Saturday, 22 September 2012

A Natural Way to Alleviate Hemorrhoids Pain

Internal hemorrhoids are found on the inside of the anal passage. The hemorrhoid is covered over by muscous. this the moist linings in the body that cover and protect and provide secretions to body areas.  The most obvious sign of a bleeding internal hemorrhoid is the evidence of fresh blood, either in the stool itself or noticed on the toilet paper. Seeing this bright red fresh blood can be quite frightning.

The best hemorrhoid home remedy is a better diet. If your current diet lacks fiber, or if you do not drink enough water on a daily basis, constipation and hard stools can cause or aggravate a hemorrhoid. Healing is difficult when still suffering from constipation or painful stools, so taking water soluble fiber or drinking more water may be needed. Eating more vegetables, especially dark green colors like spinach and kale, will also help with hemorrhoids by softening the stool.

Witch hazel is a soothing form of astringent that eases the pain of pile bruising, another name for bruising of the hemorrhoids. When using Witch hazel hemorrhoids will be relieved of the painful swelling involved and once again the afflicted individual will be able to sit down with less discomfort and overall pain.

A cold compress in some situations will also help treat the discomfort that hemorrhoids causes. Cold compression therapy generally requires applying a cold pad or ice pack to the inflicted area for twenty minutes every two hours. Cold compression has been shown to reduce the swelling caused by hemorrhoids and will help speed up the recovery process.

Pregnancy can often bring on hemorrhoids pain, unfortunately if you are suffering during your pregnancy, it will only get worse during labor. The best, natural way to deal with hemorrhoids pain during and immediately after pregnancy is a sitz bath. Fill your bathtub with a few inches of water as hot as you can stand it, you can use a soothing herb like chamomile in it, and then sit in the tub until the hemorrhoids pain has lessened or gone away. Doing this at times the pain is not too bad will help prevent a really painful episode.

Bleeding internal hemorrhoids can be removed with surgery, your doctor can help you decide if you need to have them taken out by cutting, or laser or even with a cauterizing procedure. It may be that surgery will not be needed and one of the other treatments will serve just as well. There are chemical treatments avaliable that will shrink the bleeding internal hemorrhoid. There is also a treatment where a rubber band is placed on the base of the hemorrhoid that will cut off the blood supply and shrink the hemorrhoid.

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