Oregon fissure asked
I'm seriously considering going on a liquid only diet to stop pooping for a few days but don't know if this will help. Has anyone tried this? Any other suggestions?
Hi Oregon thanks for joining;
Sounds like those darn spasms are setting in with you. The pattern is typical, we get our first fissure and there's generally not much problems before they go away by themselves. But subsequent fissures are the ones that bring along the spasm and what-nots with it.
If the Dilt does not work for you, there is another cream called nifedipine which is a good alternative to Nitro or Diltiazem.
As for the liquid diet, that was my "stool softener" if you will for most of my battles with my fissures (battles over, been fissure free for about three years). I would go on the liquids of fruit juices like apple and orange and I would also take in milk and protein shakes. With a liquid diet you'll still poop, but it will be very runny and may come out like pee.
Some complain that this pruduces a burning sensation, but unlike diarrhea which I have had with fissures and indeed I did experience the burning with the liquidy bm, the liquid bm from a liquid diet never gave me the burning sensations that true diarrhea did.
That pretty much worked for me without any issues, I would sometimes supplement that with a multi-vitamin. This liquid diet would only last for a few days before I thought my fissure could handle solids again. Even still I would gradually introduce solids just in case.
To help decrease your burning and spasming after bm try pre-lubing the anus with petroleum jelly if you can get it up in there. Use a q-tip if you have to. Also avoid wiping with toilet paper, dab it with wet tp or wet wipes. If your at home hopping straight into the tub or shower after a bm will really give your bottom much needed relief and cleaning.
Also it is the pushing and to flexing of the sphincter muscles while bm'ing that seem to trigger the spasms so try to relax and not push so hard and try to minimize opening and closing your anus muscle while going.
These are just a few ideas for you, others will likely have some too if you stick around here long enough..
Hope this helps, good luck.