Hemeroids develop due to uncontrolled growth of varicose veins. A person having hemeroids suffers from physical discomforts like bleeding, anal itching, pain and even mental distress because of social embarrassment. Although hemeroids do not cause serious health problems, ignorance towards its existence can produce severe health complications.

Causes of hemeroids includes dietary irritants, mental stress, straining, sitting and standing for long hours, irregular and unhygienic bowel movement, obesity and even working in high temperature conditions.

The most common symptoms of hemeroids includes blood in the stool, a burning and itching sensation in the rectum, additional pressure required in passing stool, rectal pain and irritation.

Test/Diagnosis for Hemeroids: Most likely the doctor may just examine your rectum with a gloved finger or he may use a short, lighted scope to look inside the rectum to know if you have hemeroids.

Hemeroid Surgery

Monday, September 29, 2008

Hemeroid surgery is the surgical removal of hemeroids and excess tissue around the hemeroid. Hemeroid surgery is recommended in the treatment of extensive or severe hemeroids condition.

If a blood clot has formed within an external hemeroid, your doctor can easily remove the clot with a simple incision, which may provide prompt hemeroid relief. But if your hemeroids are persistently bleeding and condition becomes worse, it is advisable to seek for doctors advice if hemeroid surgery is necessary as your last defense. But for some patients, including those with certain forms of inflammatory bowel disease are not good candidates for hemeroid surgery. This is due to an increased risk of irritation and complications.

Hemeroid Surgery is usually recommended for hemeroids that become very enlarged, protrude from the anus, bleed frequently, or contain blood clots. Common procedures includes freezing the affected tissue, injecting chemicals into the hemeroid to shrink it, surgically removing the hemeroid, commonly referred to as hemeroid surgery. Hemeroid surgery comes in many varieties: the hemeroidectomy, hemeroid banding, laser coagulation, infrared photocoagulation, injection sclerotherapy and hemeroid stapling.

In hemeroid surgery, hemeroid tissue and excess tissue around the anal canal is surgically removed. The hemeroid surgery procedure is typically performed in a hospital or surgery center by a surgeon who specializes in colon and rectum surgeries. Hemeroid surgery usually requires an overnight stay in the hospital but may also be performed on an out patient basis. The procedure of hemeroid surgery is performed under anesthesia and with the help of a device called an anoscope where your hemeroid can be viewed. During your hemeroid surgery, the blood supply to the hemeroid is tied off and the hemeroid is removed, along with some surrounding tissue, if necessary.

After your hemeroid surgery, the rectal area is closely monitored for any bleeding. Laxatives are also used to ease defecation. Fluid intake is also monitored. Any increased rectal bleeding, pus drainage, fever, constipation or rectal spasms need to be reported to a physician. And it is important to prevent constipation following hemeroid surgery. Therefore, it is advised to have healthy habits after your hemeroid surgery . Eat foods that have lots of fiber, such as fruits, vegetables, and whole grains. Also, drink plenty of water, and get some exercise on most days of the week.

But the main disadvantage of hemeroid surgery is that healing and recovery can take a considerably longer time for about two to three weeks. The other disadvantage of this hemeroid surgery, though rare, is that it could lead to profuse bleeding and scarring if administered poorly. That could in turn lead to other complications. You may also experience discomfort after the hemeroid surgery procedure, therefore medications can be used to relieve your pain. The patient may also experience considerable pain after hemeroid surgery as the anus tightens and relaxes. Medications to relieve pain may be used. To avoid straining, stool softeners will be used. Soaking in a warm bath also can ease your discomfort and give your hemeroid relief.

Though hemeorid surgery is highly effective treatment for hemeroids, it does pose potential risks. There are also side effects to certain hemeroid surgery that you should be aware of. Urinary retention, urinary tract infections, fecal impaction and bleeding are the most common complications of the hemeroid surgery procedure. In addition, patients might have some trouble urinating because the pain following surgery makes it difficult to relax and allow urine to flow. Further, the anal sphincter might be damaged during surgery, which can lead to pain and/or fecal incontinence. Fecal incontinence is the inability to control your bowels, which can lead to the involuntary release of feces or gas.

Hemeroid surgery should be the last line of defense against your severe hemeroid. Although, most hemeroids can be treated and cured with more conservative hemeroid treatment, but for others who’s hemeroid does not respond to basic home treatments, then hemeroid surgery is usually recommended.

Hemeroid Relief

hemeroid relief picHemeroid relief is usually obtained by normal consumption of any laxative or stool softeners thus avoiding straining during bowel movements. Fiber also retains water and adds to the bulk, softness, and weight of stool - all factors in easing strain and giving you relief.

Here are few hemeroid relief in which you can try at home:

• Applying hemeroid cream to the rectal area will give you temporary hemeroid relief. Do not scratch hemeroids because it will just make everything worse, causing damaged and irritation to the anal veins and skin

• Take a sitz bath. Fill your bathtub with just enough warm water to cover the anal area. Do this regularly, several times a day, especially after having bowel movement. Soak for about 15 minutes at a time. This is one common hemeroid relief recommended by hemeroid doctors

• Use ice packs or cold compress to numb your hemeroids and help reduce swellings thus you will obtain hemeroids relief

• Use acetaminophen, ibuprofen or aspirin to get hemeroid relief

• Clean your anus after each bowel movement by patting gently with moist toilet paper or moistened pads or baby wipes. Do not scrub the anal area excessively, especially with harsh or perfumed soap because it can intensify the irritation thus will not give you hemeroid relief

• Sitting and standing for long hours is not advisable. Make it a point to lie down and take a rest as often as you can or take a walk for five minutes after every hour

• Exercise regularly

• Increase your intake of fiber such as fruit, whole grains and vegetables into your diet to soften your stool during your bowel movement thus giving you hemeroids relief

• Drink at least six to eight glasses of water daily for softer, bulkier stools

• Wear cotton and not too tight underwear to avoid irritation and discomfort

Alternative hemeroid relief can also give you safe and long lasting results. These alternative therapies include homoeopathic and herbal remedies which contain natural ingredients and are gentle and safe to use without the risk of the users. Herbs such as Aloe ferox act as a natural stool softener and are a gentle remedy for constipation, which is one of the major causes of hemeroids. Passiflora incarnata is also one of nature's most well-regarded carminatives, and helps to provide hemeroids relief and ease muscle tension during bowel movement. Others are dietary supplements, herbal medicines and herbal creams that can assist with the itching, inflammation, and for hemeroid relief.

There are also many natural hemeroids self-care measures that can help alleviate and serve as effective, gentle hemeroid treatments and provide hemeroid relief. This hemeroid relief can be found in over-the-counter hemeroid creams or suppositories. One may also find hemeroid relief and cures in herbal or natural form topical anesthetics and suppositories that will help relieve pain. Your doctor may also prescribe acetaminophen or aspirin to give you hemeroid relief.

Remember that early diagnosis and treatment of hemeroids can give quick and effective hemeroid relief from discomfort and other problems associated with hemeroids. However, some home remedies such as hemeroid creams, suppositories and warm baths may only offer temporary hemeroid relief from the symptoms of hemeroids. Instead, they can get progressively worse over time, growing in both size and number either internally or externally. So for people that have hemeroids that do not heal on their own and does not respond to any measures that offers hemeroid relief, it is recommended that you seek physicians advice whenever you experience hemeroids symptoms for appropriate hemeroids treatment immediately so to end your discomfort.

And take note that the least-preferable attempt at achieving hemeroid relief would be hemeroid surgery. Doctors treat hemeroids according to hemeroids type and severity. Usually, one can obtain hemeroids relief through non-invasive hemeroid treatment, and some people experience hemeroid relief.

Hemeroid Cream

HEMEROID CREAM is one of the basic remedies that can help relieve the pain and swelling suffered by people with hemeroids. Hemeroid is an abnormality or disease that develops over time due to uncontrolled growth of varicose veins in the large intestine and rectum area. People at the peak age of 45-60 are more prone to be affected by hemeroids. Once you get hemeroids, asides the shame it brought- pain and discomfort will be your main problem. Fortunately, for most people, hemeroid "flare-ups" heal on their own within a couple of days and often clear up by themselves with minimal treatment such as applying hemeroid creams.

You can usually find over the counter hemeroid cream even without doctors prescription. You can buy hemeroid creams intended to stop the itching and offers some hemeroid relief. This hemeroid cream are usually based on hydrocortisone which work well against itching but should be used for a limited time only to avoid skin irritation. However, try to avoid anti-itching hemeroid cream or lotions with an ingredient that has "-caine" in its name. These products have a local anesthetic in them and, if used too often, can cause further irritation.

But you have to be very careful on applying hemeroid cream because our body easily absorbs creams the most and the fastest via the anus. Therefore, it is important that you first apply hemeroid cream which is a weaker type. However if the hemeroid cream used didn't offerr relief after a period of three days then you can work your way up to a stronger type of hemeroid cream, and again after three days if still does not work.

Another problem with stronger type of hemeroid cream is that it can ruin your skin around the anus causing skin eczema and may bring other more serious complications. This problem is usually caused by overdosing on with hemeroid cream by using the hemeroid cream for more than seven days. Our anal area prefers to be dry to avoid irritation and because it is a very sensitive area, it can develop allergies to some preparations especially if done with dirty hands or untrimmed nails.

In addition to hemeroid cream medications, certain lifestyle measures can help you feel better and even prevent the recurrence of your hemeroids by taking warm baths regularly, regular exercise, adding fibrous food in your diet, and increasing the intake of water atleast 6-8 glasses a day and cleaning your rectal area with the use moisten pads or toilet tissue.

And if your hemeroids does not respond to hemeroid creams and other hemeroid home remedies and reatment, doctors may recommend rubber band litigation, sclerotherapy, surgery, and stapling for cases wherein the hemeroids are too painful to bear or are persistently swelling and worst, bleeding.

Hemeroids Symptoms

Friday, September 26, 2008

hemeroids symptoms|symptoms of hemeroids picHemeroids symptoms are one of the very discomforting condition you will ever experienced if you have hemoroids. Just imagine if your in public places or in any very solemn environment then hemeroid symptoms will attack , how are you going to deal with that shameful condition? Therefore early recognition of hemeroids symptoms should be given importance to come up with early hemeroid treatment.

Although hemeroid is quite embarrassing topic to discuss, it is also a very common issue that is untold. At age 50, about half of adults have had to deal with the uncomfortable feeling of itching, bleeding and pain which are the common symptoms of hemeroids. But good to know, that there are now many available effective hemeriod treatments existing in our market, and for some only requires basic home remedies to get rid of hemeroid symptoms.

Hemeroids Symptoms may vary from person to another, and usually depends on what type of hemeroid and where it is located. Although many people have hemeroids, not all of them experienced symptoms of hemeroids.

So in case there is no hemeroids symptoms such as pain or discomfort experienced, how will you know you have hemeroids? In most cases, bleeding or spotting of any blood in the stools or toilet tissue should immediately be referred to a doctor so the condition will be diagnosed properly. You need to have this checked to rule out the possibility of hemeroid symptoms.
Hemeroids symptoms usually disappears after a few days. And these hemeroids symptoms usually depends on the location where the hemeroids develop:

Hemeroids symptoms of Internal hemeriods. These hemeroids develops in the deeper portion of the anal canal and rectum where there are few nerve endings, the main reason why you mostly can't see or feel these hemeriods. The presence of blood on toilet paper or in the bowl during bowel movement is a common hemeroid symptoms. And because internal anal membranes lack pain-sensitive nerve fibers, these hemeroids usually don't cause discomfort. But because of straining or irritation from passing stool that can injure a hemeroids delicate surface thus causes it to bleed. Occasionally, straining can push an internal hemeroid through the anal opening. If a hemeroid remains displaced, it can cause pain and irritation. Rectal Bleeding and pain are most complained about. Internal hemeroid can be extremely painful, as they often protrude and can become thrombosed, or clotted. Another hemeroids symptom of internal hemeroids is the occurrence of mucus just like the occurrence of blood in your stool.

Hemeroids symptoms of External hemeroids. These external hemeroids appears on the outer rim of the anus and are usually the most uncomfortable hemeroids condition. These usually tend to be painful. Sometimes blood may pool in an external hemeroids and form a clot, causing severe pain, swelling and inflammation. Most common hemeroid symptoms of external hemeroids are itching, burning, and irritation. Streaks of blood may also appear on toilet paper after straining during bowel movements. You may also find it difficult to thoroughly cleanse the anal area.

Hemeroids symptoms for both internal hemeroids and external hemeroids are:

• Bleeding during bowel movements and the appearance of bright red blood on toilet paper after you strain to have a bowel movement is the number one hemeroid symptoms.
• Itching and burning are another hemeroids symptoms.
• The feeling of pain and swellings while cleaning your rectal area are also most common hemeroids symptoms.

Any hemeroids symptoms you noticed is recommended to have it consulted with your doctor for early hemeroid treatment. Although the amount of pain really depends on how bad your hemeriods are, and regardless of how small or big your hemeroid symptoms are it is advised that you have to deal with the problem as soon as possible. Hemeroids are not life-threatening but living with hemeroids is not really fun... it's uncomfortably painful... and not to mention, its embarrassing.

So to get rid of hemeroids symptoms, you can take these following advise:

• Eat high-fiber foods. You are advise to eat more fruits, vegetables and grains to help softens the stool and increases its bulk thus getting rid of any hemeroid symptoms.
• Drink plenty of liquids. Drink plenty of water or fluids a minimum of 8 glasses a day to get rid of hemeroids symptoms.
• Regular exercise. Stay active to reduce pressure on veins, which can occur with long periods of standing or sitting, and to help prevent constipation. Exercise can also help you lose excess weight thus helping you to get of hemeroids symptoms.

However if hemeroids symptoms still persist, you have to consult your physician for other hemeroid treatment or in worst cases to take hemeroid surgery.

What Are Hemeroids?

what are HEMEROIDS picWhat are Hemeroids really about? Hemeroids are a very common condition especially for aged people. It has been estimated that approximately 5% of total population is suffering from hemeroids. If left without hemeroid treatment, the condition of the rectal cavity and its functions may worsen. Hemeroids refer to a condition in which the veins and tissues around the lower rectum and anus become swollen and inflamed. These hemeroids usually become enlarged and dilated, then comes internal hemeroids or external hemeroids. Often hemeroids are itchy, can cause pain, and if bleeds, it becomes very painful. This is due to the increase pressure on the walls of the rectum, thus the muscles that support the hemeroids vessels are weakened and losses its support - the reason why bleeding hemeroids occurs.

What are hemeroids types? The type of hemeroids usually depends on where it develops.

    • Internal hemeroids involve the veins inside your rectum. Internal hemeroids usually don't hurt and they may bleed painlessly.
    • External hemeroids involve the veins outside the anus. External hemeroids can be itchy or painful and can sometimes burst and bleed.

What are hemeroids causes? Hemeroids can develop from any increase in pressure in the veins in the lower rectum. Most common sources of pressure and causes of hemeroids includes:

    -Constipation and straining during bowel movement.
    -Diarrhea and the continuous expulsion of loose stools.
    -Long period of sitting or standing, especially sitting on the toilet
    -Obesity
    -Pregnancy and childbirth

What are hemeroids symptoms? Most common hemeroids symptoms are:

    -Anal itching and anal tissue protruding especially during bowel movement.
    -Anal ache or pain, especially while sitting
    -Bright red blood on toilet tissue, stool, or in the toilet bowl
    -Pain and inflammation of the anus during bowel movements
    -One or more swollen and hard tender veins and lumps inside and around the anus.

What are hemeroids preventive measures? To help your hemeroids from coming back after your hemeroid treatment or really to prevent from having hemeroids, you have to practice the following:

    • Increase your high-fiber foods intake. Eat plenty of fibrous fruits, vegetables and grains. This will help softens the stool and increases its bulk, which will help lessen the straining that can cause hemeroids and worsen your hemeroids symptoms.
    • Increase your fluid intake. Drink water with minimum of 6-8 glasses a day or any nutritious fluids to help soften your stool during your bowel movement..
    • Exercise. Exercise can help you lose excess weight that may be one causes of hemeroids.
    • Avoid sitting and standing for long periods. Sitting too long, especially sitting on the toilet during bowel movement for longer periods, can increase the pressure on the veins in the anus.
    • Avoid straining . Straining and holding your breath when trying to pass your stool creates greater pressure in the veins in the lower rectum thus causes of your hemeroids appearance.
    What are hemeroids relief and treatment? There various natural hemeroids self-care measures that can help alleviate and serve as effective, gentle hemeroid treatment and provide hemeroid relief.
    • Sitz Bath. The most common hemeroid treatment is soaking your anus with warm water ten minutes everyday to soothe and provide hemeroid relief from pain and discomfort.
    • Use ice packs. This will help numb your hemeroids and give you hemeroid relief because it helps reduces swellings.
    • Apply hemeroid cream . This will provide you temporarily hemeroid relief and will relieve your from hemeroid pain and itch as symptoms of hemeroids.
    • Increase your fibrous food intake. This includes fibrous fruit, whole grains and vegetables into your diet especially during your hemeroid treatment.
    • Drink at least six to eight glasses of water or fluids daily for softer, bulkier stools thus give you hemeroid relief during your bowel movement.
    • Clean the anus area gently by patting with moist toilet paper, pads or even ‘baby wipes’ and by applying hemeroid cream during your hemeroid treatment

What are hemeroids other treatment option? If your hemeroids does not respond to home remedies and hemeroid worsens, it is recommended to seek doctor’s advise and ask for other hemeroid treatment. Usually doctors last remedy for your worsen hemeroid condition is for you to undergo hemeroid surgery. Therefore before your hemeroid becomes worst early hemeroid treatment is highly recommended.

Internal Hemeroids

internal hemeroids picInternal hemeroids is one type of hemeroid in which the vein walls have collapse and the hemeroid is filled up with blood. Internal hemeroids is barely noticeable and cannot be felt because everything taks place inside, internally. And that is basically the reason that internal hemeroid doesn’t hurt that much because they have not come into contact with air and outside pressure unlike external hemeroids. But straining or irritation from passing stool can injure a hemeroid's delicate surface and cause it to bleed, and thats the time internal hemeroid becomes painful.

Internal hemeroids basically develop inside the lower rectum. Often it can’t be seen or felt, and internal hemeroids are typically painless. However, internal hemeroids can itch, cause a pressure sensation, and make it difficult to clean the anal area. Painless bleeding and protrusion during bowel movements are the most common symptom of internal hemeroids. Usually you will notice small amounts of bright, streaking red blood on your toilet paper or on the toilet bowl or a feeling of fullness following a bowel movement. You may not feel pain with the internal hemeroid but you can identify through blood occurrence after having normal bowel movement. This is because the lining in the walls of the rectum becomes engorge with too much blood and bulge up to the point that it can no longer hold the pressure that’s why it bleeds. And because internal anal membranes of internal hemeroids lack pain-sensitive nerve fibers, these hemeroids usually don't cause discomfort.

Other symptoms of internal hemeroids may include:

    • Itching - a frequent complaint, because internal hemeroids often seep mucus that causes itching.
    • Skin irritation - large hemeroids that bulge from the anus may cause irritation
    • Discomfort - you often have the feeling of urge even after your bowel movement. This uncomfortable feeling is caused by the bulging of the internal hemeroid in the end portion of the large intestine. In general, the larger the hemorrhoid, the greater the discomfort.
Although large internal hemeriod that bulge from the anus may become painful if they swell and are squeezed by the muscles that control the anus. Severe pain may be a sign that the blood supply to the hemoriod is being cut off thus hemeriod treatment is needed if pain persist.

Internal hemeroids can also be assessed and be treated according to:

    o First-degree internal hemerioids do not bulge from the anus.
    o Second-degree internal hemeroids bulge from the anus during bowel movements but go back into the anus afterward on their own.
    o Third-degree internal hemeroids bulge from the anus during bowel movements, but they can be pushed back into the anus.
    o Fourth-degree internal hemeriods may bulge outside the anus all the time.
If you are suffering from internal hemeroids, or want to avoid reoccurrence of internal hemeroid, it is advisable to follow healthy dietary tips.

    o Eat high-fiber foods. Eat more fruits, vegetables and grains. By doing this it softens the stool and increases its bulk, which will helps lessen the straining that can cause internal hemeroids
    o Drink plenty of liquids. At least a minimum 6 -8 glasses a day also helps in preventing constipation thus lowers the risks of having internal hemeroids.
    o Consider fiber supplements. You can ask advise from your doctor for any stool softeners. This can give you relief from internal hemeroids or getting the possibility of having hemeroids.
    o Change bowel habits. Respond to the urge to defecate and stay relaxed to avoid straining which can cause bleeding of your internal hemeroid.
    o The best way to prevent internal hemeroids is to keep stools soft so they pass easily, thus decreasing pressure and straining, and to empty bowels as soon as possible after the urge occurs.
Treatment for internal hemeroids include laser coagulation, injection sclerotherapy, rubber band ligation, infrared photocoagulation, and the hemorrhoidectomy. In severe cases of internal hemeroid, physicians usually suggests the sufferer to undergo hemeroid surgery. However if home remedies are observed and practice daily it can make the need for hemeroid surgery unnecessary. But if discomfort and pain still persist and blood occurrence in your stool is still noticeable, it is highly advice to consult your physician and get it investigated because sometimes bleeding may not be due to internal hemeroids but to other serious internal illness.

Bleeding Hemeroids

bleeding hemeroids|hemeroid bleed picBleeding Hemeroids. Well, literally and simply means bleeding hemeriods. And therefore its really very painful. In this case, hemeroids can ooze fresh streaking red blood, either your hemeroid is located externally or internally. If its external bleeding hemeroids, this often cause dripping of blood from the anus while sitting on the toilet during your bowel movement. The blood might also be seen as soiling of your underwear. In Internal bleeding hemeroids, fresh bloods may visibly seen on your stool. Hemeroids are a very common condition. It has been estimated that 10% of the entire population have hemeroids especially reaching at age 50. If left untreated, hemeroid condition may become worst thus adding such serious problems.

Bleeding hemeroids are mostly considered to be the most terrible form of hemeroid condition and bleeding hemeroid can be one of the most uncomfortable and painful conditions you don't want to have. Because hemeroids are swollen veins, scraping and stretching by hard stools will cause it to bleed. The blood from a bleeding hemeroid can appear as red or reddish streaks in the stools as opposed to dark-red blood which indicates a deeper more serious internal problem. But be careful whenever you notice bleeding, and must immediately consult your physician to get it clinically investigated. Sometimes blood occurrence in the stool may not be due to bleeding hemeroids, but sometimes an indication to other serious illness.

In bleeding hemeroid, the bloody part is not the only thing you have to consider with, but also its other symptoms that brings complete discomfort due to itching, swelling, and very painful bowel movement. Bleeding hemeroids can really affect one's daily routine life. What’s considered simple physical activities before such as sitting, typing and driving will now become extremely difficult and very painful. There are various hemeroid treatment for bleeding hemeroid that are available today, either conventional medical hemeroid treatment or alternative hemeroid treatments. There is no absolute solution as to which hemeroid treatment works best, because it is mainly depends on your body and the severity of your hemeroids condition.

Bleeding hemeroids are mainly caused by blockage of blood in the rectal area. Veins found in the rectal area are starting to get enlarge and bulge reaching to a point where hemeroid tissue can no longer hold and resist the pressure of the blocked blood . When you sit, these veins get squeezed and then you experience pain in the rectum. This pressure on the veins will result in bleeding hemeroids. Constipation is one of the major causes of hemeroids. Hard stools during constipation usually leads to bleeding hemeroid due to scraping caused when the hard stool is being forced out. As a result, you can notice fresh red streaks in the stool during your bowel movement. Also most pregnant women are considered to be more prone to bleeding hemeroids. However, they it may be relieved after they give birth. Aside from pregnancy; aged people, obesity, hereditary and lack of exercise are also some of the other causes of bleeding hemeroids. So in order for you to prevent worst outcome of your bleeding hemeroids, it is highly recommended to include high fiber foods and fruits in your daily diet and increase fluid intake to soften your hard stool thus avoiding or reducing tendency of constipation. You can also use natural hemeroid treatment and hemeroids relief. But this hemeroid relief is not meant for long term hemeroid treatment. You can seek advise from physician for long term and more effective hemeroid treatments for bleeding hemeroids.

Therefore, whenever you notice symptoms of bleeding hemeroids, you should consult your physician for immediate hemmeroid treatment and further clinical investigation. Early hemeroid treatment will also give you early relief from the pains and discomfort cause by bleeding hemeroids. Never disregard blood occurrence in the stool. It may be sign of bleeding hemeroids or other internal problems.

Hemeroid Treatment

hemeroid treatment|treatment for hemeroids picHemeroid treatment is applied to ease the pain and discomfort of people who have hemeroids. Hemeroids refers to a condition in which the veins and tissues around the rectal area and anus become swollen and can be irritating, itchy, painful, and may bleed thus hemeroid treatment is really needed to ease your discomfort. By taking considering hemeroid treatments right away, you can stop your hemeroid condition before they get worst.

Fortunately, there are now various effective medicated hemeroid treatments and procedures that are readily available to treat hemeroids. In many cases this condition may require only self-care and lifestyle changes which includes the following:

    o Regular Sitz bath. This hemeroid treatment requires you to take regular warm bath and soaking your anus with warm water several times a day.
    o Putting an ice bag on the rectal area to help relieve swelling and chronic pain. Other uses cold compress especially with witch hazel or wet tea bags for hemeroid treatments.
    o Only pat to dry your rectal area. Do not wipe excessively. Patting with moist toilet pads or baby wipes after bowel movement is a good habit in addition to your hemeroid treatment. Do not scratch because this will worsen your hemeroid condition.
    o Clean y our rectal area regularly, applying hemeroid cream that contains hydrocortisone or numbing ointment to relieve you from pain, swelling and itching as your hemeroid treatment. But do not use anti-itching creams with anesthetic because it can often cause further anal irritation.
    o Most people also use bulk fiber supplements daily to prevent recurrences of their hemeroids. But bulk fiber may take several days to work so if you have existing hemeroids and you are already suffering from constipation, you may use an immediate-acting stool softener and laxative as hemeroids treatments to encourage fast elimination without straining and further aggravating your hemeroids..
    o You can try donut pillow. This will take off direct pressure from the anus avoiding your hemeroid to be pressed.
    o Use of laxative. You can use this during your hemeroid treatment because this can add softness of your hard stool thus you can avoid straining during your bowel movement.
Other hemeroid treatment, depending on the severity of hemeroid condition, involves choosing prescription of over-the-counter medicated hemeroid treatments, and surgical procedures. However, mild hemeroids can only be treated by simply changing to a healthy diet and regular bowel habits. And to prevent hemeroids of coming back, physicians recommends an increase of fiber in your daily diet. Good source of fibers are whole fruits, green leafy vegetables and whole grains in your diet. You can also increase fluid intake, a minimum of eight glasses a day for softer stool and bulkier and to avoid constipation. Keep your stool soft. A softer stool makes emptying the bowels easier and lessens the pressure on hemeroids caused by straining. Eliminating straining also helps prevent the hemeroids from protruding. Also include walking and regular exercise. Complying all this home remedies will facilitate your hemeroid treatment.

Although majority of hemeroid treatment nowadays already uses synthetic chemicals to alleviate the hemeroid pain and itching, but mostly this provides only temporary hemeoriods relief. Other hemeroid treatments are also not effective for some hemeroid sufferes. So in order to help you get rid of that hemeroid problem, just give time on doing natural home remedies on your own as your hemeroid treatment. Most herbal medicines are effective hemeroids treatments thus treating hemeroids symptoms. However you should give emphasis on avoiding things that causes of hemeroids. Some hemeroid causes include, straining for bowel movements, constipation, obesity, lack of exercise, dehydration, standing or sitting for longer periods without breaks.

However if hemeroids still persist or are particularly still discomforting and troublesome, a more active type of hemeroids treatment is recommended. This may include injection with a special chemical to shrink hemeroids , or they may be destroyed by a freezing technique called cryosurgery. Doctors may also recommend rubber band litigation, sclerotherapy, and stapling for other cases wherein the hemeroids are too painful to bear or are persistently bleeding. And for last resort of hemeroid treatment is no other than hemeroid surgery.

Although hemeroids may look harmless in the initial stages, it is important that you don’t wait to start off the hemeroids treatment because this will only make your hemeroid gain root and become more painful. It may start as tiny swellings and itching inside the anal-rectal area, but it can quickly grow into large, protruding and painful hemeroid lumps if you delay your hemeroid treatment.