How to treat hemorrhoids

Hemorrhoids are very common. Almost everyone has hemorrhoids, but some people have milder hemorrhoids, while others have severe hemorrhoids and need surgery. There are many causes of hemorrhoids. People who sit often are prone to hemorrhoids. This is because sitting often without exercise can easily cause constipation. Long-term constipation can lead to hemorrhoids. So how to treat hemorrhoids?

How to treat hemorrhoids

Perhaps we do not pay enough attention to hemorrhoids, thinking that many people have hemorrhoids. Some people take some medicine and the symptoms will disappear, but this cannot cure hemorrhoids fundamentally. We still need to learn more about how to treat hemorrhoids, cure them in time, and avoid the harm of constipation.

Why do hemorrhoids appear?

1. When people are standing or sitting, the anus and rectum are located at the lower part. Due to the pressure of gravity and internal organs, blood return is affected, and the veins are prone to dilation and bending. Therefore, people who often stand or sit are prone to hemorrhoids.

2. If you don’t exercise enough, intestinal motility will decrease, and stool will move slowly, which will also lead to habitual constipation.

3. Exposure to cold or heat, constipation, diarrhea, excessive drinking and eating spicy food can all irritate the anus and rectum.

4. Diseases such as cirrhosis, liver congestion, incomplete compensation of cardiac function, intra-abdominal tumors, prostatic hypertrophy, etc. can increase intra-abdominal pressure and form hemorrhoids, and of course pregnancy is also included.

5. There are also some lifestyle problems, such as overeating, eating refined foods often, or holding back bowel movements, squatting on the toilet for too long, etc., which are all causes of hemorrhoids.

Treatment of hemorrhoids

The first step in treating hemorrhoids is to keep the bowels open and eat easily digestible food with less residue. The diet should be a combination of coarse and fine foods, drink less strong tea, coffee, alcohol and eat less spicy food to reduce irritation to the anal canal. Take a warm water sitz bath after defecation and apply hemorrhoid suppository or hemorrhoid ointment topically. Depending on the condition, injection therapy, cryotherapy and physical therapy can be used. Severe cases can be treated with surgery, including ligation, rubber band ligation, hemorrhoidectomy, etc.

Different hemorrhoids, different treatments

When a diabetic patient develops hemorrhoids, treatment should be considered taking into account the severity of the hemorrhoids and the severity of the diabetes. It is best to wait until the condition stabilizes before choosing an appropriate treatment for hemorrhoids.

Stroke patients are prone to hemorrhoids due to limited limb movement after the illness and prolonged lying or sitting. For those with mild paralysis or semi-paralysis who can walk with the help of crutches, the principles of early prevention and treatment are adopted, such as appropriate exercise and surgical or non-surgical treatment according to the condition. For patients with severe paralysis who are completely bedridden, regardless of the severity of the hemorrhoid symptoms, conservative treatment with oral or topical medications is appropriate, such as decoction of Liangxue Dihuang Decoction and external application of musk hemorrhoid ointment.

The incidence of hemorrhoids in children is low, and treatment should be simple and painless, such as external treatment with Chinese medicine. Pay more attention to adjusting the diet and let children eat more fresh vegetables, fruits and honey; clean the anus with warm water after defecation or before going to bed to improve anal blood circulation.

The elderly are very susceptible to hemorrhoids because the nerves, blood vessels, muscles, ligaments, etc. in the anus are loose and weak. It is particularly difficult to treat. It is best to use traditional Chinese medicine for oral administration to moisten the intestines and resolve hemorrhoids, as well as conservative treatments such as external use of traditional Chinese medicine for fumigation or application of hemorrhoid-curing ointment or suppository.

How to treat hemorrhoids is an issue that we cannot ignore. If hemorrhoids become serious, it will have a great impact on our lives, especially for some patients who are in serious condition, with obvious blood in the stool and severe pain. They must be treated in time. At the same time, patients also need to pay attention to their diet in life and must not eat spicy food.