{"id":3801,"date":"2024-08-26T14:30:59","date_gmt":"2024-08-26T11:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/proctology.gr\/?p=3801"},"modified":"2024-08-26T14:31:00","modified_gmt":"2024-08-26T11:31:00","slug":"causes-of-anal-fissure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/proctology.gr\/en\/causes-of-anal-fissure\/","title":{"rendered":"Causes of anal Fissure"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Many factors are capable of causing anal fissures.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The internal anal sphincter is considered to be a smooth muscle that we cannot control. When an anal fissure is present, the internal sphincter is in spasm. Hard feces and bowel movements usually cause a crack in the perianal skin. At the lower end of fissures, a tag of skin may form. Very often, constipation causes a primary trauma. However, several non-traumatic diseases are correlated with anal fissures. The above condition exists especially when a fissure occurs in an unusual location. Many people can remember the exact bowel movement during which their pain began. The pain causes spasm of the anal sphincter which prevents the healing of the tear. Rarely, the fissure can occur after inadequate healing of an anal operative wound.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition, inflammatory diseases of the bowel (Crohn\u2019s disease) can be responsible. Among patients with Crohn\u2019s disease, 4% will have an anal fissure as the first manifestation of their Crohn\u2019s disease. Half of all patients with Crohn\u2019s disease eventually will develop an anal ulceration that may look like a fissure. Furthermore, an anal cancer may manifest as a fissure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In some occasions, a variety of diagnostic tools result in trauma which can produce a fissure. Rectal thermometers, enema tips, endoscopes, or ultrasound probes are some of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other diseases which are capable of causing anal fissures include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n