HOW TO CURE ANAL FISSURE QUICKLY...

Any improvement always seems to be 2 steps fwd; 1 step back.  Or 1 step fwd; 2 steps back.

Timescale - last year I started my laxido/fybogel/various creams regime in April, it sorted itself out pretty well back to normality, and I had a month or two of being normal until Oct, when I went away with work & upset it.  It tore nowhere near as badly as it did before, but OMG it was painful.  It took up until last month to get to a point where it wasn't upmost in my mind most of the time.

I am absolutely regimented with my laxido/fybogel & also with my daily routine & diet.  A very small deviation (going to bed & forgetting night time powders; not eating fruit over the w'end, etc) can trigger a relapse.  As can little things that I can't help, like going out to eat.  I somehow upset it last week (whatever it was was v minor) & had 20 mins on the train on the way home when I literally had gritted teeth because it hurt so much.  BM was in the morning; pain builds throughout the day.

It is like a sword of Damocles - my life is geared around my routine & not aggravating it.

Now I'm at a stage where 'going' is 1/10 on the pain scale & there is no 'afterburn'.  Last week I was up to a 4/10, & then it jolly well hurt until about 1 pm.  (I think it was eating too much cr*p & not enough fruit over Easter, & not running my 4 miles a day as I had a v slightly tricky BM.)  It's the dread that's worse - worrying about what it's going to be like at the next BM.

Anyway, to stop rambling, at the moment I feel normal.  I've only had about 5 mins' discomfort today.  I can sit down without having the 'can't sit still' feeling.  I can ride my horse.  But I am absolutely 100% NOT taking it for granted.  I treasure every pain-free moment & am always aware that any slight inattention could have me back to sq 1.  So it IS possible - but you need to find what works for you...and then stick to it.  E.g. what laxatives/stool softeners, when to take them, how much fruit to eat, what creams to use etc.

Hang in there!

I have had fissures and only thing i did was chaning my diet. It does fix the problem but every time I have constipation its comes back again. Now I feel like I have a little pimple like bump small on anal lining and yeasterday had a little constipation and I feel little pain and itching. Dont know if its a skin tag or just some vein inflamation. Plz help. Before I did used spostories and anti inflammation injection(that helped really fast like 1 hour and no inflammation) atleast bm was easy. Then used stool softener to get the fissure healed.

Any thoughts of using psyllium husk on daily basis for natural stool softner. Also can I use coconut oil as spostories I mean freezing it first for sure and then using it As a quick healer.

Hi Morris,

Thank you very much for your insight and glad to hear your feeling better.

I am 5 weeks after a hemorroidectomy and have gone through all the pain and problems with that only to be told by my doctor i now have an Anal fissure and am desperatly depressed, i feel i am never going to be over this.

So you give hope.

My doctor has put me on Rectogesic which gives me headaches.

I think i will try the coconut oil you recommend but am wary of the dulcolax as i do not want to get Diahorria.

My diet is weetabix/musli for breakfast, wholemeal roll and soup, tuna or chicken for lunch then a normal meal in evening. Yet i find myself going about 4 times in the morning, a lot of this is wind but also some large movements...how are you just managing to go once in the morning.

Any help any one can give would be appreciated and good luck to all of us.

You might be intolerant to certain grains?  this would explain why your system calms down once it's got rid of the irritant?  (Some cereals have this effect on me.)  Experiment with different breakfasts?

Hello All,  What a brilliant discussion, so greatful to have found it.  Would like to add my helpful tips as this is a truely hiddious thing we are all dealing with ( and not one you tend to get much sympathy for, ha ha) 

So where to start. Diet. I , prior to my fissure, had developed an intolerance to gluten.  I have since found out that this can, as they delicately say, comprimise your mrmbrane.. So this is the first thing I stopped, Then I cut out all acid making food. Anything in the deadly night shade family, tomatoes mainly. Also anything in the onion family, garlic and leeks. Also any spices. All these things aggrivate and prevent healing.  I am eating loads of avacado and courgette. Porridge, well cooked. Yoghurt, all the soft stuff. Nothing with any particals like seeds, oats etc. This is all rigerous stuff but I think this really helped. It is such a fine balance not getting constipated, almost a full time job! 

I use Senakot before I go to bed , this helps with the peristalsis that is so essential. Codene, puts the gut into statis and makes it hard to poo. So I use a mixture of senakot and cosmo col to stay soft. The most important thing seems to be not to push. Reather graffic but I put pressure around the area when on the loo with my hands. This is preferable to pushing as I find it does not open the tare again.

To help the healing I have been taking strong Vit C and a herbal tincture from Neals Yard called Gotu kola. This is to help capillaries mend.  And sleep ofcourse.

Dear friends, I feel your pain.  Be strong and I hope you find comfort and healing. 

I walked my little girl to school today for the first time in two months. It meant the world to me.  Nothing like illness to put things in perspective.

I am so happy to have found a place where we can all talk so openly about such a delicate subject. I'm glad to hear you could walk your little one to school todat too.

I myself seem to have flare ups every 2-3 weeks, and they last for about 3 days. Mine started when I developed a severe "explosive" allergy to coffee (something that took a long time to figure out, because I had been drinking it for half my life). I have found that I'm also allergic to SOME chocolates, not all, so I'm struggling to figure that out. Plus, just out of the blue, I have reactions to SOME foods when I go out to eat at restaurants. Again, no idea what... I have found that adding a lot of fiber to my diet, and drinking lots of water, really helps me so far. I feel blessed that I can go a few weeks at a time between episodes, as I see some people deal with it every day. I know when I have torn, I almost consider death as better than the pain.

Thank you for all the posts, everybody, and especially to Morris72638 for starting this discussion. It is a sadly isolating thing we are all dealing with. This forum makes it a little less lonely.

It certainly can be a one off. Those are the silent voices of people who have got well and moved on. My Dr and other health professionals tell me so.

My pain reduced significantly when i stopped eating acidy food. Garlic is a killer, was eating lots as is so good for the immune, but not in this case.  Also Psylium husk twice a day to stay soft. Being very aware of when you need to go and not leaving it any longer, i've been determined to go twice a day whatever the pain. 

Am going to see a consultant in two weeks. Not sure Ill get the answers I am looking for there but it will keep my family happy!  Interesting Alan that yours is so linked to food.  have you seen a nutritionalist, I am thinking of it, expensive so holding off but they say good health is priceless!

Thak you for your posts. If anyone has a good source of info about anal fissures other than this thread please share. Am going to order myself some coconut oil capsules now! xx

 

I picked the capsule idea up from furthur up the thread, it gives dirrections.  I too have had some seriously dark days. Watching films got me through. All one can do is deal with today. Sending healing thoughts. x

Thats really good news.  So happy for you.  The coconut oil capsules are seeming good too. When i left off the rectalgesic things seemed to improve for me too.  Combined with all the rest of the stuff I'm trying. Sorry if i am boring you with details, i just want to be able to help fellow suffers. Think Im done now!  Unless ofcourse you want to hear some bum jokes... xx