How to handle an extremely angry fissure? a little graphic.

beca123

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Joined : Jan 2003

Posts : 224

Posted 5/19/2013 6:09 AM (GMT 0)

Hi All! I am wandering what you all have done to help with anal fissures? I have one in particular that has been there for over a year. It is on the anterior side of my anus and is on the side of a skin tag (approximately the size of a dime). This fissure runs along the side of it at the base of the tag and is quite painful. I have attempted the sitz baths and they help some but the relief is minimal. And as for keeping my BM's "normal as possible"-- this is Crohn's we are talking about. lol. I also have used vitamin d ointment and a few others. I am wandering how you all would treat it if it was you. I am uninsured so I am trying to put up with it and hoping it will get better. Has anyone tried Zinc Oxide or anything else that will promote healing and cause relief?

It also stays pretty moist because of the location, should i be packing it with gauze if i can?

Thank youu for any help you can offer!

Just to mention I am also uninsured and open to natural remedies if they will help.

minnietoty

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Joined : Dec 2010

Posts : 3179

Posted 5/19/2013 9:50 AM (GMT 0)

Hi there, I can totally relate to what you are saying. I have non-healing fissures. For some relief, I use GTN (glyceril nitroglycerin) as one of the components of a compounding. Can you see a colorectal surgeon as you said you are not insured? I apply a lot of lidocaine before and after a bm.

Hope you feel better soon :)

nawlinscate

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Joined : Jan 2007

Posts : 656

Posted 5/20/2013 5:20 AM (GMT 0)

I've had a permanent fissure for 10 years now, one that I've been told will never heal. (They could do surgery on it, but the surgeon explained that I would then be incontinent--which seemed like a good reason to leave it alone.) With newer fissures, you can have a prescription for topical diltiazem, which is very effective in healing them. But with long-term fissures, the only thing I've found that truly works is an ointment called Calmoseptine. You don't need a prescription; if your pharmacy doesn't have it, you can ask them to order it for you. It's thick and white, so it really stays on. When I'm in so much discomfort that lidocaine just slightly takes the edge off, Calmoseptine really knocks the pain out. It's feels sort of mentholated, so the first thirty seconds kind of pop your eyes open--after which things settle down. I've hung on to my big tube of Calmoseptine since it was first given to me, and I turn to it whenever things get really bad.

Hope you feel better very soon. Good luck!

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