Hi, i have a persisting anal fissure which has made life miserable. from the last few months my diet is being affected and pain makes me dizzy. i have lost considerable weight. is it normal to lose weight during anal fissure?

Anal fissure: These are very painful. Your lack of appetite is because passing stools hurts hence if you eat less you will have less stools. You can use a lidocaine gel which you can coat the anal region when you do pass stools. One of the things to do is make the stools soft so that it minimizes the trauma at the fissure from hard stools.

Surgeon : This is generally a surgical problem for specific diagnosis and treatment recommend seeing a colon rectal surgeon