Anal fissures???

[my little penguin]

how would you know????

 

[Clash]

C has never had a fissure but my husband's niece deals with them quite frequently. She said it becomes extremely painful for her during and after bowel movements and it will start with a bit of blood on the tissue and some times increases with the severity of the fissure. The blood, of course, is bright red.

 

[leahsmom]

My daughter said it feel like glass is cutting you when you have a bowel movement

 

[DustyKat]

Agree with the above mlp...fresh blood and super painful during and after bowel motions.

For some people it leads to constipation as they are reluctant to open their bowels.

Unless the tear is evident from the outside then a scope, as in anoscope, is the only way to definitively diagnose it.

Rectogesic is a cream that is frequently prescribed here, although I think it as an OTC product, and it seems to work well in healing fissures.

Dusty. :heart:

 

[my little penguin]

no fresh blood - only a hint on the tissue -just screaming pain-
chronic rectal prolapse complicates matters.:yrolleyes:

Thanks

 

[dodie74]

My son had anal fissure and it was like a small tear on the outside of his anus. Every time he had a bowel movement there was fresh blood on the loo roll. He was admitted to hospital as they didnt know if he has another fistula tracking inside but thank goodness it wasnt so they just cleaned it all up n i treat it at home now and its healing very well. xx

 

[Tesscorm]

Stephen's had a some problems with fissures in the past... He found that sitz baths with epsom salts followed by penaten lotion helped.

 

[Michelle from Down Under]

I have had multiple fissures. They are extraordinarily painful. Had a lot of blood loss from them and they take time to heal. Had one surgeon say he had never seen one so bad! It spurted blood all over his OR and he struggled to stop it!
I know I should be happy they are not more serious but the pain can be nearly pass out painful. It sure can make you feel like you don't want to eat as what goes in, must come out!

Finally after 18 months I am at the stage of having only low level pain when I have a BM motion, so I am happy!

Michelle

Crohn's since December 2011

 

[jmckinley]

Dealt with those too. Like you've already been told, first blood on the paper, then in the water. Very painful and difficult to heal for us anyway. For us it was a visible tear and still opens up from time to time. They can do surgery to solve the problem, but I have read it can cause other problems.

 

[Brian'sMom]

My son says it stings. Painful to wipe. I try to keep an ointment on it. Every night before bed. It starts to close up if we remember to do this every day. Sometimes use "Triple Paste" on top of ointment. (Its like A&D but is much thicker so it doesn't 'melt' and feel gross). His fissure is at the top...I'd assume the ones at the bottom hurt more.

 

[araceli]

Daughter have them without blood at first, looked like a baby's diaper rash. then blood on tissue, then in water. Now on Remicade, No more fissures. She used Aloe vera (the plant) and it gave her relief. Hope the best for you.

 

[Johnnysmom]

My son had bad pain and some blood when wiping. He had huge stools though. Our GI did a quick examination and said it was just from the large stool.

I think the very large stools or very frequent wiping because of D can both cause pain and blood. But screaming pain probably warrants an exam.

((((Hugs))))))

 

[momoftwinboys]

Son said it was painful, like passing fishing hooks. Sitz bath with Epsom salts followed by Calmoseptine Skin Ointment Tube helped discomfort. Can be found at Walgreens http://m.walgreens.com/mt/www.walgr...oseptine-skin-ointment/ID=prod3285901-product.
Hope your little guy gets some relief soon.

 

[polly13]

Mlp Lucy constantly has fissures and the are the presentation of her disease, sometimes you can see them but mostly not, often the are accompanied by an external skin tag, that's how I know she has a new one. The also bleed on going to the loo and the are excruciatingly painful. The latest recommendation (and this changes with every GI visit) is to keep the area as dry as possible so no baths. With Lucy we stand her up in the shower after every bowel motion and thoroughly wash the area with the shower, gently dry the area and then apply a cream called orabase. Orabase is an OTC cream, it's brown and quite oily and acts as a barrier. We have also done the baths and used olive oil / liquid paraffin on the toilet roll for wiping. Have to say none of the above are effective treatments but the do make the cleaning process less painful for her.
Sorry to hear he has fissures now

 

[Brian'sMom]

One way I found to do an easy bath without having to take all the time to fill a bath tub and get fully undressed: The 'hats' that are used to collect stool...fill with warm water to the top then your child can just sit on the toilet and let that area soak. In busy times this works good for us.