my husband keeps getting a perianal abscess every 23 days that bursts on its own and keeps coming back for the past 2 months. he doesn't have much pain but the doctor said it's a chronic fissure. he's really scared of surgery and the doctor hasn't suggested it yet what could be causing this to keep happening and are there other treatment options besides surgery

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