Hi everyone,
This is going to be a TMI post so I apologise in advance but I’m completely at a loss right now. I seem to have a fissure or an ulcer in my back passage, going to the toilet and having a bowel movement feels like shards of glass coming out, I cry from the pain it’s that bad, the toilet is covered in blood every time I go- not just a little bit, a lot. It all started from 1 dry bowel movement. Iv tried sitz baths, Iv used sudocrem, Iv completely changed my diet to include more fibre, I already drank loads of water so I’m still continuing to do that.
Does anyone have any advice they can give me to help ease the pain? It’s been going on for 4 weeks now and I’m just so fed up, I can’t sit properly or sleep hence why I’m writing this at 2.45am I will be ringing the doctors but it’s an awful time during this pandemic that I don’t think I’ll be seen.
Thanks in advance
Hi, I’m so sorry to hear you are in such discomfort, I’ve had similar experiences. I was offered Anusol anti inflammatory By prescription but you can buy this online. My prescription never turned up but I just bought it on line. You can use it before movements to make it more bearable. Also for female genital area I was given synalar which really helped. Colchicine was the only thing that calmed by ulcers, these were mainly oral. Hope this helps, best wishes
If this is an ulcer, I've never had ulcers there. If it is a split on the backside of the rectum (versus the bellybutton side) that happens to me often. It's somewhat frightening to look in the toilet and have the water be so red. Anyway, have any of the doctors suggested a stool softener? Once it's healed, it might help. (As I'm proofreading this, I realized something. I haven't had a split in awhile. Speaking of TMI, how you arrange yourself on the toilet and how you push might make a difference. Sometimes, when I push, I feel like I'm going to get a split and I rearrange my position on the toilet and change how hard I push......sorry, it really is to much information but if it might help, I guess I don't care
As soon as I get a split, I use Tea Tree oil (Melaleuca alternifolia) in gel form over the cut. It stings for a split second but then it doesn't bother me and my splits usually heal within a day or two at most. Tea tree oil is a natural fungicide, antibacterial, and antiseptic, and it boosts healing, etc. It's a really useful oil.
It should go without saying that I try to keep everything 'downstairs' as clean as possible. That whole area is pretty much a air free, warm, wet place. Ideal for bacteria, etc.
p.s. If it is an ulcer, maybe Desitin - diaper rash ointment creme, (my go to for the kids and me when they were little and I always had it.)