Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Re: external Hemorrhoid problem

Queenie:
It depends on how bad your hemmie is. Is it thrombosed (is it purple and hard)? If it is, you will have to have it surgically removed. I had a hemorroidectomy back in September. I had prolapsed internal/external hemmies, on of which was thrombosed. The surgery was sooo painful, but so worth it. You need time off following a surgery like this too and an amazing pain tolerance for wehn you have BMs for weeks afterwards. But mine was major surgey, and they took a lot of tissue out. For you, I think it would be signoificantly less painful and recovery would be better/faster. There is a new procedure out now, I think it's laser, and recovery is supposed to be much faster, and pain is supposed to be so much less. For the short-term, make sure you don't strain! Are you C type? Eat the fiber! Also, warm baths with lots of salt(with no soaps, parfumes) help. I also find that dabbing on some witch hazel really soothes and make even shrink the hemmie. Also, using an over the counter anesthetic really helps. I used nupercainal. Ask your pharmacist. Preparation H never worked for me, but again mine were BAD. Best wishes.

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