Options for Treating Hemorrhoids
by Josh Riverside
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Some of your option in treating hemorrhoids include home treatment,
fixative procedures, and surgical procedures.
After you’ve gone to the doctor and he has diagnosed your condition as
hemorrhoids here are some of the possible treatments:
1) Home treatment and prevention.
There are a
variety of easily available over the counter medications and homeopathic
remedies designed to shrink hemorrhoids and end the symptoms. These range
from a host of ointments, suppositories and even herbal items depending on
the severity of the flare-up. A large percentage of cases are completely
and satisfactorily treated with these products. Combined with a simple
adjustment of diet usually involving adding more fiber, eliminating
certain foods, drinking more water or adjusting other causal factors such
as medicines, avoiding NSAIDS like aspirin or anti-inflammatory pills,
physical activity, etc, most cases of hemorrhoids will disappear in days
and do not recur.
In choosing over the counter treatments, zinc oxide and petroleum jelly
are the best of the non-prescription remedies and also the least
expensive. Brand name items specifically created to treat hemorrhoids have
proven no more effective than zinc oxide and petroleum jelly and they are
often quite expensive. For internal hemorrhoids, suppositories have proven
the most effective, however, please note that using them beyond the
recommended time period can cause other problems. Look for a product
containing 1% Hydrocortisone and something ending in the suffix “-caine”
which would numb the area, relieving the itching and burning sensations
immediately.
3) Fixative procedures.
These non-surgical
treatments are normally referred to as Plan B if the ointments and
lifestyle adjustments have failed to cure the problem. Their goal is to
reduce or eliminate the blood supply to the hemorrhoids so that they will
slowly shrink and wither away from lack of nourishment. Performed by
doctors as simple office procedures, fixatives will create scar tissue
supporting the anal cushions helping to prevent further flare-ups.
Fixative procedures include rubber band ligation – tying off the
hemorrhoids with rubber bands to stop the blood flow – coagulation therapy
– using heat, electric current or lately, laser devices to create scar
tissue – and sclerotherapy – injecting chemicals directly into the swollen
tissue to shrink them. Uncomfortable at worst, these procedures have
effectively cured the bulk of most hemorrhoidal flare-ups that were not
controlled by ointments, suppositories and other, simpler means.
4) Surgical procedures.
There are those cases
which can only be treated surgically. They are a small percentage but they
do exist. The procedure is called a hemorrhoidectomy and will normally
only be done if there is some medical emergency such as profuse bleeding
or pus draining from the anus or if the hemorrhoids are so sever that
there is a large negative effect on ones lifestyle. Surgery is also
mostly used for internal hemorrhoids unless you are having surgery in the
area for another reason such as a tear.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Hemorrhoids provides detailed information about the causes, symptoms,
and treatment of internal, external, and bleedings hemorrhoids. For more
information go to Hemorrhoids and/or visit its
sister site at Warts Web for
related information.
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