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How do you know for sure you have a anal fissure. what are the symptoms?

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Dr. Martin Fried answered

Specializes in Nutrition

Pain with BM: Painful bm with or without blood in stool. It would take a doctor to see the actual cut in the rectum to diagnose it.

Dr Hoepfner agreed

Answered 5/3/2013

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