Anal fissure causes

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1];Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Amandeep Singh M.D.[2]

Overview

Anal fissure are caused due to severe and chronic constipation, watery diarrhea and Crohn’s disease. Anal fissures are common in women after childbirth, and following constipation in infants. Other less common causes include tuberculosis, sarcoidosis, anal intercourse, HIV, Human papillomavirus, and syphilis.

Causes

Life-threatening causes include conditions which may result in death or permanent disability within 24 hours if left untreated. There are no life-threatening causes of anal fissure, however complications resulting from untreated anal fissure is common.

Anal fissures may be caused by:^[1]

Less common causes of disease name include:^[1]

Cardiovascular	No underlying causes
Chemical/Poisoning	No underlying causes
Dental	No underlying causes
Dermatologic	No underlying causes
Drug Side Effect	No underlying causes
Ear Nose Throat	No underlying causes
Endocrine	No underlying causes
Environmental	No underlying causes
Gastroenterologic	Crohn’s disease, Diarrhea, Constipation, Infants constipation
Genetic	No underlying causes
Hematologic	No underlying causes
Iatrogenic	No underlying causes
Infectious Disease	HIV AIDS, Human papillomavirus,Tuberculosis
Musculoskeletal/Orthopedic	No underlying causes
Neurologic	No underlying causes
Nutritional/Metabolic	No underlying causes
Obstetric/Gynecologic	Difficult vaginal labor
Oncologic	No underlying causes
Ophthalmologic	No underlying causes
Overdose/Toxicity	No underlying causes
Psychiatric	No underlying causes
Pulmonary	No underlying causes
Renal/Electrolyte	No underlying causes
Rheumatology/Immunology/Allergy	Sarcoidosis
Sexual	Anal intercourse, syphilis
Trauma	No underlying causes
Urologic	No underlying causes
Miscellaneous	No underlying causes

List the causes of the disease in alphabetical order.^[1]

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Schlichtemeier S, Engel A (2016). “Anal fissure”. Aust Prescr. 39 (1): 14–7. doi:10.18773/austprescr.2016.007. PMC 4816871. PMID 27041801.
↑ Abramowitz L, Sobhani I, Benifla JL; et al. (2002). “Anal fissure and thrombosed external hemorrhoids before and after delivery”. Dis. Colon Rectum. 45 (5): 650–5. PMID 12004215.
↑ Martínez-Costa C, Palao Ortuño MJ, Alfaro Ponce B; et al. (2005). “[Functional constipation: prospective study and treatment response]”. Anales de pediatría (Barcelona, Spain) (in Spanish; Castilian). 63 (5): 418–25. PMID 16266617.

Overview