Hey all!
I am new to this site, so hello :)
Unfortunately I guess we are all here for similar reasons. In July, I noticed that my bowel movements were not as pleasant as they use to be. I use to look forward to it. I guess combination of stress and bad diet at the time caused me to get internal hemorrhoids. It began to hurt a little during a BM, but nothing serious. I expected it to go away in a week or so. Then a week later, I had one session that wasn't too bad, but there was a good amount of blood when I wiped. This surprised me and so I went to get some ointments. Fast forward 3 weeks later, 2 weeks on vacation with 15hr plane ride each way, it didn’t get better. Bleeding was verrry minimal like a finger prick but it hurt a bit to go. So 2 weeks ago I went to see a proctologist because I never had issues like this, or for this long. I am 25 yrs old. He tells me I have internal hemorrhoids and a fissure. He gave me some Anusol suppositories, cortisoid cream, and recommended Metamucil. He also used something called an infrared Coagulator on the fissure for a few seconds. Things started looking better, no blood, but still a little sensitive during BM. Well at my 1 week follow up, he examined again and said the fissure improved 25% but bleed when he examined it. He said he removed some scare tissue at the base of the fissure and used the infrared coagulator again. So he said to continue the suppositories, cream and Metamucil for 2 weeks and come back.
Here's the issue. The appointment was 3 days ago. I have no pain at all during my BM but there's alot more blood on my stool and toilet paper since I saw him. I called the office and they claim this is not rare after he's examined that area and used the infrared coagulator. My question is does that seem right? How can it be helping if it is bleeding more now than before or when you examine it, you make the fissure bleed?