Question: I was diagnosed with a anal fissure and an infected anal 'sinus' causing a largish lump near (behind) my anus (He said a pungent liquid would come from this and it would go down after a while). My doctor also told me that this was common and to use a rectogesic cream daily to stimulate blood flow and fix the fissure (I stopped using this a few days ago in case it was causing the bleeding, nothing seems to have changed though). On a recent trip i spent a lot of time sitting on a train and the pressure from the infection was annoying me. That evening i noticed some blood in my underwear and a bit of blood tinged clear fluid as well (i believe from my anus), no odor but the swelling had subsided dramatically. My question is that since then (2 weeks roughly) whenever i use the bathroom at the end i notice that the water is red and i have been bleeding quite a bit from the anus. The blood is bright red and there seems to be quite a bit when i wipe, is this part of the process as my doctor basically said it was fine but i am still concerned? I am 32, male, bit overweight, eat healthy, caucasian, overactive (i think) thyroid. I have had the fissure for approx 8 months but the anal sinus infection for only about 3 months.

Thank you for your time. I will book in with my GP again. I just wanted to check as i live in Rural Australia and a GP visit can be a few months wait.

Thank you again for taking the time to answer my questions.