Hemorrhoid treatment is not quick and not always simple. In most cases, the disease is chronic, and some patients suffer from it for many years. This feature is taken into account when choosing treatment tactics. Conservative, operational methods, folk remedies are used to treat hemorrhoids. The choice of treatment regimen depends on the stage of the disease, especially its course.
In most cases, it is possible to stop the disease with a conservative treatment of hemorrhoids. Surgery is an extreme measure that is resorted to when other means do not have any positive effect or the patient is treated with an advanced stage of hemorrhoids. In other cases, the doctor selects a conservative treatment for hemorrhoids.
Conservative treatment
Conservative treatment helps to cope with the disease without surgery. And this is not only the administration of pharmacological preparations, the use of suppositories and tablets, but also other methods.
Conservative treatment includes several components:
- Compliance with recommendations for changing lifestyle. At the initial stage of the disease, this is very effective, since another lifestyle allows you to permanently get rid of the disease. Change in diet. Usually, the doctor recommends a diet that reduces the likelihood of constipation. Necessarily increases motor activity, which allows to solve the problem of venous stagnation, due to which hemorrhoids develop.
- Taking pills. The doctor selects an effective drug regimen for hemorrhoids in men and women.
- Performing hygiene procedures.
- Folk methods.
For the successful treatment of hemorrhoids, it is recommended that you strictly follow the doctor's prescription. In this case, you can quickly cope with the disease, without leading to complications.
Medicines
After confirming the diagnosis, the doctor selects the most effective drugs that will help cope with the disease. These can be local or general drugs. The first include:
- ointments;
- creams;
- candles;
- gels.
General-purpose drugs are capsules, tablets and other formulations intended for oral administration.
Candles
Suppositories are the most popular medication for the treatment of hemorrhoids. They are valued for ease of use, large assortment and high efficiency.
Rectal suppositories are divided into the following types:
- steroidal;
- hemostatic;
- astringents;
- painkillers;
- homeopathic;
- angioprotective.
Popular suppositories for hemorrhoids
The most effective are candles that have a complex effect, combining several properties at once. Most often, doctors prescribe the following drugs:
- Natalsid. The active substance in the preparation is seaweed extract. Suppositories help stop bleeding, heal a wound, and remove inflammation. The medicine is used for enlarged hemorrhoids, for the treatment of anal fissures, for colitis. Candles are safe and practically have no contraindications, with the exception of the individual intolerance of the components included.
- Procto-Glivenol. The main active ingredients are lidocaine and tribenoside. The latter helps to remove blood stasis in the vessels, improve vein tone, reduce inflammation. Lidocaine relieves pain, removes itching and irritation. The drug has a number of contraindications, including renal and liver failure, hypersensitivity to the components.
- "Hepatrombin G". The drug combines heparin and prednisone. Candles are used to strengthen the walls of blood vessels, as well as a means of removing blood clots, blood clots in hemorrhoidal vessels. Also, the drug helps to accelerate regeneration. You can not use suppositories with increased bleeding, bacterial damage to the intestines.
- "Anuzol." The drug has unique properties. The treatment of hemorrhoids with medications provides an integrated approach, and Anuzol suppositories have a wide spectrum of action. The drug relieves spasm, itching, inflammation. It contains bismuth and zinc compounds, belladonna extract, which destroy pathogens, dry the affected area. Candles have many contraindications associated with the herbal component. You can not use the drug for pathologies of the heart and a number of other ailments.
- "Proctosan." It is highly effective due to the action of bufexamak, titanium, bismuth compounds, lidocaine. Suppositories help destroy pathogens, relieve itching, relieve pain, and promote accelerated bowel recovery. You can not use the drug for infection of the anus, as well as for an allergic reaction to the constituent components.
- "Relief." There are several types of Relief candles, each of which has its own unique properties, but all of them contain shark liver oil. Suppositories are used to treat internal hemorrhoids, as a means of stopping bleeding, for healing wounds. Suppositories have another positive feature - they help fight constipation.
- "Proctosed." Hormonal suppositories used in the conservative treatment of hemorrhoids of the 2nd degree and not only. The drug perfectly anesthetizes, relieves inflammation, itching. It has an antibacterial effect on certain types of microorganisms.
- Sea buckthorn candles. With inflamed venous plexus that occurs at the initial stage of hemorrhoids, it is recommended to use this drug. It contains an extract of sea buckthorn fruit, which helps relieve swelling, accelerates the healing of the rectum. The tool has virtually no contraindications.
In addition to suppositories, ointments are used in therapy.
Ointments
For effective treatment of hemorrhoids , mild forms of drugs are used medically. They are applied to enlarged nodes using special applicators or with a finger. Most often, proctologists prescribe the following ointments:
- Heparin. It is considered the most common for the treatment of hemorrhoids. The main active ingredient is heparin, has a blood-thinning property, removes clots, prevents their formation. The ointment has an anti-inflammatory effect, anesthetizes.
- Troxevasin. The drug is considered an excellent venotonic. Ointment has a pronounced decongestant and anti-inflammatory property. With regular use, vascular permeability decreases, the likelihood of formation of blood clots decreases. Helps prevent blood clots. Ointment has a minimum of contraindications.
- "Rootless." Ointment helps to accelerate the restoration of damaged tissues, relieves symptoms, relieves swelling, and removes inflammation. The composition of the drug is unique, prepared according to an ancient Chinese recipe.
- Ichthyol. Ichthyol has a strong antiseptic property. Ointment helps relieve inflammation, improve blood flow, increases vein tone, removes inflammation. The drug can be used as a remedy for hemorrhoids during pregnancy, since its effectiveness and safety is confirmed.
With the complex medical treatment of hemorrhoids, Relif ointment can be prescribed for women and men. It contains phenylephrine, which has a vasoconstrictor effect, due to which inflammation is reduced, wounds heal, the affected nodes stop bleeding.
General action drugs
Conservative methods of treating hemorrhoids involve the use of not only local drugs, but also general drugs. They have a positive effect on the body as a whole. Capsules and tablets are available.
The use of tablets and capsules allows you to:
- reduce pain;
- increase the elasticity and tone of blood vessels;
- relieve puffiness;
- reduce the permeability of capillaries, veins;
- improve microcirculation.
Hemorrhoids
Among all existing drugs, the following are distinguished:
- Detralex The drug prevents stretching of the vascular walls, which helps to reduce the likelihood of stagnation of blood.
- "Flebodia 600". The tool improves vascular tone, prevents capillary fragility, vein extensibility. The use of the drug can reduce the pressure in the lymphatic system, improve blood microcirculation. This tool reduces inflammation, removes puffiness, and relieves pain.
- "Diosmin." Increases the tone of venous vessels, reduces blood stasis, normalizes blood circulation. It is usually prescribed in a short course with the mandatory use of local drugs.
- "Vazoket". As the main substance, diosmin is used. It helps to reduce vascular permeability, reduces congestion. "Vazoket" reduces inflammation, which is why it is referred to as anti-inflammatory drugs.
- Venus The tool helps in the shortest possible time to achieve positive results: reduce the permeability of the vascular walls, improve tone, normalize blood circulation, relieve pain. The drug has a positive effect on the formation of blood clots.
- Pilex. The product consists of natural plant components, including barberry root extract, mummy. The drug reduces congestion, relieves swelling, accelerates healing, relieves pain, has an antibacterial property.
As a medical treatment for hemorrhoids at home, drugs are prescribed that affect the symptomatic manifestation of the disease.
Laxatives
One of the main tasks in the treatment of the disease is the elimination of constipation. To do this, the doctor selects laxatives that help soften the feces. As a result of taking medications, the traumatic effect on hemorrhoids is reduced. Doctors prescribe a variety of drugs. It can be: “Guttalaks”, “Bisadil”, “Mikrolaks”, “Dufalak”, an infusion of hay grass.
Features of the reception
Each drug is used strictly according to the prescribed scheme and in the prescribed dosage. Do not self-medicate, as this can lead to negative consequences. It is important to consult a doctor in a timely manner to avoid negative consequences.
Folk methods
Often include in the conservative treatment of hemorrhoids candles, and ointments, tablets, as well as alternative methods. A sedentary bath with infusion of chamomile or sage helps to cope with the disease. These plants have anti-inflammatory, antibacterial effects.
To stop bleeding, it is recommended to prepare an alcohol tincture on horse chestnut. For it, you need 50 grams of fruit pour 0.5 liters of vodka. Insist for two weeks in a dark place. Before use, a spoonful of the product is diluted in 80 ml of water. Take in the morning before meals until the symptoms of the disease disappear.
Homemade ointments
The use of homemade ointments has a positive effect. Compounds prepared from the following components help against inflammation and soreness:
- Honey and cinnamon. The ingredients are mixed in equal proportions. The resulting composition lubricates the sore spot. This ointment helps relieve pain, inflammation.
- Herbs with pork fat. They take in equal proportions the flowers of flax, pepper mountaineer and oak bark. Herbs are poured with hot pork fat and simmer for two hours. The ointment is filtered, cooled. Apply a thin layer to the sore spot.
Helps to cope with hemorrhoids propolis ointment. To prepare it, you will need ten grams of propolis mixed with one hundred grams of vegetable oil. The composition is heated in a water bath until the bee product is completely dissolved.
Doctors Recommendations
Proctologists recommend starting treatment for hemorrhoids from the very beginning of the manifestation of the first symptoms. Do not self-medicate, as this can aggravate the situation.
Timely initiated therapy allows you to quickly cope with the disease without surgical intervention.