve, I think I should try take stool softener pills.
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Re: Anal Fissures that won't go away, very painful, tearing.

Postby ravians » 23 Apr 2013, 22:35

try ispaghol husk in milk. take a cup of milk with normal sugar n put one n half tea spoon of ispaghol husk mix it well n leave it for 1 hr then drink it. it will become very slimy.but ver helpful for easy n soft bm. take it twice . morning n evening.
don't eat rice they cause constipation. eat cucumber, carrots, melon, cabbage, etc.
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Re: Anal Fissures that won't go away, very painful, tearing.

Postby Just 'Pain' Tired » 24 Apr 2013, 11:21

I have been told that white rice is binding and can worsen constipation. My Mom just traveled to Laos and ate white, sticky rice everyday--she noticed that it 'stopped her up.' Do you have access to brown rice? It has some insoluble fiber in it, which lessens any constipating effect? It has to be cooked longer. I eat it quite often with dinner (veggies and often a little meat). I eat a whole range of vegetables. I was eating a lot of raw veggies and now I'm doing better with more cooked veggies. I often have a salad for lunch. I also eat eggs for protein and haven't found these to be too binding, though I've noticed other people saying they avoid them.
It great you're trying to do what you can with your diet! I'm just now feeling better after a week of softer, looser stools (I've had painful stools for over 8 weeks). I hope you will see some progress soon!
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Re: Anal Fissures that won't go away, very painful, tearing.

Postby blesstech » 24 Apr 2013, 23:02

TearingPain, I'm Asian too and I do eat white rice with vegetable and fish everyday, become pescetarian.
The type of veg I eat are broccoli, kale, spinach, potatoes, lady finger, long bean, pumpkin, bitter gourd, siow pak choy ..etc, with apple and banana everyday.
I am able to keep my BM soft with veg and fruit, and magnesium once a day.
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Re: Anal Fissures that won't go away, very painful, tearing.

Postby FinallyHope » 24 Feb 2015, 22:56

Hi everyone, this may sound strange at first but please try heat packs to stop the pain. I'm a 34 year old male who was suffering from 2 fissures for about 10 months. I got them from a botched banding procedure. The best thing you can use to stop the pain, in addition to diet change, is Heat packs. Really, heat packs. I was in so much endless pain from the fissures until I found relief by using heat packs. Take a heat pack, one of those ones filled with silicon beads that you heat in the microwave for a few minutes that then stay warm for about 40 minutes or so. You can find them at most pharmacies.
Gently press the heat pack directly up against your anus and keep it there, the heat forces the muscle to relax and stops the spasms, which stops the pain caused by the fissure. You can use a hot water bottle too as long as you can mold it to place up against your anus. Seriously. This saved me from so much endless fissure pain, it's like a concentrated hot bath focused directly where you need it, but without the inconvenience of running a bath and being stuck in a bath just to get relief. (I know baths are nice and all but not really always practical or accessible)
Best position is to lie on your back in bed, put your knees up like you’re going to do a sit up and then place the heat pack between your legs right up against your bum hole. Sorry for the graphic image but I can't really think of another way to describe it. Just be careful not to burn yourself, you want the heat pack/heat bag or hot water bottle to be hot but not so hot you burn your skin. It helps to wrap it in a pillow case that's soft and then if your heat pack is too hot, wrap it in more layers of the pillow case, which will protect you a bit more if it's too hot at first.
Before the heat packs I was taking dangerous amounts of pain meds to deal with the fissure pain which for me was all the time, including during the nights which were really hard... until I discovered the heat pack. Which thank God I did because they really work. Please try them, I understand this might seem silly and I haven't read it anywhere else but I know the suffering from fissures and this will help keep the pain at bay. Seriously, heat packs, heat bags or a hot water bottle pressed lightly up against your anus and held there, keep it held there and it will work. I sometimes keep it there for 15 minutes or more and then I take it off. Then when the pain starts up again I'll put it back and the muscle relaxes and the pain go's.
Try it. I had tried everything from which hazel oil in my bum to manuka honey in my bum (my wife called me sweet cheeks because of the honey), but the best thing to stop the pain has been the heat packs. Heat relaxes the muscle, stopping the spasm and the pain.
Ultimately though you want to find a solution to heal the fissure once and for all so I suggest the surgery. I've had Botox and that did not work, in fact I was in a lot of pain afterwards, then I got the fissurectomy/sphincterectomy combo surgery and I am finally free from it all. I know it sounds nuts to get a surgical cut to fix a fissure but it’s the sure way to fix it. Conservative methods like Botox and Rectogesic Ointment did not work for me, in the end only surgery worked. I wish I had done the surgery first cause I went through months of pain and hopelessness that I could have avoided had I just done the surgery first.
Though very important, make sure you research and choose a reputable specialist to perform the surgery. Don’t just go with anyone, find and choose the best that you can cause for me it was the 3rd specialist that ended up fixing me with the fissurectomy/sphincterectomy. The first specialist caused the problem, the second specialist didn’t help and made my pain seem trivial until finally I researched and found the best in my area and he, the 3rd guy fixed me. So it’s worth it, pay a little more, travel a little farther if you have to but see the best that you can or at the very least someone with a lot of experience with exactly that surgery. If you’re in Sydney Australia then the Prince of Whales private hospitals “Sydney Colorectal Associates” really have a great team; Dr. Newstead fixed me and I am so thankful for him but he’s part of a group of several specialists there that all seem good.
Until then though heat pads, use heat pads to relieve the pain.
I’ve come on here to give people this info to help but sorry I don’t think I’ll come back to follow up cause honestly I just want to move on with things, so please take the advice above and save yourself pain and anguish.
Diet, Heat pads then surgery.
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