Think my fistula won't let my abscess heal

[nogutsnoglory]

I think the fact that I have an opening in my anus and a fistula is causing a viscous cycle. How can it ever heal if there is a hole that keeps getting reinfected by diarrhea? You can drain all day long but fecal matter will keep getting in places it doesn't belong and create an infection.

They didn't remove my fistula because it doesn't connect to any organs but what can be done about a hole? I think that's the bigger issue.

 

[Cookie]

I had two separate surgeries called flap advancement surgery where they went in a cleaned it out then grafted a piece of skin over the opening and reinforced it with some type of aloe. My second fistula was a compound fistula that also had an abscess like yours. the only thing that would keep it from filling up was cipro and Flagyl, but as soon as I quit taking them I was back to square one. I have not had any problems in several years now. You may want to look into this procedure. there are some threads about it here somewhere.