Piles are mainly the swollen blood vessels while fissures are kind of cracks and fistulas are an opening of a cavity. Piles are mostly painless and unnoticeable. Fissures cause a lot of pain. In the case of fistulas, pus is discharged out of the anal area.

Piles are mainly the swollen blood vessels while fissures are kind of cracks and fistulas are an opening of a cavity. Piles are mostly painless and unnoticeable. Fissures cause a lot of pain. In the case of fistulas, pus is discharged out of the anal area.

Most anal fissures are adequately treated by a medical approach using sitz baths, stool softeners, and analgesics. If the anal fissure becomes chronic and is not responsive to medical therapy, a lateral sphincterotomy of the internal anal sphincter is the surgical procedure of choice…….. Know more