back to the start or just a setback?
hello, I have a chronic anal fissure for which i’ve been taking treatment for 6 months now. i stopped having symptoms and living normally for about 3 months now, but my doctor advised i should still use the ointment she prescribed (diltiazem) with macrogol daily, which i did. This week, I had an episode of diarrhea (went like 5 times to the toilet that day) - felt some discomfort nothing too bad - which was followed the next day by a hard stool. And guess what. The fissure ripped again and I bled. Currently this is day 3 since the fissure reteared and honestly I’m thinking of going back to my doc because the pain is too much for me, I have no idea if the progress is all gone and I want to discuss further treatment options.
I’m writing this because I want to know if you have experienced something similar to this, and if you tried further treatment options like botox or surgery.
I’m also in my twenties and I was hoping that maybe the healing process would be smoother for me but turns out all it took was one hard stool.