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Anal Fissure: Causes and Treatment

  Anal Fissure: Causes and Treatment Description of anal fissure:   An  anal fissure  is a tear or rip that develops in the lining of the anus. The tear may extend into the internal sphincter (a circular ring of smooth muscle). When an anal fissure forms, the internal sphincter muscle goes into spasm which leads to more tears and limits blood flow to the area. Anal fissures occur in a tissue known as anoderm. Most anal fissures occur in the posterior midline of the anus; few occur in the anterior midline. Anal fissures cause severe pain while passing stools. Anal fissures can occur in any age group. It usually heals within a few days or weeks but if it does not recuperate after 6 weeks, it is considered a chronic fissure where medical attention is required. The pressure in the anal sphincters that control the anus may be the cause of fissures. Anal fissure causes include constipation, straining during a bowel movement, hard stool, childbirth, inflammatory bowel ...
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Constipation and it’s effects: How It Makes Anorectal Diseases More Complicate?

Constipation and it’s  effects: How It Makes Anorectal Diseases More Complicate? Constipation is a condition interpreted by people in different ways. But roughly it can be said that a person can be said to suffer from constipation when he/she has three or less than three bowel movements in a week, and/or has hard stools, difficult to pass.  Chronic constipation results in infrequent bowel movements or having a hard time in passing stools for many weeks and/or a feeling of incomplete evacuation even after passing stool. The stool is usually small, dry, and hard which makes the stool difficult to pass and it may be painful.  Constipation occurs when too much of water from the stool is being absorbed by the colon hence, the stool is dried up and causes difficulty in passing out.  Normally, food travels from small to large intestine (colon), which absorbs water. Then it is expelled out. In constipation, the movement of food through the large intestine occurs slowly and t...
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