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Hemorrhoid treatment and hemorrhoid relief

Hemorrhoid relief: When to seek help

Home remedy hemorrhoid relief is often sufficient. However, if you experience the following you should seek medical advice:

If you develop bleeding between bowel movements or have a moderate amount of bleeding from hemorrhoids, you should consult your doctor.

If you are over age 40 years or have a family history of colon cancer, you should see your doctor for rectal bleeding.

If you have prolapsed hemorrhoids that will not go back through the anus, or you have significant pain from your hemorrhoids, you should consult your doctor.

Other causes of rectal bleeding exist that are much more serious than hemorrhoids. Inflammatory bowel disease and colorectal cancers can have rectal bleeding. Make your doctor aware of your bleeding. If you are older than 40 years, have a family history of colorectal cancer, prolonged bleeding, or are experiencing other symptoms, you should not delay in seeing a doctor.

Hemorrhoid Treatment

The treatment for hemorrhoids is different depending on the severity of the problem. Most of the time, the treatment is conservative and performed at home.

Hot sitz baths
A sitz bath is recommended 3 times a day and after each bowel movement for at least 15 minutes. For a sitz bath, sit in a few inches of warm water in a tub. This is the best way to lessen the swelling and the pain. Be sure to thoroughly dry the skin around your anus after each bath so that it doesn't rub and become torn.

Dietary changes
Drink more liquids and eat more leafy green vegetables, which will make stools bulkier and softer to relieve constipation. Some people with constipation or hard stools may benefit from increasing the amount of bran and fiber in their diet. Stool softeners might also help. You should be cautious in choosing a laxative for your constipation. If a laxative causes watery, runny stools, it could cause an infection in the anus and should not be used.

Hemorrhoid removal

If you have continued bleeding, prolapsed hemorrhoids that cannot be pushed back into place, uncontrollable pain, or severe rectal itching, surgery is needed. The surgeon might inject the hemorrhoids with a medicine to shrink them or place small rubber bands around the hemorrhoids to cut off the blood supply so they will die. These procedures are usually done in the office and don't require you to be put to sleep or admitted to a hospital.
Less commonly used treatments are cryotherapy in which the hemorrhoid is essentially frozen off, or laser therapy, in which the hemorrhoid is burned off. Sometimes, it is necessary for the surgeon to actually cut the hemorrhoids off. In this case you will need to be put to sleep or have a spinal anesthetic.

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