Anal fistula sitz bath method

Most people are familiar with anal fistula. The incidence of anal fistula in young people is very high. If you want to prevent the occurrence of anal fistula, you must develop good living habits in daily life. Anal fistula will not only cause physical torture, but also make people suffer in life. Timely treatment of anal fistula is urgent. Generally, most of the treatments for anal fistula are through surgery.

What is the method of sitz bath for anal fistula?

The wound after anal fistula surgery is usually open, and the wound dressing needs to be changed every day after the operation. You need to take a sitz bath after defecation, but you don't need to take a sitz bath if you don't have a defecation. If you do take a sitz bath, you can usually use warm water with potassium permanganate. Be careful not to make the concentration too high.

Why can't anal fistula heal on its own?

1. The existence of the internal opening is mainly because the abscess has ruptured or has been incised and drained, but the primary source of infection, such as anal sinusitis or anal gland infection, still exists, and the contents of the intestinal cavity can continue to enter the fistula from the internal opening; therefore, there is absolutely no way for it to heal itself.

2. The anus cannot rest, and the abscess cavity is not easy to adhere: during defecation and urination, the anal sphincter is often in spasm due to sphincter contraction or inflammation stimulating the anal sphincter;

3. Feces, intestinal fluid and gas in the intestinal cavity will continue to enter the fistula, and then stimulate the wall of the tube, forcing the connective tissue of the wall to proliferate and thicken, making the lumen difficult to close; precisely because it is difficult to close, how can it lead to self-healing of anal fistula?

4. The abscess cavity is poorly drained, or the external opening is narrowed, sometimes closed and sometimes ulcerated, and pus accumulates in the cavity, leading to recurrence of the abscess and rupture to form new branches or fistulas;

5. Most of the tubes pass through the anal sphincter at different heights. The contraction of the sphincter hinders the discharge of pus, resulting in poor drainage;

What is anal fistula

Anal fistula is the abbreviation of anorectal fistula, which is a sequelae of abscess rupture or incision drainage around the anorectum. Anal fistula is the post-abscess stage, which is two stages of a disease, and is called anal leakage in traditional Chinese medicine. A typical anal fistula is a clear, complete tube with one end in the anal sinus and the other end outside the anal margin or in the rectal wall.

Atypical anal fistula usually has only an internal opening but no external opening, or has both an internal and external opening but the middle fistula tract is blocked, or has only an external opening and the internal opening cannot be found, or there is simply a hard lump.

If you suffer from anal impotence and do not take timely treatment, over time, you will become weak and thin, lack of energy, reduced disease resistance, anemia, and more frequent attacks, forming a cause-and-effect relationship;

Due to repeated attacks, pus can penetrate the tube wall and spread along the sphincter gap to form multiple and complex anal fistulas, which not only brings difficulties to treatment, but also affects the normal physiological function of the anus; the multiple anal fistulas can form rectovaginal fistulas, rectal urethral fistulas and rectal bladder fistulas, endangering the surrounding organs, and anal fistulas have a tendency to become malignant.

What are the causes of anal fistula?

1. Bacterial infection

Because the anorectal area is an important channel for "waste discharge", bacteria can easily invade the anal crypts, anal gland ducts and anal glands, causing infection, gradually forming abscesses, and rupturing to form anal fistulas.

2. Perianal abscess

Perianal abscess is one of the main factors leading to anal fistula. Because feces are retained in the anal crypts, anal gland inflammation occurs, leading to perianal abscess, but patients often do not pay attention to it. After the perianal abscess ruptures, pus is discharged, the abscess cavity gradually shrinks, the external ulcer and incision also shrink, and the cavity wall forms a hard tubular wall of connective tissue hyperplasia, which becomes a fistula, and anal fistula is formed.

3. Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Actinomycetes

Infections that form abscesses, Crohn's disease, etc. are difficult to heal on their own and form special anal fistulas.