Anal Fissure Support Forum

... heat it up a little and use pressure on it if the stool seems really hard, it helps a lot with ripping it to pieces. *edit* Also after LIS they plug the area which they open to get to the sphincter with gazes and antibiotics to seal it against infections Upon further research it seems that a ...

Hi there everyone, I was just wondering what people mean by the "plug effect"? I've heard the term on this forum quite a bit and just wanted clarification as ...

... to take a small dose of Miralax daily in an effort to avoid the plug effect. My notion is that I will take it for a full 12 months of no pain/blood before i even ...

... so I slowed my breathing and just tried to relax but it had the awful plug effect and as it came through I felt the tear of all my new tissue between 11 - 3 position. ...

... and if it doesn't "go well" (if there is any kind of a plug effect, or my diet/fiber were off and I can just tell), it's usually very painful to GO, and ...

... that once those hems have dropped and they have swollen up, the gravity effect from standing, driving anything would delay the healing process. I ... waking from anaesthesia I was given two sandwiches which formed a nice plug, compacted from anaesthetic and being told just to eat a "normal" ...

... it is supposed to. (3) What is the best way to counter-act the "plug effect"? This seems to be the worst aspect of my AF, because it is when most of the pain ...

... about the same level. I think Miralax has been helping a lot. The "plug effect" has somewhat gone away since starting the Miralax. I still apply a little bit ...

... want to jinx. I can't be too sure. I am still suffering badly from the plug effect aka initial little pieces of stool that is tough to get out followed by normal, formed ...

... pain scale out of 10. I definitely have what you guys call the "plug effect" since this all started. First couple of pieces of stool come out in small pieces ...