Hemorrhoid Treatment and Prevention

If there is swelling of the veins around your anus and rectum hemorrhoids occurs. This may results from straining to move stool. Other factors that cause you hemorrhoids are pregnancy, aging, constipation or diarrhea. Most of the time hemorrhoid is painful, that is why there are lots of people who are searching for the best treatment in order to ease the pain that they are going through.

The first thing that you have to know is the primary cause of the hemorrhoid. If you are going to ask doctors and health care provider, they will tell you that straining during bowel movement is the number one cause of hemorrhoid. Constipations, pregnancy, diarrhea, genetic predisposition and wrong bathroom habits are also some of the causes of hemorrhoid. But there are some rare cases wherein liver cirrhosis can be the cause of hemorrhoid. After knowing the causes of hemorrhoid, then you have to think about the best hemorrhoid treatment. There are some doctors who do infrared coagulation in order to reduce in size the hemorrhoid using heat treatment.

Symptoms of Hemorrhoids

• There is bright red blood covering the stool or the tissue paper

• Itching also occurs

• Pain around the anus

• You feel irritated and uncomfortable

• Swelling and inflammatio

Actually there are different types of hemorrhoids:

• The internal hemorrhoid is painless type of hemorrhoid. It is located inside the rectum. The internal hemorrhoid usually bleeds and bleeding occurs, the blood is bright red blood.

• The external hemorrhoid is the swelling of the veins outside the anus. It usually develops under the skin at the opening of the anal and swells up until it looks like a bunch of grapes because of its violet color. The external hemorrhoid is really painful.

• The prolapsed hemorrhoids are also an internal hemorrhoid that collapsed and stick out outside the anus and usually accompanied by mucus ejection and heavy bleeding.

Now to ease the pain that you are experiencing there is different hemorrhoid treatment that you can do. In plain warm water, warm tub baths numerous times a day in about 10 minutes. Applications of creams for hemorrhoid are also one of the effective hemorrhoid treatments. Usually doctors recommend you to eat foods that are enriched with fibers and fluids with your diet. You have to eat the right amount of foods that are enriched with fibers and drink 6 to 8 glasses of water. You have to get rid of straining during bowel movement to avoid hemorrhoid from sticking out. Most of the time doctors recommend you to use bulk stool softer or fiber rich supplement.

In most cases hemorrhoid treatment includes endoscopy or surgery. This will help you to shrink or destroy the hemorrhoid tissue. There are also other hemorrhoid treatment that can lessen or remove hemorrhoid such as, painless of non-surgical techniques, laser, harmonic scalpel for hemorrhoids and other hemorrhoid medications.

Prevention

The best way to prevent hemorrhoid is to keep stool soft, decrease pressure and empty bowel without straining as soon as possible when urge occur. Regular exercise and eating fiber rich foods can help you avoid constipation and straining by producing that are softer and easier to pass.