External hemorrhoids treatment

  External hemorrhoids hints.

Because everyone hates hemorrhoids lets see some information about the causes, symptoms and treatment of them.

In the opening paragraph let’s see some information about hemorrhoids. There are two kinds of hemorrhoids: the external type that can be seen with the naked eye and appears under the skin surrounding the anus; the internal type that can only be examined by a doctor and appears into the anal channel. They are so different because the place of the appearance is not the same, but they are identical in nature, treatment and symptoms. The symptoms that are frequently met are bleeding during and after bowel movements, burning sensations in the anus and rectal pain during, before or after the bowel movements.

Now we are going to talk about external hemorrhoids, their causes and treatments. We all know that external hemorrhoids bring us pain and a lot of discomfort like no other things. As I said upper the external hemroids occurs around the anus and can be noticed with the fleshy growth. The main cause of the external hemroids is the straining of veins in the anal orifice. Following remedies are suggested to gain temporary relief from external hemorrhoids, but is indicated to consult a doctor, before using these, who will guide you the most efficient remedy according to condition of your hemorrhoid.


* First thing you can do is a warm bath using a shower head, cold compress and/or tropical analgesic. No medicines are involved in this method. You need to stay for 15 minutes with the affected area in the water. After a few days of doing this you will feel more comfortable. But don’t forget, after those 15 minutes in the water you must dry the affected area because there is the risk of itching and irritation of hemorrhoids.

* Ice packs are indicated too... because is produced a relaxation of the anus that can calm you down. After this don’t forget to dry the affected area because here we meet the same result in worsening of hemorrhoids, like those 15 minutes bath.

So as we can see cooling the affected area can bring us lot of comfort.

* Controlling constipation and diarrhea. That is possible by increasing quantity of water or other fluids and the intake of fibrous food.

* If you are ready to suffer you can keep the area dry and use hemorrhoids cream and suppositories.

* For office-workers who require prolonged sitting in chairs, the most indicated advice is to use cushions. Their softness decreases pressure on veins and give you some relief.

*Surgery is another option of hemorrhoid treatments.

* Chronic or severe cases require medical hemorrhoids treatments. In this case is indicated to take advices from a doctor that will give you enough information and a good treatment for your problem.

These are some of the most utilized treatments when you are in trouble with the hemorrhoids. Obtaining complete information and adhering to preventive measures is the best of treating hemorrhoids.

Hemorrhoids bring some complications too, in some cases of people suffering from external hemorrhoids, there is the possibility that a vein may break. The blood can possibly collect under the skin and produces hard painful lump named thromboses. In this case the hemorrhoids is named Thromboses external hemorrhoid. You can distinguish thromboses hemorrhoid by lump formation or swelling around anus.

Because of this, is safety to prevent or ask for the best remedy in case of an external hemorrhoid, especially when you know that the situation can become pretty complicated (like in case of the Thromboses external hemorrhoid).

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