For the treatment of most types and forms of hemorrhoids, it is enough to limit oneself to diet, medications, and moderate exercise. Surgical intervention is recommended only in severe forms. Read about how modern treatment (gentle operation) of hemorrhoids is carried out with a laser or photocoagulation method, as well as in what cases and to whom it is indicated, read below.
Indications
Surgery may be considered necessary when:
- lack of positive results after conservative treatment;
- disease progression;
- prolapse of nodes with each bowel movement;
- reduced ability to work;
- thrombosis of hemorrhoids;
- heavy bleeding and the threat of anemia;
- prolapse of the rectum.
The last two factors usually become decisive, and in these cases an immediate operation is indicated. Hemorrhoids with complications can only be avoided in this case: with the loss of blood, not only anemia occurs, but also an immediate threat to life.
Laser operation
There is a worthy alternative to surgical treatment today. It's about laser coagulation. The treatment (usually it is more effective than the traditional operation) of hemorrhoids with a laser gives an excellent result not only with external cones and their thrombosis, but also with nodes inside. What is the technique technique? It is as simple as possible. The nodes inside are burned out by a laser, and they are reduced. The wounds are tightened. External nodes are removed even faster - by clipping the same beam. The operation takes place without bleeding, since the connective tissue is soldered immediately after circumcision. For those who have truly operable hemorrhoids, laser surgery can be the perfect solution.
Among the positive aspects are painlessness, the possibility of outpatient treatment (the operation takes up to 15 minutes), the absence of both special preparation and the recovery period, as well as blood loss (the beam immediately burns the blood vessels). After such an intervention, no scars remain. In addition, the procedure can be carried out even in the presence of inflammatory processes and cracks. By the way, the laser also fixes this problem.
Along with such important advantages, of course, there are also disadvantages. Firstly, such treatment (gentle operation) of hemorrhoids is expensive. Secondly, it is completely impossible to remove large nodes, therefore relapses are not excluded.
With a diagnosis of hemorrhoids, an operation (its price is from 8 to 50 thousand rubles) is prescribed by a doctor. The patient usually cannot independently decide on such an intervention, since there are also contraindications (individual).
Similar method
Sometimes such a gentle operation is identified with photocoagulation. However, these are different manipulations, although aimed at solving one problem. It also uses rays, but already in the infrared spectrum, focused. They are fed to the legs of hemorrhoids. The incoming heat stops the access of blood to the node as a result, and the latter is soon rejected.
It's important to know...
If your doctor has diagnosed hemorrhoids, and then suddenly started to insist on urgent treatment, claiming that inflammation can turn into cancer, be sure: this is not true. Hemorrhoids and cancer do have very similar symptoms. But if you have already been examined, then there is no reason to worry about this. And to suffer from constant discomfort or still improve the quality of your life, you can figure it out for yourself. Remember that the last exit is an operation. Hemorrhoids can be avoided (with a healthy lifestyle), and its initial stages are treated without surgical intervention.