subject: Home Treatment for Hemorrhoids [print this page] Hemorrhoids affect only a small volume of people at a given time. Most of the time, these hemorrhoids are mild. No pain can be felt and sometimes they disappear on their own not requiring any treatment at all. But for others, these can be really painful. Others may also have feelings of itchiness that can be classified as mild or moderate.
Common signs to determine if you have hemorrhoids are bright red blood on the toilet paper when you go to the bathroom. Luckily, these are internal hemorrhoids and they do not cause any pain at all.
To treat hemorrhoids one may take analgesics to relieve them from the pain. To reduce the inflammation, a doctor can also prescribe them soothing creams that have steroids in it. These are all helpful to those with hemorrhoids but overall, surgery is still the suggested way to fix hemorrhoids.
Home treatments should always be done first if you suspect yourself from having hemorrhoids. After doing something about the pain, make sure you eat a fiber rich meal. Constant supply of water is also a must. Following these tips can help prevent the hemorrhoids from getting worse. To alleviate the symptoms, take a warm bath to relax yourself a little bit. You also might want to put in some baking soda or salt in the bath.
One of the worse types of hemorrhoids is thrombosed external hemorrhoids as this is one of the most painful ever. The external hemorrhoid is inflamed because a blood clot has formed. For you to be able to avoid surgery, early detection and prevention is the key. Detecting and fixing a hemorrhoid lessens your chances of external hemorrhoids becoming thrombosed.
The Pilewort, Plantain, Cranesbill, Bromeilein and even Witchbill are just a few of the herbal products considered to be useful in external hemorrhoids treatment.
Luckily, you don't have to experiment on herbal medicines to find out which ones work for you. There are proven effective hemorrhoids home treatment available on the market today. These have considerably worked for 90% of the people who used it.
