Hemorrhoids or piles is a condition where swelling and inflammation occur in the rectum and anus of the patient. The cushions of tissue at the junction of the anus and the rectum is filled with blood vessels in this painful condition. According to studies of this health problem is common among people of communities developed and quite unknown in tribal communities. The lifestyle and eating habits are supposed to be the real cause behind this health problem.
Increased straining during bowl movements, hypertension, obesity, pregnancy and excessive consumption of alcoholic beverages, etc. are in direct causes of hemorrhoids. Hemorrhoid is not considered a serious health problem that causes no threat to the life of the person suffering from hemorrhoids. Though irritating and painful symptoms disappear in May a few days.
Hemorrhoids are classified into internal and external hemorrhoids based on symptoms and location of the hemorrhoids. Hemorrhoids can be treated effectively by most of the people by adopting an appropriate lifestyle with which you can prevent it from reappearing. These preventive measures include drinking a lot of fluids, adding a lot of fiber in your daily diet, reducing the pressure of the bowel, exercise and adopting a better posture. These patients should absolutely avoid using tight underwear which caused irritation in the region.
These preventive measures should not always be useful to treat all types of hemorrhoids. Some patients require treatment in May hemorrhoids include medication and surgery.
If the patient is not so severe that doctors will normally prescribe creams, ointments or pads that are available over the counter for patients. This local hemorrhoid treatment if taken with hot baths a day will relieve patients of symptoms of hemorrhoids.
Surgical treatment of hemorrhoids in May became necessary after the formation of blood clots form within an external hemorrhoid. These clots can be easily removed by the physician in making a single incision. If the bleeding and pain persists for a long period, the doctor may recommend other ways of treating hemorrhoids include rubber band legation, sclerotherapy, infrared light, surgery and stapling.
In elastic legation doctor will place one or several thin strips of rubber around the internal hemorrhoid to cut blood flow to this area and make the hemorrhoids to fall after a few days. Sclerotherapy injection of chemicals used around the blood vessel to shrink the hemorrhoid. Infrared lights are used to cut off blood circulation to small, internal bleeding hemorrhoids. If any of these modes of treatment are effective, doctors may question patients to undergo surgery where the physician may remove tissue. Stapling, a relatively new treatment hemorrhoids is used to block blood flow to the hemorrhoid tissue.