Dear Pharmacist: I have hemorrhoids that are very uncomfortable. What can I do to treat them and prevent the flare-ups? – J.C., Ocala
Dear J.C.: Hemorrhoids are blood vessels that have become swollen around the rectum. They most often are triggered by straining on the toilet. Straining occurs because of constipation, often the result of consuming processed foods and too little fiber.
Hemorrhoids are very treatable.
Drinking water is important. Here are other tips and remedies.
Ice: Apply an ice pack to the area for 10 minutes, three or four times daily.
Probiotics: These supplements provide your intestines with a friendly camp of healthy bacteria and improve digestion and elimination. Take probiotics with anything else on this list.
Creams: Pharmacies carry products to relieve pain, itching and inflammation, including witch hazel wipes such as Tucks and hydrocortisone creams such as Preparation H. Hemorrhol by Life-flo is a unique natural product sold at health-food stores that contains cat’s claw, green tea extract, cod liver oil and witch hazel.
Stool softeners and laxatives: If your body tends to produce hard stools, take a stool softener such as Colace (docusate). Metamucil (psyllium fiber), Dulcolax (bisacodyl) or Senokot-S (senna and docusate) are widely available laxatives. Aloe vera juice, sold at health-food stores, is a natural laxative.
Mullein tea: To reduce swelling, steep the tea bag, cool it in the refrigerator, then use it as a swab for that area.
Comfrey leaf: Buy the powdered root and make a paste out of it with water to apply externally. You can also take supplements by mouth.
Butcher’s broom: Ointments and suppositories can help ease pain and improve circulation.
Silica: If you buy Cellfood’s liquid silica, you can take it orally and also squirt some on a cotton pad to apply to the painful area. Silica helps strengthen and normalize tissue. Horsetail capsules (Equisetum arvense) also are a source of silica.
This information is not intended to treat, cure or diagnose your condition.
Overcoming a thrombosed external hemorrhoid
Below, I have stated the most popular ways to cure hemorrhoids:
Remedy/ Further
Rubber Band Ligation: This solution deprives the offending varicose vein of blood, leading to a decrease in size over 2 – 3 weeks.
Sclerotherapy: The injection of an agent into the hemorrhoid prevents the flow of blood resulting, as before, in shrinkage.
Cryotherapy: This is the approach of using freezing temperatures to shrink hemorrhoids, ordinarily liquid nitrogen. Getting rid of dangerous tissue is the aim here.
Infrared coagulation: One of the newer approaches for dealing with hemorrhiods is by using a powerful beam. An electric stream is used to burn off the vein through chemical reaction
Hemorrhoidectomy: This is the most drastic solution for hemorrhoids. It should really only be considered if your doctor believes your condition is serious enough.
Tips To Avoiding Thrombosis
What You Consume
No matter what your circumstance in life, diet is crucial to the level of your health, happiness and comfort. Of course, your diet is even more important if you are having a hard time with piles.
These are some of the signs which indicate that you may have piles or hemorrhoids, and one of the causes is when you don’t make the right food choices. Bad diet can affect the proper functioning of the digestive tract, have an impact on the nature and substance of produced waste (stool), cause constipation and other difficulties while stooling, and cause an inflation of the veins in the veins in the anus (piles). To prevent or manage this condition, you must pay attention to your food choices.
Foods to Eat
- Fibre
When you have a hard stomach condition (constipation), one of the best foods that will help soften your stool and make them move is fibre. But there are two type of fibre, and we need to take a closer look at them
- Soluble fibre
Means fibre that is soluble, or dissolvable in water. When they mix with water, inside the belly, soluble fibre swells and becomes soft and sticky. This helps to soften stool for easy sliding through the digestive tract and anus. Soluble fibre also boosts the population of good bacteria in the intestines and improves digestion. Plus a lot of other health-enhancing functions. You will get soluble fibre by eating foods like
* Oats
* Beans
* Oranges
* Apples
* Sweet potato
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- Insoluble fibre
Unlike soluble fibre, insoluble fibre does not dissolve in water. After we eat them, they pass through the digestive tract in (or close to) their original form. An advantage of having this type of fibre is that they act like a sponge, but even better. They soak up both wastes and water in the colon and help to push the unwanted substances through the colon. If your stomach is always hard, and you suffer from constipation, and piles, insoluble fibre is excellent for regularizing the flow of wastes through your system. You will get insoluble fibre by eating more of
* Cabbage
* Cucumber
* Wheat
* Corn
* Okro
In addition to fibres, you want to eat lots of fruits and vegetable. Green leafy vegetables, and whole fruits, like cucumber, and banana, are all good for keeping the colon free from constipation.
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Natural unsaturated fatty foods
These are basically healthy, natural fats that assist the digestive process and help lubricate the passage of bowel movement. This reduces the strain and friction that are caused by constipation and hemorrhoids. They also have a ton of other benefits to the overall well-being of the body. Some of the best fatty foods to consume to prevent and manage piles and hemorrhoids are
* Olive oil
* Avocado
* Cold water fish
* Natural peanut butter
* Almond
* Walnut
* Any nut that is eaten raw
- Water
If you are not the water drinking type, I want you to embark on this simple routine. Drink a glass of water first thing in the morning, and last thing before you go to bed. Do this for a period, and you will observe an improvement in your toilet habit, as the constipation, hard stools and straining would be resolved.
Water, and all kinds of healthy beverage, like tea, natural fruit juice, are excellent for keeping the digestive system running smoothly. The experts recommend a minimum of 2 litres of water daily, or about 8 – 10 glasses of water daily. If you drink more, the better for your digestive system.
Foods to Avoid
- Processed foods
Processed foods are generally deficient in healthy nutrients, they contain a lot of salt and unhealthy fats. Thus, they contribute to poor digestion and can cause constipation. These foods include packaged and sweetened foods, white bread, white flour products, canned vegetables, canned meat, sausage, mayonnaise snacks, pizza, biscuits, cakes, candy, pies, doughnuts, and other foods that have been altered from their natural state in one way or the other. Frozen foods, fast foods, etc. The list includes oily foods as well.
- Too much meat
Eating too much meat can cause constipation, because of its low fibre composition. So, you want to eat meat in moderation or eat more of lean, non-fatty meats.
- Unripe fruits
Unripe fruit is difficult to digest and can cause constipation. Unripe banana, for example, can actually cause constipation, as it contains a compound that affects healthy digestion. And you must note that most our fruits are sold unripe or forced to ripen. So make sure you insist on naturally ripened fruits.
Due to the difficulty in getting foods in their natural and whole form, dietary supplementation is the best alternative way to get your body to absorb essential nutrient.
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- Spicy foods
While spicy foods are actually good for your digestive system, you want to eat less of ginger, pepper, and hot peppers if your piles are swollen and inflamed. At that stage, spicy foods will aggravate the itching, discomfort, and pains. Also avoid eating too much salt, as it makes your body hold on to water, instead of using it to help flush wastes.
- Dairy products
If your system can’t tolerate or digest milk, cheese, and other dairy products properly, you should stay away from them, else they can promote constipation and worsen the condition of piles and hemorrhoids.
- Alcohol and coffee
These substances both have a dehydrating effect, meaning that they can lead to the development of constipation and the condition of piles and hemorrhoids.