Anal Fissure Treatment in Dubai
An anal fissure is a small tear in the skin of the anus. It causes sharp pain when opening the bowels, burning that lasts for hours afterwards, and sometimes a little bright red blood on the paper. It usually follows a hard stool or repeated diarrhoea.
How is it treated?
- Recent fissures: stool softeners, fibre, fluids and warm baths; many heal on their own.
- If it lasts more than 6 weeks (chronic fissure): prescription creams.
- If those do not work: botulinum toxin injection or surgery, depending on the surgeon's assessment.
Risks
Possible risks of fissure surgery include bleeding, infection, recurrence and, in some patients, minor loss of control of wind or stool; botulinum toxin injection can cause this temporarily. The treatment is chosen for your case after examination.
To tell a fissure from hemorrhoids or a fistula, read Hemorrhoids, fissure or fistula?.
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