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External Hemroid Treatment

Posted August 31st, 2009 by admin

There are many options when seeking hemroid treatment, we’ll take a look at the most commonly effective ones here.

* It’s important to include extra fiber in your diet and to drink plenty of water every day as this will prevent constipation. Constipation causes strain on your bowel muscles, which will make hemroids worse.

Nuts, beverages, alcoholic drinks as well as hot foods make hemroid symptoms more severe. If you notice another type of food making your hemroids worse, try abstaining for a few days and see if there is a positive effect.

* Apply ice to the area for ten minutes, then warm the area with a moist towel for twenty.

Don’t clean or scrape after a bowel movement,on other hand, make use of normal baby wipes and by taking caution you can just pat down the area.

Just sit or stand in one place without moving much.

* If you have a particularly bad flare up of the piles, bed rest will take pressure off the sphincter muscles and allow the hemroids to time to subdue.

* Some hemroid sufferers find that a sitz bath a few time in the day offer some comfort; just sit in a tub of warm water for fifteen minutes.

* If you use soaps or body wash that contain dyes and perfumes, switch to less chemical versions.

* Cotton undergarments will help absorb any moisture, perhaps from sweating, that can make hemroids worse.

Baby diaper rash cream contains Zinc which is a skin protectant and can be applied to protect and Prevent the delicate skin from itching.

* Suppositories like Tucks and Preparation H are a hemroid treatment to be used with serious caution since they can damage the anal area if you use it a long time, and they should not be used over 7 to 10 days.

Anti-inflamitories such as hydrocortisone creams that can help inflammation as well as itching are available at your drugstore. If over the counter strengths don’t help, your doctor can prescribe a higher concentration.

You don’t have to suffer unnecessary pain as there is a wide variety of numbing sprays at your local drugstore.

Sometimes these methods help but are not totally effective for everyone who tries them. It is common to still experience itching, burning, bleeding and pain from your internal hemroids even if you have tried traditional treatments. Even though the above mentioned treatment would cover up the symptoms for it or relieve it temporarily, you may often find out the hemroids to come back again. Treatment to cure hemroid is available, rather then countering the symptoms.Always to ask your doctor before beginning a new treatment.