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Digestive & GastrointestinalMild
Anal Fissure
Colorectal & Proctology · Digestive & Gastrointestinal
Mild
Severity
Common — affects people of all ages, with a peak incidence in young and middle-aged adults
Prevalence
No
Contagious
Colorectal & Proctology
Specialist
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💊Treatment Options
- 1Most acute fissures heal with conservative measures including increased fiber and fluid intake to soften stools
- 2warm sitz baths
- 3and topical pain-relieving or muscle-relaxing ointments to reduce sphincter spasm and promote healing. Chronic fissures that fail to respond may be treated with topical nitroglycerin or calcium channel blocker ointments
- 4botulinum toxin injection into the sphincter muscle
- 5or
- 6in resistant cases
- 7a minor surgical procedure called lateral internal sphincterotomy.
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