Is this normal?
I have had an issue with what I assumed was a minor fissure for like a week or two in the summer the last couple of years. This summer…I have had what the doctor thinks is a fissure (she couldn’t see it but I definitely felt it) for almost a month and a half. She prescribed me nitroglycerin if self care didn’t help.
Now that it’s been about 6 weeks of losing hope ( I had a couple days where things seemed to clear up but then it went back to bleeding) I’m going to try the nitroglycerin. Is it normal for fissures to last this long? I’m not bleeding as much as when it first started but it just wont seem to let up and I’ve tried the sitz baths and I’ve stopped squatting and leg press when I work out. I have a high fiber diet and I’m healthy. I drink plenty of water. I’m just at a loss now, I know I’ll probably have a colonoscopy in a month or so which of course I’m nervous maybe it’s more serious.
I guess my questions are just, is this length of time normal? Will the nitroglycerin actually help? I’m so upset
TIA