Hemorrhoids treat pathologies very delicate, therefore not everyone immediately rushes to a doctor with a similar problem. Some are simply psychologically uncomfortable talking about hemorrhoids with a doctor, and who faced this disease before, often conducts hemorrhoids treatment at home, fighting the disease on their own. If the disease is at the initial stage of development, then it can be cured in a similar way, but medical advice is still necessary. The proctologist will prescribe medications for medical treatment and will advise a special diet, gymnastics and folk recipes. In the later stages, only conservative methods can be cured, unfortunately, it does not work out - only surgery will help here.
Principles of home treatment for hemorrhoids
Conservative antihemorrhoid therapy involves the use of topical preparations( suppositories, ointments), taking pills, physiotherapy techniques. There are many medicines for hemorrhoids that can be treated at home on their own, but for medical purposes. Among the tablets are often used drugs phlebotonics, which have a vasodotonizing effect, relieving venous stasis, favorably affecting the blood circulation in general. The most common of them - Detraleks, Escuzan or Venoruton.
Warning! If hemorrhoids are accompanied by prolapsed nodes, severe pain, the discharge of blood-purulent mass - immediately to the proctologist. Further self-treatment can end very badly.
If the patient is concerned about intensive pains of inflammatory nature or because of the infringement of hemorrhoidal cones, he is prescribed drugs like Proctosedil, Hepatrombin, Aurobin. To facilitate the defecation process should adhere to a special diet, enriched with fiber. In other words, it is recommended to eat vegetables, cereals, fruits, drink more liquid. To stimulate intestinal functions, it is necessary to conduct daily sessions with fast half-hour walking.
Treatment with ointments and suppositories
Homemade medicamentous treatment of hemorrhoids involves the use of medicines in the form of candles and ointments. Among the candles, especially often appoint Posterizan, Relief, sea buckthorn, ichthyol or propolis suppositories. Among ointments, the following are considered to be particularly effective:
- Bezornil - contribute to the elimination of hemorrhoidal edema, activates regeneration. Ointment is applied to the external nodes or through the applicator is inserted into the anus.
- Levomekol - relieves inflammation and pain syndrome, has an antimicrobial effect. Several times a day, ointment is smeared with inflamed knots.
- Flemming ointment - relieves pain, stops inflammatory processes. Ointment belongs to the preparations of the homeopathic group.
Traditional medicine also offers a lot of very effective ointments and suppositories, with which the treatment of hemorrhoids at home is quite feasible. Such remedies are used for pathology of both external and internal nature. The main components of anti-hemorrhoids and home-made suppositories are: sea-buckthorn oil, honey, mummy or propolis. With the internal hemorrhoidal form shows the introduction of tampons with ointment inside the rectum, and with external hemorrhoids ointment is used to lubricate the external nodes. Proved its healing properties onion ointment, for the preparation of which should be finely chopped medium bulb lightly fry in oil, then pour the gruel, slightly wringing the onions. Then onion oil is mixed with beeswax, melted in a bath. The ointment is ready.
Important! If at home treatment of hemorrhoid cones( within two weeks) you do not feel improvement, then do not take risks, be sure to visit the proctologist.
Rectal suppositories are made with similar ingredients. The basis is taken by lanolin, petroleum jelly, cocoa butter, starch, butter. To this mixture is added a substance with an active therapeutic effect( honey, mummy).Then make paper forms, fill the resulting mixture, put in the refrigerator to freeze. Molds can be poured with plain water, frozen, and the resulting ice suppositories inserted into the anus to stop pain or stop bleeding. A considerable healing effect is possessed by candles made from cucumber or potatoes. From the vegetable you just need to cut out oblong pieces, then insert into the anus. Such therapy promotes healing of cracks, elimination of irritation, removal of pain syndrome.
Suitable for making suppository garlic, the dough of which should be fried in fat. It is inserted into the rectum at night. There is another way of making rectal candles based on garlic. The head of this vegetable is ground to a gruel, ground with butter in such an amount that the density of the resulting mixture allows to form a semblance of a suppository. After rolling down the candles you need to put it in the cold to freeze. Such suppositories are recommended after every act of defecation. Similarly, candles are prepared from honey, only you need to take candied sugar so that you can give it the right shape.
Lotions and compresses from hemorrhoids
If hemorrhoids develop in an external form, home treatment can be supplemented with lotions. Folded bandage or cotton pad dipped in the healing mixture, then applied to the anus. As a healing impregnation oil of sea-buckthorn, propolis, honey, mummy is used. The lotion should be done before bedtime, leaving it until the morning. Even simple lubrication of the cones with any of the listed products significantly alleviates the condition, relieves pain, relieves swelling and itching. With bleeding and severe pain syndrome, hemorrhoid treatment at home with cold lotions will help. To do this, you can apply a cold gruel from a shredded cucumber to a bandage, or apply it to any curative home-made ointment, after holding it in the refrigerator.
Aloe has a strong healing effect against hemorrhoids. With it, make compresses, lotions, baths, candles. It is enough to cut off the leaf of the plant, rinse it and cut it along, flesh to apply to the anus.
Effective against calendula hemorrhoids, alcohol tincture which is diluted with plain water( 1:10).In the resulting solution, a bandage is wetted and applied to the anus. Used for lotions and tincture of flowers of medicinal chamomile. To make it, 2 large spoons of chamomile flowers are poured into 250 ml of boiling water, aged for at least an hour and filtered. As a lotion you can use aspen leaves, which need to be applied to the hemorrhoids for a couple of hours. With a strong swelling of hemorrhoid cones, folk medicine advises to make lotions with cocoa butter, which effectively removes swelling of the nodes.
Seated baths will ease the condition of
A strong therapeutic effect against varices of hemorrhoidal veins is possessed by cold or hot sessile baths. To enhance the healing effect in the water, add healing ingredients like herbal decoctions on chamomile, St. John's wort or nettle. Stop bleeding and stop the pain will help 5-minute cold baths. For this, the patient simply needs to sit down in a basin with previously poured cold water into it.
They have healing power and hot baths with the addition of garlic, mummies, onions, St. John's wort and marigold. For the garlic bath you need to chop the garlic head into a porridge and pour it with hot water( 5 liters), the patient needs to sit in such a bath for at least a quarter of an hour. To prepare a tray with a peel of onions, pour it with boiling water and insist a little. Sitting in such water should be until it is completely cooled. No less effective are the smoke baths, suggesting sitting over the steam. After such procedures, it is recommended to lubricate the anus with a moisturizer or petroleum jelly.
Important! It is not necessary to base home treatment of hemorrhoids based only on folk remedies. They should only complement the main drug therapy.
The following collection has proven itself very well: sage, chamomile flowers, horse chestnut seed( 3 dessert spoons) mixed with oak bark( 5 similar spoons) and poured in a thermos with steep boiling water( 3 cups).After 2 hours of infusion, the mixture is filtered and diluted in a basin with warm water to a volume of 2 liters. To sit in such a bath you need at least a quarter of an hour. Oak bark in this collection helps to strengthen the vessels, and chamomile removes the inflammatory process that developed in the hemorrhoids.
Sitting baths with ordinary potassium permanganate are highly effective. The solution should be weak, not saturated with a light pink shade. Such baths should be taken at least 15 minutes twice a week, alternating with other solutions. Manganese baths relieve inflammation, which is noticeable after several sessions.
Treatment of hemorrhoids with herbs
To speed up the process of home treatment, experts advise to approach hemorrhoid therapy in a complex way. In addition to local agents, it is recommended to take various herbal decoctions inside. Since the disease is a varicose veins, you should take care of the state of the vessels - you need to restore their tone and strengthen the walls. Also, herbal infusions and decoctions should help in relieving inflammation and eliminating intestinal bleeding.
Beneficial effect on the vessels has a dog rose. To strengthen the vascular walls it is recommended to drink infusion of wild rose berries. They are crushed and a tablespoon of raw material is poured into 0.5 liters of boiling water, aged for at least 10 hours. You can sweeten the infusion with honey or drink in a pure form. It is advised with hemorrhoids to drink and infusion of crimson leaves. A couple of large spoons of dry leaves should be poured with boiling water( glass) and insist before cooling. To stop the intestinal bleeding and inflammatory process, it is useful to tincture the pocheyuyy highlander, when preparing it for 0.4 liters of boiling water take a large spoonful of dry grass and insist until it cools. It is useful from hemorrhoids and beet juice, which is recommended to take 50 ml three times a day.
Caution! Most medicinal herbs have certain contraindications, therefore, in order to avoid complications, you should study them in detail before starting treatment.
High efficiency in hemorrhoids, complicated by bleeding, have herbal collections with yarrow and nettle, the development of inflammatory processes stop the herbs like chamomile and calendula. Since the stool is important in the development of hemorrhoids, during treatment it is useful to drink infusions of herbs that improve intestinal function. Such plants include the Alexandrian leaf, milk thistle, dandelion root and other herbs with a laxative effect.
Microclysters to help
There are many ways of home treatment of hemorrhoids with the help of microclysters, when the volume of the injected drug is about 50 ml. As the drug administered to the rectum, an aqueous solution of celandine, chamomile, mummy, propolis, clay honey is used. You can enter undiluted sea buckthorn oil, potato juice into the anus. Home treatment in this way is recommended for internal hemorrhoidal form. Microclysters relieve puffiness, irritation, itching, have a disinfectant effect on mucous membranes, perform a preventive function, protecting the intestine from a variety of diseases.
Attention! Microclysis should be done only after cleansing enema. The volume of the solution administered with microclysters should not exceed 100 ml.
To eliminate pain and inflammatory processes, it is recommended to use a solution of wormwood decoction in microclism. Effective for hemorrhoids are the infusions of leaves of strawberries, flaxseed, you can not clean the bowels of the enema in the presence of strong intestinal bleeding, ulcers, erosions, cracks, prolapse of hemorrhoid cones. Otherwise, the ongoing inflammatory processes can be significantly complicated.
The initial stages of hemorrhoids development are characterized by a symptom similar to other pathologies of the rectum, therefore a reliable qualified diagnosis of the disease is needed. Improper diagnosis, further self-treatment often result in irreversible consequences, up to rectal cancer.
