Tips to manage haemorrhoids

What tips can you recommend to manage haemorrhoids?

The main things to bear in mind while managing haemorrhoids are not to get dehydrated and to drink plenty of fluids. It is also important to take lots of fibre in the die therefore  you should eat lots of vegetables.

If you get haemorrhoids, you should treat the syptoms early on, before they progress.

If you get an acutely thrombosed haemorrhoid, you can treat it with some ice and local anaesthetic cream. If your problem is prolonged bleeding, it is really important to ensure that there is not another cause of bleeding by having a colonscopy or flexibile sigmoidcospy.

What are common symptoms of haemorrhoids?

Common symptoms include itching, soreness around the bottom, lumps around the bottom or sometimes a mucous discharge that makes them feel damp and gives them problems of perinal hygiene.

How can haemorrhoids be treated?

If your haemorrhoids are causing you ongoing symptoms, then you could investgate some other conservative methods of haemorrhoids including creams and suppositories. If your symptoms don’t resolve with this, you might want to think about having something slighlty more invasive, like banding or injection of your haemorrhoids.

Operations should be reserved for prolonged symptoms, that go on and cause you quite a lot of discomfort.

It’s common to get haemorrhoids around the time of pregnancy and childbirth. If you doget these during childbirth, you should use all of the methods previously mentioned in order to manage them.

Additionally, you should allow 6-8 weeks after the delivery for things to settle down, before you have any more invasive treatment.