Hello people,
I know no one in my personal life who ever got a perianal disease like abscess or fistula. Not family members (who would trust me with such things!) or close friends, guys in a relationship. Basically, I never heard of it until I got one myself and the first thing my GP said when she saw the small hole was "I think you have a bowel disease."
When I went to the GP with the abscess, now almost a year ago, the GP was kinda panicking when she saw it. She was really acting like it was a true emergency. I was kinda surprised about that.
Are fistulas rare in general, and especially in the non-IBD population? Just curious!
I know no one in my personal life who ever got a perianal disease like abscess or fistula. Not family members (who would trust me with such things!) or close friends, guys in a relationship. Basically, I never heard of it until I got one myself and the first thing my GP said when she saw the small hole was "I think you have a bowel disease."
When I went to the GP with the abscess, now almost a year ago, the GP was kinda panicking when she saw it. She was really acting like it was a true emergency. I was kinda surprised about that.
Are fistulas rare in general, and especially in the non-IBD population? Just curious!