Annoying, uncomfortable and many time embarrassing, hemorrhoids are a common and fortunately not serious health concern. A hemorrhoid is known as any abnormally swollen veins in the anus or rectum. There are two diametric types of hemorrhoids: internal and external. Internal hemorrhoids don’t hurt or itch. They can’t be felt because they form deep inside the rectum. outside hemorrhoids are the cause of the pain, itching and burning that you often hear active on TV.
If you are wondering if you are troubled from hemorrhoids, their symptoms include: rectal tenderness and bleeding, itching, sore bowel movements – especially with straining. Sometimes a lump that can be felt in the anus or there may be a slight protrusion of tissue. Sufferers may also experience a discharge of mucus aft a bowel movement.
Submitted by root on Sun, 2007-04-15 18:38.
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Introduction to hemorrhoids:
Hemorrhoids are swollen veins that are saved in the rectum or anus. The swelling is a result of strain during bowel movement. Pregnancy, chronic constipation and diarrhea also cause an multiplied pressure in the rectum resulting in hemorrhoids. There are two types of hemorrhoids, external and internal.
External Hemorrhoids:
External hemorrhoids same its name sake means that the hemorrhoid is settled outside the anus. It feels same a small lump that is sensitive to the touch. An external hemorrhoid is usually unquiet and irritating. It is also a lot more sore than internal hemorrhoids.
Internal Hemorrhoids:
Internal hemorrhoids usually do not hurt and they definitely do not hurt as much as an external hemorrhoid equal when it does. They are saved inside your rectum itself and may occasionally bleed. Because of this you may sometimes see blood on your toilet paper or in your toilet bowl after bowel movement.
Symptoms of Hemorrhoids:
The most common symptom of hemorrhoids is blood on toilet paper or in the toilet bowl aft bowel movement. outside hemorrhoids are also detected easily because the main symptoms are irritation around the anus as well as sore swelling. There may also be sensitive lumps around the anus area. An odd itch inner your rectum is also a symptom of internal hemorrhoids.
Hemorrhoid Prevention:
Having the right diet is the primo prevention method for hemorrhoids. Drinking a lot of water helps soften the stool thus easing strain during bowel movement. Eating a lot of pure food is also unhealthy. Instead, in order to prevent hemorrhoids, add whatsoever fiber to your diet. Foods much as bran, fruits and vegetables (just to name a few) will help your chances to avoid hemorrhoids.
Certain toilet habits can also help hemorrhoid prevention. Reading in the toilet is an unhealthy habit because sitting on your toilet for a long time could cause straining. Because of this, try to get the ‘job’ finished within 5 minutes without reading.
Moving around and exercising can also help prevent hemorrhoids. If you have a job that requires you to sit for daylong periods of time, make an effort to get up and walk around for 5 minutes every hour. This will help greatly.
Hemorrhoid Treatment:
Hemorrhoid treatments are segmented into natural domestic treatments, and surgery. Both are hard-hitting and the primo treatment for you depends on the nature of your hemorrhoid.
Natural domestic hemorrhoid treatments are used to reduce the swelling of the hemorrhoid but more importantly to ease some of the pain caused by the hemorrhoid. Natural hemorrhoid treatments are as follows:
Sitz bathes involve sitting in a tub of hot water for 10 minutes a hardly a times a day is a big hemorrhoid treatment to treat both the swelling and the pain.
Ice packs can also be used to insensible the area as well as reduce hemorrhoid swelling.
Applying a cream that contains witch chromatic (a natural astringent) can help ease the irritation around the area.
Hemorrhoid surgery are only used for extreme cases where with the hemorrhoid persists, it is too painful or when there are multiple hemorrhoids.
Rubber band ligation is a usual form of hemorrhoid treatment because it is relatively uncomplicated. Basically a bad band is settled around the basic of the hemorrhoid inside the rectum. This will punctured off the flow of blood to the hemorrhoid causing it to wither away in a few days.
Infrared Coagulations is a form of hemorrhoids surgery that is used on small hemorrhoids. This type of hemorrhoid treatment can be old on external or internal hemorrhoids. This procedure involves using infrared light to burn off the hemorrhoids.
Sclerotheray, also known as injection therapy is other type of surgery used on hemorrhoids. In this form of treatment is used for curing small internal hemorrhoids. A hardening agent is injected into the hemorrhoids causing a loss of circulation which will then result in the hemorrhoid shriveling.
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