Heamoriods Treatment

Heamoriods treatment varies depending on where your heamoriod is located, what problems your heamoriod is causing, and how serious is your heamoriod. Often, time and the normal process of healing can clear heamoriods with little or no specific treatment.

Heamoriod treatments are also based as per their type: either its internal heamoriods and external heamoriods. Heamoriods which occur during pregnancy can be treated with minor treatments. And usually, heamoriod can be removed by minor operations. But heamoriod surgery is recommended for internal heamoriods with severe pain/bleeding.

Heamoriods are just common disorder and often clear up by themselves or with minimal treatment. And heamoriod treatments are typically as simple and effective, although heamoriod surgery occasionally is necessary. And because haemroids can mask a more serious disorder and, therefore, must be evaluated and diagnosed properly by a physician. People with heamoriods who work closely with their physician are usually assured a good outcome and relief from this common disorder because of its early heamoriod treatment given to them.

Enumerated below are variations of different heamoriod treatments for you to choose that best suit your condition. These includes:

Herbs

The use of herbs as heamoriods treatment is a time-honored approach to strengthening the body and treating symptoms such heamoriods. Herbs, however, contain active substances that can trigger side effects and interact with other herbs, supplements, or medications. For these reasons, herbs should be taken with care and only under the supervision of a practitioner knowledgeable in the field of herbal medicine. Some remedies that such a practitioner might consider based on clinical experience include:
• Goldenrod ( Solidago virgaurea ) – used topically in traditional herbal medicine to reduce inflammation of heamoriods.
• Gotu kola ( Centella asiatica ) – used for venous insufficiency, pooling of blood in different locations such as the legs.
• Grape seed ( Vitis vinifera ) – used by European folk healers to stop bleeding, inflammation, and pain, such as the kind brought on by heamoriods.
• Roman Chamomile ( Chamaemelum nobile ) - This herb may reduce inflammation associated with heamoriods.
• St. John's Wort ( Hypericum perforatum ) – applied topically, may prove to be beneficial for reducing pain and inflammation from heamoriods.
• Yarrow ( Achillea millefolium ) -- popular in European folk medicine, this herb has traditionally been used to treat wounds and bleeding heamoriods.

Homeopathy

Although very few studies have examined the effectiveness of specific homeopathic therapies, professional homeopaths may consider the following remedies for the treatment of heamoriods based on their knowledge and experience. Before prescribing a remedy, homeopaths take into account a person's constitutional type. A constitutional type is defined as a person's physical, emotional, and psychological makeup. An experienced homeopath assesses all of these factors when determining the most appropriate heamoriod treatment for each individual. The following are examples of remedies from which a homeopath might select to treat someone with heamoriods.

• • Aesculus for burning heamoriods with a sensation of a lump in anus that feels worse when walking
• • Aloe for a sensation of pulsation in the rectum with large, external haemroids
• • Collinsonia for chronic, itchy heamoriods with constipation
• • Hamamelis for large bleeding heamoriods with a raw feeling
  

Home treatment

Most heamoriod symptoms improve dramatically with simple, at-home measures as heamoriod treatment. To avoid occasional flare-ups, try the following.

Get more fiber. Add more fiber to your diet from food, a fiber supplement (such as Metamucil, Citrucel, or Fiber Con), or both. Along with adequate fluid, fiber softens stools and makes them easier to pass, reducing pressure on heamoriods. High-fiber foods include broccoli, beans, wheat and oat bran, whole-grain foods, and fresh fruit. Fiber supplements help decrease heamoriodal bleeding, inflammation, and enlargement. They may also reduce irritation from small bits of stool that are trapped around the blood vessels. Some women find that boosting fiber causes bloating or gas. Start slowly, and gradually increase your intake to 25–30 grams of fiber per day. Also, increase your fluid intake.

• Exercise. Moderate aerobic exercise, such as brisk walking 20–30 minutes a day, can help stimulate bowel function.
• Take time. When you feel the urge to defecate, go to the bathroom immediately; don’t wait until a more convenient time. Stool can back up, leading to increased pressure and straining. Also, schedule a set time each day, such as after a meal, to sit on the toilet for a few minutes. This can help you establish a regular bowel habit thus avoiding development of heamoriods.
• Sitz. A sitz bath is a warm water bath for the buttocks and hips (the name comes from the German “sitzen,” meaning “to sit”). It can relieve itching, irritation, and spasms of the sphincter muscle. Pharmacies sell small plastic tubs that fit over a toilet seat, or you can sit in a regular bathtub with a few inches of warm water. Most experts recommend a 20-minute sitz bath after each bowel movement and two or three times a day in addition. Take care to gently pat the anal area dry afterward; do not rub or wipe hard because this will warm if you already have heamoriod. You can also use a hair dryer to dry the area.
• Seek topical relief. Over-the-counter heamoriod creams containing a local anesthetic can temporarily soothe pain. Creams and suppositories containing hydrocortisone are also effective, but don’t use them for more than a week at a time, because they can cause the skin to atrophy. Witch hazel wipes (Tucks) are soothing and have no harmful effects. A small ice pack placed against the anal area for a few minutes can also help reduce pain and swelling of your heamoriod. Finally, sitting on a cushion rather than a hard surface helps reduce the swelling of existing heamoriods and prevents the formation of new ones.
• Treat the clot. When an external heamoriod forms a blood clot, the pain can be excruciating. If the clot has been present for longer than two days, apply home treatments for the symptoms while waiting for it to go away on its own. If the clot is more recent, the heamoriod can be surgically removed or the clot withdrawn from the vein in a minor office procedure performed by a surgeon.
  

Procedures to treat heamoriods

However, some heamoriods can’t be managed with conservative treatments alone, either because symptoms persist or because an internal haemroids has prolapsed. Fortunately, a number of minimally invasive heamoriod treatments are available that are less painful than traditional heamoriod removal (heamoriodectomy) and allow a quicker recovery. These procedures are generally performed in a surgeon’s office or as outpatient surgery in a hospital.

• Band it. The most commonly used heamoroids procedure in the United States is rubber band ligation, in which a small elastic band is placed around the base of a heamoriod . The band causes the heamoriod to shrink and the surrounding tissue to scar as it heals, holding the heamoriod in place. It takes two to four procedures, done six to eight weeks apart, to completely eliminate the heamoriod. Complications, which are rare, include mild pain or tightness (usually relieved with a sitz bath), bleeding, and infection. Other office procedures include laser or infrared coagulation, sclerotherapy, and cryosurgery. They all work on the same principle as rubber band ligation but are not quite as effective in preventing recurrence. Side effects and recurrence vary with the procedure, so consult your physician about what’s best for your situation.

• Heamoriodectomy. You may need surgery if you have large protruding heamoriods, persistently symptomatic external heamoriods, or internal heamoriods that return despite rubber band ligation. In a traditional heamoriodectomy, a narrow incision is made around both external and internal heamoriod tissue and the offending blood vessels are removed. This procedure cures 95% of cases and has a low complication rate — plus a well-deserved reputation for being painful. The procedure doesn’t involve an overnight hospital stay, but it does require general anesthesia, and most patients need narcotic analgesics afterward. Patients can usually return to work after 7–10 days. Despite the drawbacks, many people are pleased to have a definitive solution to their heamoroids.

• Staples. A newer alternative to traditional heamoriodectomy is called stapled heamoriodopexy. This procedure treats bleeding or prolapsed internal heamoriods. The surgeon uses a stapling device to anchor the heamoriods in their normal position. Like traditional heamoriod removal, stapled heamoriodopexy is performed under general anesthesia as day surgery, but it’s less painful and recovery is quicker. It’s more painful than rubber band ligation and has more minor side effects, but it only needs to be done once; the heamoriods are also much less likely to return. Research is now under way comparing stapled heamoriodopexy with rubber band ligation and heamoriodectomy as a first-line treatment for internal heamoriods.

And finally, it is said that precaution is the best treatment for any disease. Therefore, you must take precautions to avoid occurrence of heamoriod. Though, heamoriod is not serious in nature still it can give you pain and make you uncomfortable. And it is necessary to take action on its early symptoms because early diagnostic and timely heamoriods treatments can give you relief from heamoriods.