Anal fissures and fistula are two different conditions affecting the anus. Most people think that both are the same. An anal fissure is a tear in the anal canal but a fistula is an abnormal tube-like communication between two organs. Fissures can sometimes get cured within weeks without any treatment, but untreated and long-lasting fistula may cause complications. Which causes pain during defecation. The anus is a highly sensitive part of the body, therefore a small tear in this part causes severe pain. Anal fissures become common at any age. Most anal fissure cases can get cured with simple treatments such as changes in food habits and sitz baths. Some cases need medication. Homeopathic medicine is the best choice for fistula and fissure treatment. Homeopathic medicine gives a complete cure without painful surgery. After surgery, there is a chance for recurrence.
What is an anal fissure?
A tear in the anal canal most commonly occurs when passing hard stool. Due to this inner lining of the anus gets torn. It may be noticed as bleeding on passing stool or blood in undergarments. Acute cases are very painful when untreated they become chronic and pain becomes less severe compared to acute cases. An untreated fissure develops a skin tag that covers the fissure and causes discomfort and pain. External fissures near the anus can easily be seen by physical examination, but internal anal fissures can only be diagnosed by proctoscopy
Causes of anal fissure
– Constipation
– Passing large hard stools
– Prolonged diarrhoea
– In older adults, it may be caused by decreased blood flow to that area
– Trauma after childbirth in women
– Anal sex
– Crohn’s disease
– Ulcerative colitis
What is an Anal fistula?
Is an abnormal communication between the perianal skin and the anal canal. An anal fistula is common in people with a history of anal abscesses. This abscess pops up and discharges pus. When this drains up produces a tunnel. This tunnel is the fistula. So it has two openings one internal and the other external. Internal opening is not visible, it will only be examined by a doctor. The main problem of the external opening is the continuous flow of water and pus from that.
The anal fistula is not as much as problematic, but it may problematic and irritating when puss ooze from that. Sometimes there is a chance for the passage of contents of stool through that.
Difference between piles, fissures, and fistula – Piles are the swollen veins in the lower anus or rectum.
– Anal fissure is a tear around the anus. And is associated with severe pain.
– Anal fistula is the formation of an opening or a cavity
– Piles are mostly painless or pain most common in later stages. But in fissures, severe pain and bleeding are less common in the early stages and fistula is associated with the discharge of pus.
– Three of them are associated with constipation
– They can be reduced by high fiber diet
How do you know you have an anal fissure?
• Bleeding while you pass stool
• severe pain while passing stool
• Pain after passing stool and it may last for hours
• Crack in the anus
Prevent anal fissure and fistula at home
• Eat high fibre diet
• Include green vegetables every day in the diet
• Increase fruits intake
• Drink lots of water at least 4 liters of water a day
• Don’t allow the bowel to constipate or strain while passing stool because when we strain it disrupts the anal canal and causes bleeding. Whenever bleeding the healing becomes lesser than the previous time.
• Sitz bath – person sit in moderately warm water, adding some amount of salt to it. Do it twice a day. It relieves anal irritation and increases blood flow to that area
Fissure and fistula treatment in homeopathy
Homeopathy is a well-developed system of medicine. By the use of homeopathy medicines for fissures and fistula we get an easy cure. It can avoid surgery. If in a needed case of surgery, homeopathy medicine can be given in pre-operative and post-operative stages.
The homeopathy physician asks about the detailed history of fissures and fistula, finds out the root cause, then remove the root cause through homeopathy medicine and gives a better life to the patient. The main cause of these diseases is constipation, which can be cured with simple homeopathic medicine.
Nitric acid, Silicea, Hepar sulph, and Calcarea sulf are some common homeopathic medicine for fissures and fistula.
Why choose homeopathy for fissures and fistula?
Because homeopathic medicine has no side effects compared with other medicine. Only a minimum amount of medicine is needed for a complete cure. Patients get both mental and physical well-being after taking homeopathy medicine. It also helps to boost immune power and prevent the recurrence of the condition.
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