Hi there, I couldnt see anyone else who has posted the same problem so I thought I would ask, feeling quite desperate.
I am 25, had my first fissure about 7 months ago and have been through hell since then. I think the fissure happened because I was caught out and had to hold in a BM for too long while walking.
Most of the time I have no pain when having BM's and no pain when sitting or standing however as soon as I have to walk for anything more than 5 minutes at a time I can instantly feel the fissure start to get irritated and painfull and if I continue to walk for even another minute it retears and there is blood and lots of pain for days.
The only way I can get around most of the time is by using hemorrhoid cream (not the steroid kind) every day as it seems to soothe and protect the area so that I can at least walk for a little while (10 or 15 mins max).
I have had a proctoscopy and been told the fissure is actually quite small and should heal. I have used nitro cream and am on my second botox injection but I still cant walk for very long.
The longest I have gone without retearing it is a month or so and it does get slightly better/stronger over time, but eventually I have to walk for a little while and it retears.
Has anyone else experienced anything similar?