Hemorrhoids Treatment

Hemorrhoids or piles are a condition that mainly affects men and 50% of pregnant women in the anal and rectal region. Hemorrhoids can be of two types – external and internal. Both have their respective symptoms, but external, hemorrhoids can be painful.

But there is no need to worry because hemorrhoids is a treatable condition and there are lots of medical treatments available for hemorrhoids which will first of all, relieve symptoms.

Here your hemorrhoid region will be bathed without wetting your body. It will cure the symptoms with time and make them vanish after a point of time. Because your whole body won’t get wet, it will allow you to soften your hemorrhoid protrusion or blood clot through repeated sitz baths.

You can also take tub baths at the rate of 10 minutes each, a number of times every day in warm and plain water. The other solution is medicated cream that can be found in any pharmacy store. You can apply this cream on the painful or itchy region for a limited period of time till the itch subsides.

The most important treatment however involves the cure of constipation – one of the main reasons for developing hemorrhoids. Medicos will advise a hemorrhoids patient to increase his intake of fiber by consuming lots of fresh fruits, vegetables, green leafy vegetables, legumes, whole wheat products etc.

Red meat, white flour products etc have to be eliminated from the diet. The more fiber you add to your diet, the softer will be your stool and lesser will be the pressure put on your anal and rectal region and the veins and blood vessels there.

If you consume gallons of water, fresh fruit juices and a glass of milk with regularity, it will ease the movement of your bowel further and stool will be passed with real ease without any straining or putting pressure on the rectum or anus.

It will therefore prevent your hemorrhoids from further protrusion. Physicians may at times prescribe stool softeners or Citrucel or Metamucil/psyllium which are fiber supplements. Or you may drink a glass of husk/isabgool mixed in milk or water once or twice a week to empty your bowels with ease.

Other treatments are surgery or endoscopy or hemorrhoidectomy or infrared coagulation or sclerotherapy or rubber band ligation.