Telltale Signs of Hemorrhoids

Aug 9
08:23

2012

Jeff Donaven

Jeff Donaven

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- Horse chestnut prevents prolapse of hemorrhoids. It increases blood flow, strengthen connective tissue, decrease swelling and redness and tighten up veins. Horse chestnut is one of the most popular home remedies for hemorrhoids among Europeans. However, you should avoid horse chestnut if you have kidney or liver ailments of if you are pregnant or breast feeding.

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- An effective home remedy for hemorrhoids is a wash made by mixing equal parts of Lobelia extract,Telltale Signs of Hemorrhoids Articles Baptisia extract and zinc sulfate with water. This mix is excellent remedy for itching and painful hemorrhoids.

- In order to relieve the pain and discomfort, you can mix sulfur with Vaseline and apply to the hemorrhoid two or three times a day.

- Use extract of witch hazel on a wad of cotton and put on the hemorrhoids at night as a form of poultice.

- Apple cider vinegar will stop hemorrhoids from bleeding. Take two teaspoonfuls of apple cider vinegar mixed in a glass of water at every meal. You can also soak a cotton ball in vinegar and apply it on the hemorrhoids.

- One of the popular remedies for hemorrhoids is thermotherapy. Perform it once a week for 2-4 weeks. Thermotherapy causes the hemorrhoids to shrink and stop bleeding.

- Put a teaspoon of powdered Alum in a glass of water. Apply regularly to the hemorrhoids.

- Mix one teaspoon of cayenne pepper in a glass of water and drink to stop bleeding hemorrhoids.

- Apply the extract of Echinacea on the hemorrhoid with cotton balls. This helps to relieve itching and painful hemorrhoids.

- Heat a spoon of lard and mix it with a teaspoonful of Calomel. Apply this combination to the hemorrhoid as a cream on a piece of cloth.


When hemorrhoids get so bad that they are a serious problem, intensely painful or just won't go away, it is sometimes necessary to take treatment to the next level. After home remedies and herbs comes over the counter treatments, but when over the counter treatments are not enough, then laser treatment may be the answer.

Laser treatment has been shown to be very effective in getting rid of hemorrhoids. Incredibly accurate, lasers are used to actually vaporize and remove troublesome hemorrhoids. The laser acts as a cauterizing agent during the removal process, which means little or no bleeding during the surgery or after. Though discomfort is likely after any surgical procedure, discomfort after a laser treatment is minimal in comparison to other surgical hemorrhoid removal procedures. It is rare that laser treatments require a hospital stay and the discomfort at home is far and away better to deal with than the pain of hemorrhoids.

Whether or not a patient's hemorrhoids need laser treatment is a matter for the doctor to decide. Some of the factors that medical personnel will take into consideration include:

* Placement of hemorrhoids

* The symptoms caused by the hemorrhoids

* The length of time hemorrhoids have been present

Of course, it is recommended that all other avenues of treatment be exhausted before taking on laser treatment. Simple home remedies or herbs may be all you need to get rid of your hemorrhoids, saving a great deal of time and money in the process.