Fishy anal discharge

Anal abscess - An anal abscess must be opened or lanced by a doctor to drain the pus. Anyways, try to adhere to the above dietary changes. Once the diagnosis is made, your treatment may or may not involve surgery, depending on the specific disorder. Why Is This Happening? Fortunately, superficial fissures usually heal quickly with medical treatment, and most symptoms disappear within a few days to a couple of weeks. You can use liners or butterfly body pads to keep the area clean and dry.

Using gentle techniques to clean the anal area Keeping the anal area dry by changing underwear frequently and using powder to absorb moisture Always using a condom if you practice anal intercourse Never inserting any foreign object into the rectum Treatment A doctor must diagnose the four anal disorders described here. There are even tutorials online about how to express your dog's anal glands yourself. Most anal fissures happen when a large, hard stool overstretches the anal opening and tears the delicate anoderm. Regular chips are fried. In other cases, the opening of the fistula closes temporarily, causing the old anal abscess to flare up again as a painful pocket of pus.