Anal fissures are cracks in a person’s anus or anal canal, primarily caused by trauma around the area. Trauma caused the anal mucosa to stretch. The fissures appear as a shallow papercut, and may not be easily seen by the naked eye. Generally, anal fissures pose no serious threat and often self-heal within a week… Read More »
As its name suggests, anal fissure is a cut, tear or ulcer in the anorectal area. It is often caused by constipation and other inflammatory bowel diseases. Aside from that, prolonged diarrhea, anal sex, poor bowel habits, HIV, childbirth and sexually transmitted diseases can cause it. Infants and older adults are at a risk of… Read More »
Anal fissures are painful. They are ulcers, cuts and tears located in the anal area. It is often caused by constipation and other bowel inflammatory diseases. Aside from that, it can also be caused by passing of large and hard stools, poor bowel habits, childbirth and chronic diarrhea. In rarer cases, it can be caused… Read More »
An anal fissure is a tear, cut or ulcer located in the anal canal and anus. This is usually brought by constipation and other bowel syndromes. It typically occurs in adults but may also affect young infants. Aside from constipation, the common causes of anal fissures are chronic diarrhea, passing of hard or large stools,… Read More »
Most people, at some point, have experienced difficulties in the comfort room in terms of bowel movement. The two most common of these are constipation, infrequent and difficult excretion of hard stool, and diarrhea, frequent excretion of soft and watery stool. Both of these are too common that they are often ignored, but even as… Read More »
An anal fissure is a linear wound or a tear in the anoderm, or skin around the anal canal. It is accompanied by excruciating pain during bowel movements, constipation, involuntary anal muscle contractions, bleeding and other symptoms. Although somewhat bearable, these symptoms may get in the way of work and normal daily routine. In order… Read More »
The human body is made up of many different parts with various functions. Nevertheless, they are all a part of one individual and so are interconnected, helping one another so that the body as a whole would work properly. This may be good and all but with this comes the risk of affecting each other… Read More »
Anal fissures are often overlooked and sometimes misunderstood as a medical condition. How are they formed? Are hiccups, heartburn, morning sickness and vertigo related to anal fissure? To truly understand this condition, one must first separate fact from fiction and below are several misconceptions about this condition that needs to be put to rest. Smoking… Read More »
Anal fissures are small tears in the anal and rectal area which can cause bleeding and pain depending on the case. What does one expect if a fissure is formed? What should you do if the anal fissure tears and burst? Fortunately, getting rid of them is not that complicated especially if the fissure is… Read More »
An anal fissure is one of the most overlooked medical conditions out there. What many do not know, however, is that its effects should be taken seriously especially if the condition is chronic or prolonged. What can anal fissures do to the body? Can anal fissures cause blood clot or blood loss? These are just… Read More »