Hi everyone. I am a 15 year old girl. I say this first because I don't know if an anal fissure is common with people my age...
Anyways, here is my story.
My first time dealing with pain was when I was around 8 or 9. The pain was horrible for me and I had no idea what it was, obviously. I told my mom about it. She told me now she thought it wasn't anything serious since I was so young but she took me to the doctors anyways. I remember the doctor did not say it was a fissure or hemmy, just a very bad bum burn.
Ever since then, I've been struggling with this problem. It got worse around 11 years old. The pain would occur more than twice a month and would last a few days then go away... Only to come back again later. It would either happen right after a BM or hours, even days after a painful BM. The pain for me was so bad, I begged my mom to take me to the ER to "see what was wrong with me"
I ended up in the ER twice. Both times, the doctor would examine me thoroughly, tell us there was a cut or two and then prescribe me some cream. The cream would work,the cut would heal, and everything would be OK again.
Until the damn pain kept coming back.
I ended up going to a specialist. He examined me too, and said there was nothing down there. No hemmy, no fissure, no nothing. He said it was just very irritated. Again, I was prescribed a cream and sent on my way. Another specialist I went to finally diagnosed me with an anal fissure. He prescribed me some very amazing cream that made the pain instantly go away. We also discussed dietary changes and that was that. I was 13 when I was diagnosed.
For a while, I was ok. No excruciating pain or any problems. Of course, I would have a little set back some days, but the pain was mild and I could deal with it. But after a while, I started getting very paranoid that the horrible pain would come back. So I started secretly buying Anusol for myself and used it multiple times a day....even if I wasn't in pain. I guess you could say I was addicted to it...
So, that's my back ground and this is my story today:
I woke up in the morning and REALLY had to go. The experience was rather painful and my poop almost felt acidic... I washed my bum (advised by specialist) after and put on the Anusol as usual. Everything was ok until about 30 minutes later. The pain started again. I panicked and went to put more Anusol on and it didn't work. Long story short,I'm still in excruciating pain. After a couple hours, the pain went minimal. By this point, I was to tired and stressed from the pain that I took a nap. My nap was interrupted when the pain started again, this time 10x worse. That was an hour ago. It started hurting so much I started to bawl. I still am. I can't take this pain.
The pain feels like someone is jabbing me with a knife. I feel it on both sides of my anus. I tried taking 3 sitz baths today, sat in the tub for 30 minutes each time and none of it worked.
By this time,my mom is very fed up with me constantly complaining about this pain so she refuses to help me. I'm all alone. I cannot take this pain any longer. Its taking a toll on my life.
If this pain persists I feel I will have to beg someone to take me to the ER. Is it worth it? Is some one on this forum able to help me. Please, someone help me.
If you read this far, thank you for taking the time. I'm sorry its so long.