First thanks for this forum...strength in numbers :) , i'm a 42 year old male and throughout my adult life on occasions when i pass a stool it has sort of scratched me on exit so to speak, like a little knife like stab, anyway i might get a little streak of blood but that would be it.
Anyway about 3 months ago i had a tough time on one occasion going to the loo and ever since then i've had some irritation down there at the rear of my backside.I did have a haemarroid there and thought that that maybe the problem but the irritation didn't really feel like a hamarroid....anyway i've gone through various creams including GTN which gave me a banging head but gave up on it.
For the first time in the last couple of days on examination i could see the little cut/tear just under my rear, i was struck with the hole like appearance of it and was worried it was a fistula...the doc has looked at it and said it's not really in the right place for it to be a fistula (it is too close to my anal canal) and he thinks it is 90% a fissure.
The thing is though, the whole time i've suffered i have only suffered irritation as opposed to the horror like pain most seem to suffer with...is it possible to have a fissure and not really be in massive pain.
cheers