Many patients still only have a superficial understanding of anal fissure. Some patients even think that anal fissure is just a small opening in the anus, and they also believe that anal fissure can be repaired on its own. Healed.

In fact, anal fissure is not just a crack. It is actually an infectious ulcer. In the early stages of the disease, a small ulcer will appear on the skin of the anal canal. After a period of time, As the ulcer progresses, the base of the ulcer can reach as deep as the subcutaneous tissue, and in severe cases, can reach as deep as the sphincter. Due to the existence of ulcers, even if anal fissure is in its early stages, it cannot be cured without treatment.

In addition, Dr. Liu introduced that anal fissures will not only develop into chronic anal fissures in a short period of time, but if patients hold on to the idea that anal fissures can heal themselves for a long time without treatment, anal fissures will also cause The following hazards:

1. It can easily lead to anemia. The main symptom of anal fissure is blood in the stool. If not treated in time, the patient will appear pale and pale as the blood loss continues to increase. Symptoms include fatigue, dizziness, weakness, memory loss, and even consequences such as dizziness and tinnitus.

2. Pain. During defecation, the nerve endings on the ulcer surface are strongly stimulated by feces, which will cause burning pain in the anus. But the pain can be relieved a few minutes after defecation. Later, severe pain will occur due to internal sphincter spasm, which can last for half an hour to several hours, making the patient restless and unbearable. The pain will not be relieved until the sphincter is fatigued and muscle relaxation will occur, but the pain will occur again when defecation occurs again.

3. Pentalogy of anal fissure. If early anal fissure is not treated in time, three diseases such as anal canal ulcer, anal papillary hypertrophy, and sentinel hemorrhoids will occur. If it continues to develop, anal sinusitis may occur. And anal fistula, together with the first three symptoms, is called the "Penta of Anal Fissure". Once anal fissure has formed, treatment becomes more complicated.

4. Anal fissure can also cause severe pain. Many patients may have difficulty concentrating, loss of appetite, poor sleep, or even mental symptoms of irritability, which affects work, life, and study.