Hemorrhoids Treatment
Hemorrhoids are dilated veins of the venous plexus, which are found in the lining of the rectum or anus. The causes may be due to hereditary factors that cause irritation diarrhea, constipation, standing or sitting for extended periods and may occur in the last weeks of pregnancy.
The treatment for hemorrhoids is to maintain good hygiene and avoid scratching the anal hemorrhoids, so they do not produce infections, constipation must be corrected by adding fiber to the diet. Beneficial foods such as fruits, vegetables, and whole grains and drink plenty of water and avoid highly seasoned or spicy foods and alcohol.
Must be corrected to prevent diarrhea and straining at stool, and this is so important and so reduce the time of defecation; ensure that there is no constipation, thereby to eliminate the efforts, maintain adequate anal cleansing with warm water baths, even if necessary, you can apply ice or cold packs in the acute phase of the disorder to be disminuirel swelling and after hot baths in the area two or three times a day, and that this sequence cold – heat, is a way to relieve temporarily, the pain of external hemorrhoids.
Asymptomatic hemorrhoids do not require treatment, although you should avoid pushing during defecation to reduce the maximum bleeding and prolapse. The rectal suppositories and ointments are of little value in the treatment of internal hemorrhoids, because they only have temporary anesthetic effect.
If the hemorrhoids are small, should be pushed into the rectum with gentle pressure, after having been reduced, the external swelling disappears. When the piles have been reduced, may be kept in place by an ice soaked with water and applied sitz baths in warm (not hot).
Hemorrhoids that follow childbirth or the puerperium should not be treated surgically until you have spent time enough to determine if they continue or not instead of hemorrhoids that protrude outside, thrombosed, inflamed, should be treated with surgery.