Anal Fissure Support Forum

Does accupuncture help? If so, how? Can you feel needles going in, because I faint at the sight of needles! And how do you find a good accupuncturist? Are they the ones who prescribe chinese herbs?
Thanks! :)

I've been "googling", Lecia, and found that its not possible to overdose on acidophilus, but its possible to waste your money on those that cannot survive the strong acid in your stomach. They should contain viable organisms and apparently a good strain is a new one they've found calledlac...

If you click on the link on the end of Happyass's post where it says macrobiotics dot something, it will take you to the site! Sorry you're suffering so much,its a nightmare isn't it? Have you tried sitting on a hot water bottle, and tried getting into a salty bath when its really bad?

Did you have a fistula, Happyass? If so, was it the result of an abcess?

Oh, and aloe vera is a clear juice , not an oil, and its a mild laxative which cleanses out your system(I think thats what Lecia said! I get everything wrong!!)

To put it crudely, it makes it just kind of "slip out", if you know what I mean!
It's good for you too, as its got omega 3. My nurse said yesterday that linseed oil is good too, but I haven't tried it, and don't see any point in changing whats working!

Oh, poor you! My husband is a ceramic tiler, and he caught some kind of hepatitis a couple of years ago, when he was tiling some public toilets. He still suffers every so often with it, in fact, he's got a bout of it now, and it makes him really ill. It just comes on suddenly again for no apparent r...

WAAAAH!! How can I stop it developing into one? I've been so careful to have at least two baths every day with salt in, and done everything right, I dont understand why I got an abcess in the first place. Kim, the pain is DREADFUL when I go to the loo, but its sore all day and really hurts if I do t...

Hello, I haven't had surgery, but just wanted to sympathise and say I know what you're going through, and how sorry that you're having such a bad time. Have you tried special diets and supplements? I was read my consultants letter yesterday, and back in june he'd written that this patient is extreme...

Motherluch, I'm sensitive to milk of magnesia too, and I started with one teaspoon before bed and VERY slowly crept up to two. The other night because of the problems I was having I took three, and really regretted it!! I think that getting your fibre from food is a good idea, too. But I tried prune...