Anal Fissure Support Forum

... thought about my fissure in a million years. And I didn’t know much about it when I was dealing with it over 15 years ago. I was having the sentinel pile or skin tag removed by cautery and it activated the fissure. Well I’ve settled it down after 2 weeks of soft stool, soaking, fissure ointment ...

Hi all Newbie here. I’m trying to find anyone who’s had experience of an abscess actually ON their sentinel pile itself? Is this where they’re usually found? I do have a fissure which is currently controlled. However, I had a painful colonoscopy last week due to looped sigmoid. ...

... yesterday and she got me in right away, maybe had to do with me bawling on the phone with her. I went in and had my fissure removed and 2 sentinel piles. I have yet to have a bowl movement today. I took 2 stool softeners and I’ve stopped my pain medication in case it was preventing a bm. ...

Hi all, Just wondering if anyone out there has ever had a black blood blister near their fissure or sentinel tag? I've had my latest fissure for around two weeks (that I know of) and it's underneath what my CRS thinks is a sentinel pile. I thought it was a hemorrhoid because ...

long story short: i was a child, got an anal fissure, it healed perfectly had neither surgery nor complained for over 10 years give or take. im a man. if thats worth while information. the sentinal pile is about the size and shape of a red bean. never had a problem with it, other than the fact that ...

I have a fissure with 2 sentinels... Recently one sentinel pile has become inflamed and the doctor suggested I do rubberband ligation to get rid of it. I can feel the pile if I feel around, so it's external, right? Isn't it dangerous ...

I have a fissure with 2 sentinels... Recently one sentinel pile has become inflamed and the doctor suggested I do rubberband ligation to get rid of it. I can feel the pile if I feel around, so it's external, right? Isn't it dangerous ...

... at 2.10pm. I was surprised that I was fully alert as soon as I woke up. My CRS came by around 4pm and said that he'd done the Botox, removed the sentinel pile at the back (as I apparently have a smaller one too, I asked if it was the purple one sticking out and he confirmed that was the one he'd ...

Hi friends After the birth of my 1st baby 19 months ago, I have obtained anal fissures along with a large, inflamed sentinel pile. I had an extremely difficult labour (3rd degree tear and dislocated coccyx) and I have the ultimate fear about falling pregnant again and having another ...

I've been treating this fissure for some weeks now and I'm noticing that since February (when the fissure started) the skin above it has enlarged quite a lot. It will enlarge a bit after a BM but then after a warm bath the swelling will go down. However, I'm starting to get a bit worried that this t...