Symptoms of anal fissure in babies

When a baby becomes ill, the people who worry the most are the child's parents. Especially parents who have babies of their own usually pay great attention to their children's health. However, children may also develop some difficult and complicated diseases, such as anal fissure, which is a relatively serious disease. Once it occurs, it can be treated but the process is painful. Especially for children because of their young age, anal fissure needs to be treated. So what are the symptoms of anal fissure in babies?

How to judge anal fissure in children

First, pain as a symptom of anal fissure: Pain is an early symptom of anal fissure, and its main manifestation is severe pain, which is persistent and may continue to intensify and automatically relieve after a few hours. This pain symptom occurs during bowel movements, and other symptoms include squatting, sitting or walking.

Second, bleeding from anal fissure symptoms: when defecating, the wound surface is damaged, which may cause bleeding from the fissure. Generally, the bleeding is not much, but there are blood streaks on the stool, or there are drops of blood after defecation, and the toilet paper is bloody.

Third, constipation as a symptom of anal fissure: Most patients are afraid of the severe pain during defecation and intentionally postpone the time and frequency of defecation, which prolongs the time that feces stays in the rectum. The water is completely absorbed and the stool becomes dry and hard. Defecation at this time will aggravate the trauma of the fissure, deepen the fissure and increase the pain. This cycle repeats itself, forming a vicious circle. For this reason, many patients take laxatives, which causes the anal canal to lack normal stool expansion, anal canal stenosis, and the formation of drug-dependent intractable constipation.

What to do if your child has anal fissure

First, keep your bowel movements regular. Let your child take laxatives or paraffin oil orally to make the stool soft and lubricated, increase high-fiber food and change bowel habits to gradually correct the occurrence of constipation.

Second, take a local sitz bath. Before and after bowel movements, children can take a sitz bath with 1:5000 warm potassium permanganate solution to keep the area clean.

Third, anal canal dilation. If the child's anal fissure is severe, anal canal dilation surgery may be necessary. Anal canal dilation surgery is suitable for patients with acute or chronic anal fissures without concurrent papillary hypertrophy and sentinel piles. The advantages are that it is easy to operate, does not require special equipment, has rapid therapeutic effects, and only requires daily sitz baths after surgery. After anal canal dilation, anal sphincter spasm can be eliminated and pain can be relieved immediately after the operation. After dilation, the anal fissure wound expands and opens, drainage is unobstructed, and the superficial wound can heal quickly. However, this method has its shortcomings. It may cause complications such as bleeding, perianal abscess, hemorrhoidal prolapse and short-term fecal incontinence, and the recurrence rate is relatively high.

Generally speaking, the above symptoms can be used to determine whether the baby has anal fissure. In fact, anal fissures in babies are quite serious, and parents can help their babies do some preventive work. For example, let the baby have an appropriate amount of activity, feed the baby scientifically, and keep the area clean and hygienic. Cultivate good habits of regular bowel movements for your baby.