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Can inserting a shaved raw potato pellet rectally post bm and leaving it there til the next bm really heal anal fissures? (folk remedy?)

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Dr. Eric Kaplan answered

Specializes in Colon and Rectal Surgery

Absolutely NOT: The rectum is an exit not an entrance. Old wives probably never had a fissure.

Answered 1/24/2013

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