Hemorrhoids - a disease that many cause fear and unpleasant associations. This condition affects many women in the postpartum period. But at this time, women try to feed the baby on their own, which at times complicates the fight with him. Treatment of hemorrhoids during lactation should be not only effective and high-quality, but also completely safe for the baby.
Treatment features
In the last months of pregnancy, a woman significantly increases the load on the body, which is why the growing uterus exerts strong pressure on the internal organs. As a result of such processes, swelling of the legs occurs, prolonged constipation, heartburn, as well as problems with blood flow. Many symptoms of such diseases disappear on their own (without external interference) after the birth of the baby. But in most cases, the disease only worsens, passing into dangerous stages.
With this process, women complain of pain during defecation, the appearance of an impurity of blood in the feces. In such cases, it is important to seek the help of a doctor in a timely manner in order to conduct complex therapy of hemorrhoids.
It is important to conduct effective treatment of hemorrhoids during lactation after childbirth in order to eliminate unpleasant symptoms, reduce the process of inflammation, and improve blood flow. The doctor prescribes a comprehensive treatment, which includes the right diet, performing therapeutic exercises, taking effective medications and using traditional medicine. In severe cases of hemorrhoids, the doctor may prescribe an operation.
Drug treatment
Many patients wonder: "How to treat hemorrhoids during lactation at home?" In the postpartum period, while feeding the baby, medicines should not be used, since even topical preparations (ointments, gels) are rapidly absorbed and are distributed throughout the woman’s body through the blood stream. As a result, the components of medicines can get into mother’s milk, which will negatively affect the baby’s body.
During the treatment of hemorrhoids with lactation, what ointments can be used? To eliminate hemorrhoids during feeding, local drugs are most often used, which are prescribed taking into account the shape of the hemorrhoidal nodes. With the internal form of the lesion, which is observed in 70% of women, doctors recommend the use of suppositories, in the treatment of external hemorrhoids - special ointments and gels. Many topical medicines help to quickly relieve the patient of pain, suppress a burning sensation and itching. They are easy to use and completely safe for both women and babies.
But it is important to remember that some components that are able to be absorbed and spread through the bloodstream through the intestinal mucosa can penetrate into mother’s milk, and therefore, into the body of the newborn. For this reason, when treating hemorrhoids while breastfeeding, doctors prohibit the use of some suppositories, such as Anuzol and Bellataminal, which include belladonna. Such a component is a real poison for the baby's body. Also, experts advise not to try to treat hemorrhoids with medicines that can adversely affect lactation.
Phlebotropic drugs
Such funds help to normalize the tone of the veins, strengthen the walls of blood vessels, and also eliminate the inflammatory process. Most often, Venoruton, Venzu and Esculus Compositum are used to treat hemorrhoids in a nursing mother during lactation .
Detralex is also considered a fairly effective and effective treatment for hemorrhoids. The international directory E-LACTANCIA reports that this drug is allowed to be used when breast-feeding a baby, since the components in its composition do not adversely affect the condition of the newborn. But experts in Russia rarely prescribe the Detralex drug for the treatment of postpartum hemorrhoids in lactation. This can be explained by the fact that doctors did not fully study the degree of penetration of the active components of the drug into the woman’s milk.
Laxatives
Such medications help to relieve bowel movements, which significantly weakens the tension of the rectum. For treatment, as a rule, use Forlax, Mukofalk and Dufalak. Such funds help to increase the amount of waste feces, change their texture to a softer one. All described laxatives are not absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract, therefore, they can not harm a woman and a child in any way.
But there are special effective and safe drugs for the treatment of hemorrhoids during lactation. These include:
- Relief Advance. Such a product goes on sale in the form of ointments or suppositories for rectal use. The drug helps to quickly suppress itching and burning, reduce the inflammatory process and stop bleeding. The treatment time lasts from 6 to 14 days. The maximum dose is 6 suppositories. Before using the medicine, it is important to consult a doctor, as the Relif-MS company also produces drugs that are unacceptable during lactation.
- Procto-Glivenol. The main components of the drug are lidocaine and tribenoside. The drug has an analgesic, anti-inflammatory and venotonic effect. The drug enters the pharmacy in the form of ointments and suppositories. The treatment time lasts for two weeks.
- "Hepatrombin G". The drug includes heparin, which helps dissolve the formed blood clots, heal cracks and relieve the inflammatory process. Experts do not recommend using the product during breastfeeding for more than 7 days, which is associated with possible side reactions and complications. Simple "Hepatrombin" is forbidden to use to eliminate hemorrhoids, as it can lead to burns of the intestinal mucosa.
- "Posterized." The drug includes hydrocortisone and inactivated E. coli cells. The tool is characterized by an immunomodulatory effect, activates reparative processes and eliminates the inflammatory process. The drug is well tolerated by the body, does not provoke adverse reactions. The treatment lasts 10 days, but in order to prevent a possible relapse, the drug should be continued for another 3-4 weeks.
- "Propolis DN". This drug is based on propolis. The drug helps to heal numerous cracks in the anus, eliminate inflammation. Propolis should be carefully taken if a woman has an allergic reaction to beekeeping products.
- Use of sea buckthorn candles. Treatment of hemorrhoids with lactation with candles with sea buckthorn oil helps activate the reparative process and restore the intestinal mucosa. The treatment time usually lasts 14 days.
The described drugs are considered relatively safe for lactating women and newborns. Therefore, before starting treatment for hemorrhoids during lactation, it is important to visit a doctor for advice and to prescribe a safe course of treatment.
Improving diet
When treating hemorrhoids, it is very important to pay attention to the prevention of prolonged constipation. Women are not allowed to use many laxatives when feeding children. Defecation is normalized, as a rule, with the help of proper nutrition, which will be useful not only for the mother, but also for the newborn.
Doctors advise adding more foods that have fiber to your diet. Its fibers are not digested in the intestine, but help to increase the amount of excreted excrement during bowel movements and normalize the digestive system.
The largest amount of fiber is in:
- oat, buckwheat and pearl barley;
- fresh vegetables (excluding sorrel and turnips), as well as fruits;
- bran, millet;
- some dried fruits.
It is also very important for the prevention of constipation to normalize your drinking regimen. The right amount of fluid you can use can be calculated based on body weight: you need to drink about 30 milliliters of water per day per kilogram of weight. Experts advise drinking only purified and still water.
It is important to completely exclude smoked, fatty, salty and sweet foods, confectionery, rice, semolina, pastries, carbonated and alcoholic drinks from your diet. It is such products that lead to an active fermentation process, provoke flatulence in a woman, as well as a baby.
The use of traditional medicine
Many experts advise the use of complex treatment of hemorrhoids: combine the use of drugs with traditional medicine recipes. This will help to quickly eliminate discomfort and unpleasant symptoms, as well as reduce the incidence of exacerbations.
The most effective folk remedies in the treatment of hemorrhoids with lactation include the following:
- You need to take a handful of berries of sea buckthorn and grind well. The resulting juice is wetted with a swab, which is then placed in the rectum for half an hour. Such events should be carried out every day until the pain is completely gone.
- From sea buckthorn oil or propolis, special compresses can be made for applying to external hemorrhoid cones.
- You can eliminate pain with the help of an ice cube, which is inserted into the anus. If, instead of purified water, special decoctions of chamomile and calendula are used, then a good anti-inflammatory effect can be achieved.
- You can apply lotions with raw gruel from grated potatoes, they will help eliminate pain and relieve the inflammatory process.
Traditional medicine in the treatment of hemorrhoids in the postpartum period helps to eliminate the inflammatory process and alleviate the general condition of the patient. But before using them, it is important to consult a doctor, as some of them can only harm a woman and a newborn.
Home treatment
A good result can be achieved by using the following methods:
- Baths. Every day, before going to bed, you should take sedentary baths with decoctions of the following herbs: chamomile inflorescences, St. John's wort and calendula.
- Microclysters. This helps strengthen the walls of blood vessels and improve the bowel movement. Enemas are made with vegetable oil (use sunflower or olive), which is gained in the amount of 50 milliliters.
- Applications with mud. Such a tool will relieve inflammation, improve vascular elasticity. Applications are carried out by means of tubes with tambukan mud. They are administered rectally several times a day.
From folk remedies, tampons from sea buckthorn oil bring a good effect. In the treatment of external hemorrhoidal nodes, honey and sea buckthorn oil can be used to lubricate the anus.
The complex of therapeutic exercises
A specialized set of exercises will help restore the condition of the muscles of the pelvic floor and improve blood flow in the pelvic organs:
- Get up, cross legs. Next, you need to alternate relaxation and tension of the muscles of the anus. The exercise is carried out 20 times for 5 sets per day.
- Standing, you need to lean on the back of the chair or on another surface, begin to perform swings with his feet to the side. The exercise is carried out with 20 repetitions.
- To stand, straighten your back, put your feet shoulder width apart and bend a little in the knee area. When doing squats, stay in position for a few seconds. Perform 15-20 repetitions.
- Lie on your back, legs slowly spread apart and bring back. Enough 20 repetitions per day. Such an exercise is prohibited for women who have had a cesarean section.
It is important to carry out all the described exercises regularly and correctly. If during training suddenly there were discomfort and pain, then it should be abandoned.
Surgical treatment
Surgical treatment of hemorrhoids during lactation is prescribed when conservative therapy has not yielded any positive result. In this case, the doctor prescribes minimally invasive surgery.
To do this, use:
- ligation of hemorrhoidal nodes using special latex rings;
- cryodestruction, in which hemorrhoidal nodules are frozen by means of liquid nitrogen;
- sclerosing agents that are introduced into the hemorrhoidal formations themselves;
- infrared coagulation, it consists in exposing the pathological focus to an infrared ray; as a result of this procedure, the node dies, a crust forms on it, which leaves together with the feces.
Preventive actions
Prevention of hemorrhoids in a woman in the postpartum period includes:
- elimination of chronic constipation, restoration of the functioning of the intestines and digestive system with the help of a proper diet;
- refusal to use simple and hard toilet paper, it is also recommended to wash or apply wet wipes;
- performing a set of physical exercises that will help restore the digestion process, increase the tone of the anal muscles and relieve stagnation of blood in the pelvic organs;
- protection against possible hypothermia of the body, as well as the refusal of prolonged sitting.
Reviews about the treatment of hemorrhoids with lactation are mostly positive. Hemorrhoids after the birth of a child is a fairly common disease that requires a mandatory visit to a doctor and preparation of an effective treatment. Therapy of the disease should be comprehensive and include only effective and safe methods. The doctor will help to give useful recommendations, diagnose, identify the stage of the disease and prevent the occurrence of complications. Only a doctor can prescribe effective drugs that will not harm the newborn and eliminate hemorrhoids in women.
A large amount of liquid should be drunk per day (up to 2 liters of clean and still water). You can get rid of hemorrhoids during lactation, but in order to do this correctly, it is important to follow all the doctor's recommendations and abandon bad habits.