Hello everyone!
I'm so happy to come across this site- I guess it's just a relief to share with people who understand the pain! I'm a new sufferer, with the first occurrence 2 months ago. It happened after about 5 days of constipation, and the hard stool was just waiting to rip through my anus. After 2-3 days of glass shards scraping out my rear, I saw an internal medicine specialist who prescribed antibiotics for infections and stool softeners. The antibiotics- Neurobion- caused quite a lot of pain, so stopped those. The stool softeners were OK- (Isapgol husk) but Gotu Kula (penniwort, or rau ma)- was better than anything I've tried in softening stool, although you may get green stool. Sitting in a bucket of hot water, in lieu of a sitz bath, was helpful but made me at times question the purpose of existence. Having a loved one nearby and knowing details if necessary can make a HUGE difference, and I recovered within 2 weeks.
I decided to change my diet. Stopped eating meat entirely and made a conscious effort to include more fibre in my diet. Then now about a week ago, it happened again. First, a minor pain and bloody tissues after wiping, then a couple of days later, the full-on fissure experience. It's been over 3 days now, and I've just done my first epsom salt bath, and taking Duphalac lactulose syrup and an ofloxacin/ordinazole pill. The doctor gave me some hydrocortisone- despite me asking for 0.2% nitroglycerine- but decided against it from reading about its mixed effects on fissures online. Hopefully this will what will get me through this bout of fissures. Has anyone else followed this prescription? Any recommendations or advice?
But I'm also here to share my experience at an allergist I saw. Seems I may have adverse effects to eating eggs and dairy. I was wondering if anyone else has had this diagnosis, and I'm just wondering if the eggs and dairy somehow prevent mucus from lining my colon/anus which causes stool to damage the lining of your digestive tract easily? I'm no detective, but this is the only thing I can think of, because I bloody became vegetarian- now vegan!- which didn't seem to help. Alcohol must also be kept away from for the rest of my existence.
Thanks for listening! Thanks for sharing!
Kayo