Table of ContentsView AllTable of ContentsIBS & Anal FissuresAnal Fissure SymptomsWhat to DoPreventing Anal Fissures

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IBS & Anal Fissures

Anal Fissure Symptoms

What to Do

Preventing Anal Fissures

Anything you do to treat your IBS and get your gastrointestinal system functioning more regularly should also help reduce your risk of anal fissures.

This article discusses anal fissures that can occur as a result of IBS, and what you can do to prevent and treat them.

How Does IBS Contribute to Anal Fissures?

Once the tear happens, it can lead to repeated injury and difficulty healing. Anal fissures can be quite painful, particularly during a bowel movement.

Any sign of blood associated with your bowel movements needs to be brought to the attention of your healthcare provider as it can be the sign of a serious health problem.

Constipation can be a symptom of both IBS and anal fissures. Once an anal fissure occurs, you may have the following symptoms:

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Anal fissure treatments

Treatment for Anal Fissures

The risks from Botox injections and medicines used to treat anal fissures are relatively mild.

How Anal Fissure Is Treated

The main recommendation for avoiding fissures is to keep your stool soft.Although this can be difficult to do with IBS, there are a couple of things you can try:

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Summary

Anal fissures are a common complaint of people who have IBS, especially constipation-prevalent IBS. Anal fissures can happen when your stools are hard and dry and/or you strain to have a bowel movement.

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6 SourcesVerywell Health uses only high-quality sources, including peer-reviewed studies, to support the facts within our articles. Read oureditorial processto learn more about how we fact-check and keep our content accurate, reliable, and trustworthy.Choung RS, Rey E, Richard locke G, et al.Chronic constipation and co-morbidities: A prospective population-based nested case-control study.United European Gastroenterol J. 2016;4(1):142-51. doi:10.1177/2050640614558476Johns Hopkins Medicine.Anal fissures.Beaty JS, Shashidharan M.Anal fissure.Clin Colon Rectal Surg. 2016;29(1):30-7. doi:10.1055/s-0035-1570390National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases.Gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding.Bleday R.Patient education: hemorrhoids (beyond the basics). In: Lamont JT, Wenliang C, eds.UpToDate. Waltham, Mass: UpToDate; 2022.Schlichtemeier S, Engel A.Anal fissure.Aust Prescr. 2016;39(1):14-7. doi:10.18773/austprescr.2016.007

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Verywell Health uses only high-quality sources, including peer-reviewed studies, to support the facts within our articles. Read oureditorial processto learn more about how we fact-check and keep our content accurate, reliable, and trustworthy.Choung RS, Rey E, Richard locke G, et al.Chronic constipation and co-morbidities: A prospective population-based nested case-control study.United European Gastroenterol J. 2016;4(1):142-51. doi:10.1177/2050640614558476Johns Hopkins Medicine.Anal fissures.Beaty JS, Shashidharan M.Anal fissure.Clin Colon Rectal Surg. 2016;29(1):30-7. doi:10.1055/s-0035-1570390National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases.Gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding.Bleday R.Patient education: hemorrhoids (beyond the basics). In: Lamont JT, Wenliang C, eds.UpToDate. Waltham, Mass: UpToDate; 2022.Schlichtemeier S, Engel A.Anal fissure.Aust Prescr. 2016;39(1):14-7. doi:10.18773/austprescr.2016.007

Verywell Health uses only high-quality sources, including peer-reviewed studies, to support the facts within our articles. Read oureditorial processto learn more about how we fact-check and keep our content accurate, reliable, and trustworthy.

Choung RS, Rey E, Richard locke G, et al.Chronic constipation and co-morbidities: A prospective population-based nested case-control study.United European Gastroenterol J. 2016;4(1):142-51. doi:10.1177/2050640614558476Johns Hopkins Medicine.Anal fissures.Beaty JS, Shashidharan M.Anal fissure.Clin Colon Rectal Surg. 2016;29(1):30-7. doi:10.1055/s-0035-1570390National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases.Gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding.Bleday R.Patient education: hemorrhoids (beyond the basics). In: Lamont JT, Wenliang C, eds.UpToDate. Waltham, Mass: UpToDate; 2022.Schlichtemeier S, Engel A.Anal fissure.Aust Prescr. 2016;39(1):14-7. doi:10.18773/austprescr.2016.007

Choung RS, Rey E, Richard locke G, et al.Chronic constipation and co-morbidities: A prospective population-based nested case-control study.United European Gastroenterol J. 2016;4(1):142-51. doi:10.1177/2050640614558476

Johns Hopkins Medicine.Anal fissures.

Beaty JS, Shashidharan M.Anal fissure.Clin Colon Rectal Surg. 2016;29(1):30-7. doi:10.1055/s-0035-1570390

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases.Gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding.

Bleday R.Patient education: hemorrhoids (beyond the basics). In: Lamont JT, Wenliang C, eds.UpToDate. Waltham, Mass: UpToDate; 2022.

Schlichtemeier S, Engel A.Anal fissure.Aust Prescr. 2016;39(1):14-7. doi:10.18773/austprescr.2016.007

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