Fissure Causes

RISK FACTORS

You are susceptible to develop fissure

• If your digestion is not regular • Habitual constipation and passage of hard stools develop cuts and wounds at the back passage causing painful fissure.
  • Having diarrhoea for longer duration or frequent episodes of diarrhoea causes fissure to develop.
  • Irritable bowel syndrome is one of the common causes of fissure.
  
• If you are following bad toilet habits • Spending too much time in toilet triggers development of fissure.
  • Reading newspaper or using mobile phones in toilet.
  • Not cleaning properly.
  • Using harsh toilet papers.
  • Rubbing the back passage hardly.
  
• If you are at a certain age • Fissure is common in infants because of hard stools and it is easily treatable. For more information read – Fissure in Infants.
  • Fissure is common in old aged people also because of constipation and reduced blood supply to the back passage.
  
• If you are pregnant • Baby in the tummy exerts pressure at lower portion and causes tearing of the back passage creating one or more painful fissures.
  • They are very easily treatable through ayurvedic medicines.
  
• If you are following bad dietary habits • Too much fast foods
  • Regular intake of oily and spicy food
  • Lack of fibre and water intake
  • Skipping meals
  • Not taking meals on correct timings
  • Overeating
  
• If you are having a sedentary lifestyle • Not exercising
  • Too much sitting
  • Late night working
  
• If you are maintaining a bad personal hygiene • Not cleaning private parts properly while bathing
  • Having too much perianal hair
  • Not wearing clean undergarments
  • Wearing synthetic clothing
  • Having too much anal intercourse
  
• If you are having uncontrolled diabetes • High blood sugar levels hamper the healing of fissure wound and it may also get infected easily.
  • Closely monitor your blood sugar if you have fissure.
  • It is advisable to avoid too much sweets if you are suffering from fissure.
  • Do not skip your diabetes medicines.
  
• If your back muscles are tight • There are circular muscles around your back passage that helps in keeping the opening tight or loose.
  • If these muscles are tight the passage becomes narrow and whenever you pass the stools there may happen the fissure wounds.
  • They may become tight in case of trauma, stress, constipation or due to genetic causes.
  
• If you are having any secondary infection • Fissure may occur if you have any of these infections – Tuberculosis, HIV, Syphilis, Chronic Irritable Bowel Disease etc.
  • In these cases, we need to treat the fissure and also the secondary infection.
  
• If you are a victim of medicine overuse • Long-term use of antibiotics or pain killers may cause an upset digestion which in turn may cause fissure development.
  • Avoid self-medication and overuse of allopathic medicines.
  
• If you have history of previous surgery • Fissure may occur in the scars of previous piles or fistula surgery.
  • Fissures may also be triggered by proctoscopy, sigmoidoscopy and colonoscopy because of the injury caused by the instruments used in these procedures.