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PAIN NEAR ANAL REGION
My daughter has pain near anal region. stool is soft most of the times, when it is hard the anal region hurts very badly. The pain is more towards left side of the anal region than the right side. Frequency of pain is regular( like once in two months) Please help me in understanding as what could be the problem of my daughter and why it is regularly happening even though the stool is soft?
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What you describe is anal fissure, which is a tear in anus caused by hard stools. Common symptoms include...Pain...Buring...Bleeding and often associated with hard stools or diarrhoea.
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Mainstay of treatment is keeping the stools soft.
application of xylocaine jelly 2% 4 times/day
apply chemical sphincterotomy agents
Health Tips
1. do not take fibre powder. as stool bulk increases so does the pain
2. sit in warm water for 10 mts.do not put in anything into water
3. avoid spices
4. do not postpone motions (stool becomes hard)
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Dr. Kumar Parth
Gastroenterologist
21 yrs exp
Bangalore
[ ] Hi, lump at anal canal may be due to a perianal abscess and this generally pains. Other causes are of external hemorrhoids with doesn't cause pain but occasionally when get thrombosed causes pain. A skin tag formation secondary to fissure in ano also presents same but that pains. Kindly get evaluated physically. You may require a short scopy done to rule out above problems. Feel free to ask any further quary related to your problem. Regards.
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