Health & Medical Hemorrhoids

Hemorrhoid Treatment You Can Use

Hemorrhoids, sometime referred to as piles are, to the sufferer a very serious and upsetting disorder.
It is imperative you get a check-up from your doctor or GP if you've experienced any form of rectal bleeding for any length of time.
Most probably, it's just your hemorrhoids bleeding, but for your own peace of mind I would defiantly recommend you have it checked out, it certainly can't hurt and it will put your mind at ease as well.
Your episode of hemorrhoids will usually heal by themselves in a week or to weeks but if you don't do anything to prevent it, they can and very likely will return extremely quickly.
Below, are some of the more popular Hemorrhoid treatments that you may possibly try.
Drink lots of water and eat heaps of fibre.
This will keep your stools loose and help to avoid straining, which can aggravate your hemorrhoid problem even further.
An increase in your exercise regime can definitely be really helpful if you aren't already doing so as this will keep the colon active with the added benefit of helping you loose weight or stay trim as well, so it gives you a win, win, a two fold benefit.
There is a definite correlation, as the more over weight you are, the more likely the chance of succumbing to hemorrhoids.
While you patiently wait for those, troublesome, embarrassing and more often than not painful hemorrhoids to recede, there are one or two simple things you can easily do that may perhaps help.
1.
Sitting in a bath of warm water a number of times a day 2.
Wear loose fitting cotton rich under garment 3.
Use an (skin tolerant) ice pack if you have painful swelling 4.
Consider using a suppository or cream.
There are some good ones on the market that do the job.
Very few of us if truth be told like to a visit to our doctor or GP and it is usually a means of last resort, but if you are in a continuous, unremitting state of agonising pain and interminable itching, then you possibly will have no other alternative but to make that appointment.
Depending on the severity of your hemorrhoid and whether they are internal or external, your doctor will usually have a number of alternatives at his disposal: Surgery - Surgery is at times required for particularly painful hemorrhoids that you have had for a long time that you just can't seem be rid of.
Usually seen as the last resort for doctor and patient alike.
Laser Coagulation - by the use of an electric probe, electric current is applied to the hemorrhoid.
Cutting off the blood supply causes the affected area tissue to dry up.
Band Ligation - basically this procedure involves placing a small rubber band around the base of the hemorrhoid thereby cutting off its blood supply.
This will cause the hemorrhoid to dry up and fall off.
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