Will constipation cause anal fissure bleeding

Many patients with anal fissures suffer from long-term constipation. Because of constipation, they often exert too much force when defecating, causing anal fissures. After suffering from anal fissure, bleeding and pain in the affected area will occur, and constipation will often occur. This is the situation where anal fissure and constipation accompany each other. When you suffer from anal fissure, you must go to the hospital for examination and treatment in time to avoid serious illness.

Can constipation cause anal fissure bleeding?

1. Anal fissures are most common in people with long-term constipation. Due to dry stools, excessive force during defecation, or forced force during defecation, the anus often expands excessively and tears. The repeated damage caused by chronic constipation makes it difficult for the fissure to heal, forming a prismatic chronic ulcer, which is called anal fissure.

2. Constipation is often aggravated by anal fissure. Because patients with anal fissure experience severe anal pain or even tearing pain during or after defecation, they develop a phobia of defecation. They often dare not defecate or endure the pain, causing feces to stay in the intestines longer, excessive water is absorbed, and the feces becomes drier and harder, making fecal impaction or serious complications more likely to occur.

What are the symptoms of anal fissure caused by constipation?

1. Bleeding:

During bowel movements, the tearing of the wound may cause bleeding. The blood is bright red, not too much, and is in the form of drops. It stops naturally after the bowel movement.

2. Pain:

Pain is the main symptom of anal fissure. The pain may be very severe and unbearable, like tearing or cutting, especially after defecation. The pain of anal fissure is not only severe, but also cyclical and intermittent. When defecating, the dry feces at the beginning of the bowel movement expand the anus, and the anal fissure is torn, causing severe pain, which will be relieved after a few minutes. After a short period of pain relief, severe pain will occur due to the contraction and spasm of the anal sphincter, which can last for several hours to more than ten hours, and the pain will not disappear until the anal sphincter is tired and relaxed.

3. Anus tightening:

Dry feces are not easy to be discharged from the anus. This is because frequent and repeated tearing causes the anal fissure to deepen and not heal for a long time. The fibrous tissue under the wound proliferates to form scars, which limits the degree of relaxation of the anus, so the anus becomes tighter.