Anal fistula healing

Please understand that our phone lines must be clear for urgent medical care needs. When this changes, we will update this web site. Please know that our vaccine supply is extremely small. Most anal fistulas form in reaction to an anal gland that has developed a pus-filled infection abscess.

Anal fistula is among the most common illnesses affecting man. Medical literature dating back to BC has discussed this problem. Various causative factors have been proposed throughout the centuries, but it appears that the majority of fistulas unrelated to specific causes e. The tubular structure of an anal fistula easily yields itself to division or unroofing fistulotomy or excision fistulectomy in most cases. The problem with this single, yet effective, treatment plan is that depending on the thickness of sphincter muscle the fistula transgresses, the patient will have varying degrees of fecal incontinence from minor to total. In an attempt to preserve continence, various procedures have been proposed to deal with the fistulas.

Back to Anal fistula. There are several different procedures. In many cases, it's not necessary to stay in hospital overnight afterwards.

You may be worried about having a bowel movement after your surgery. You will likely have some pain and bleeding with bowel movements for the first 1 to 2 weeks. You can make your bowel movements less painful by getting enough fibre and fluids, and using stool softeners or laxatives.