Hemorrhoids Treatment

hemroids are a real pain in a person’s ass. It is not only a total pain in one’s ass, it could be a total pain in one’s life as well. When a person has hemroids it would be pretty distracting to do the simplest things. It would take a whole lot of effort just to sit up and stand up because of the irritation, pain and itching it causes in the rectal area. In fact even when a person is supposed to poop easily, this also becomes a very complicated matter.

External hemroids are the ones that can cause a person such a bothersome experience. Internal hemroids on the other hand can provide you with no bother as of the moment, except for a few blood droplets here and there. Internal hemroids don’t give any pain or discomfort to the afflicted person. But when it gets worse, it will definitely make your rectal area painful. Here are some ways of how advanced stages of hemroids are treated.

Electrocautery:
A probe powered by electricity is used to burn or cauterize the hemorrhoid tissue. Patients may feel some pain because of the heat that is involved to remove the hemorrhoid.

Laser or Infrared Cautery:
Because of the latest modern technology there have now been ways to provide treatment using cautery methods that can be less painful. Heat coming from the laser or any other infrared device can also destroy hemroids. This method is better than cryosurgery or electrocautery because it gives better control on the depth of the coagulation. Patients whoa re also treated with laser experience less post operative discharge or drainage and less bleeding.

Hemroid surgery or Hemorrhoidectomy:
This procedure is usually done on really sever cases. This is often done on hemroids that have become prolapsed or thrombosed for internal ones or the painful and large external ones. Surgeons will cut of the hemorrhoid using scalpels or laser and will sew it with stitches. To absorb the drainage and discharge a small pad will be placed in the anus.

This type of procedure will have the patient be confined for 3 to 10 days and requires anesthesia. You will then have to be confined to your home doing bed rest for 1 to 4 weeks. For 6 to 8 weeks after surgery, hot sitz bath and painkillers should be taken to relieve the pain after each bowel movement.

Side effects of hemroid surgery include bleeding and severe pain; tear in the anal canal, narrowing of the anal canal, scarring and inability to defecate. There are also some rare cases that destroys the nerve endings making it difficult for a person to tell when he or she really wants to poop from flatulence.

Because of the side effects and expensive cost of surgery less than 1% opt to remove their hemroids through surgery.

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