If you suffer from hemorrhoids, you want to get rid of these painful bulges as quickly as possible. With early hemorrhoids an adaptation of your eating and bowel habits can already help. There are also all kinds of remedies that alleviate pain and itching. If they are larger, treatment by a specialist is necessary.
You can reduce your own complaints by tackling the cause of your hemorrhoids. Adapt your diet and bowel habits, so that your clogging and excessive pressure on the anus occurs. Immediately go to the bathroom if you have to and do not try to squeeze too hard and for too long. Move regularly, eat high fiber and drink enough.
If you still suffer from constipation, you can use an anti-clogging remedy, such as psyllium fibers, lactulose or bran. Often the problems disappear.
Hemorrhoid ointment
Against the itch and the burning sensation that hemorrhoids deliver you, various ointments and suppositories are available at the pharmacy and pharmacy. You do not need a prescription for this.
Spreads and suppositories with lidocaine locally anesthetize and thus make the bowel movement less painful. Zinc products work against pain and also heal the itching. In addition, they would shrink the hemorrhoids a bit. The GP can also prescribe hydrocortisone cream, which has an anti-inflammatory and soothing effect.
Tie down
If lifestyle advice and creams do not help, the GP can refer you to a specialist who removes hemorrhoids.
The most common method is to tie the hemorrhoid with rubber rubber bands, or a rubber band ligation. The doctor looks through a tube (protoscope) the last part of the intestine and applies a band above the mucous membrane of the hemorrhoid. For example, the blood supply is cut off, causing the hemorrhoid to shrivel and die after a few days.
This operation takes place in an outpatient manner. An anesthetic is not necessary. Because the hemorrhoid tissue itself is numb, it is not painful. You may experience a few days of blood loss and an annoying feeling in your stomach or anus. You will lose the strapped hemorrhoid and the band together with the stool.
Other methods
The blood supply to the hemorrhoids can also be stopped by scorching the blood vessels with the aid of infrared light. Even then, the hemorrhoid dies. Another option is that the doctor injects an irritating fluid into the hemorrhoids, causing them to shrink. Only in the case of very large hemorrhoids is surgery needed under anesthesia for which you are admitted to the hospital. Even if you have hemorrhoids that keep coming back, surgery can offer a solution. This is very effective, but after the treatment it still causes a lot of pain for several days.