Hello to everyone..I still haven't been to a doctor yet, but I'm very very sure that what I'm dealing with is a fissure. The pain and discomfort is really getting me down and along with that, I have now been experiencing the most unbearable itching imaginable for the past 5 days. I know it sounds pretty dramatic, but I honestly don't feel like doing anything because of this stupid annoyance. It's just so distracting and uncomfortable, it gets in the way of sleeping, it bothers me during the day. I can't stand it. I already have tinnitus, so I can definitely say I didn't need persistent itching to bother me at night too.
I've had the obvious blood and sharp pain each time I used the bathroom for the past few weeks, but I thought this issue was finally starting to getting better, as there's fortunately been a marked decrease in blood and pain with each visit to the bathroom for the past 3 days now. I've been consistently taking stool softeners, Im trying to add more fiber to my diet, I take long warm baths with epsom salt, I don't know what else to do. And now this god awful itching. Can someone please tell me the itching is normal will go away soon and that it's a "healing itch"...because I've tried a few otc anti-itch creams and still nothing helps. When I think it's finally dissipating on it's own, it comes back at some point during the day and then stays for the rest of the day. Plus, I have read some discouraging things online about the itching sticking around for months at a time for some people. I'm 18 years old and have never experienced anything like this, and I'm also pretty worrisome/pessimistic by nature, so I guess some reassurance is what I am looking for.
Thank you everyone.