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Do you have any tips on how to get rid of anal fissures? i'm guessing it has to do with my diet maybe? they don't occur every time i pass stool and when they do i can tell there's some tearing despite a normal-sized stool.
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Soft stools: DSS and Miralax (polyethylene glycol) help in about 20% of cases. Surgical Lateral Sphinctermyotomy is curative in 90+% of cases
Answered 8/23/2015
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