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For Alternative to Surgery for Anal Fissure
I had an anal fissure develop after giving birth to our son. I thought the pain with each bowel movement was something to do with the hemorrhoids,... and so I didn't get it resolved for some months. Finally after seeing a specialist and changing my diet the fissure healed. Then, a month and a half later, it re-opened during a house move. It has since closed up but now my doctor says that if it re-opens again I will need surgery. I really don't want to go this route. I'd love advise--
1. I'm taking magnesium and Citrucel to keep my bowel movements soft but want to stop taking Citrucel since there are chemicals in it that I don't feel comfortable ingesting long term. Any suggestions?
2. I've pretty much eliminated pasta and bread from my diet and I'm eating plenty of fruit and veggies and flax oil... but I do miss them! I'd love to hear if anyone has had a fissure and how they are doing their diet now... and what foods to definitely avoid and what foods would be okay on a moderate basis.
Please note the following suggestions these are "simply tricks of the trade" and should be verified with your Healthcare Practitioner before taking any of the suggested courses of action.
- Look online at IBD anal fissures. You have to keep your stools soft and have 2-3 bowel movements each day. I recommend that you drink hot water and prune juice, eliminate bananas, bagels and anything with white flour (e.g. pasta and pizza). Oatmeal and stewed prunes make a good breakfast - it's my grandmother's breakfast! Mangoes are constipating and pineapple will flush you out but may be irritating. My mom had anal fissures and used sulphur cream. Online it said new therapy is botox. Yes, botox. Drink lots of water.
- Why not just take psillium husks instead of the Citrucel? I’m sure you can get them at your local health food store. Oat bran is also a good source of fiber as is walnuts or pecans (the nuts are also good for cholesterol, too). Denni Grace
- the first thing that comes to my mind is good old comfrey. You can make a boulis maybe and use it as a suppository or take a small piece of root and use that as a suppository. As a daily treatment, you can make juice from the fresh leaf and/or root, soak a pad with it and put it in your underwear everyday. I recommend comfrey therapy for at least two weeks. Uala Lenta
- Eat plenty of organic prunes, brown rice, apples and water. Spinach might also help keep bowel movements soft. Zoe Weston
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