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Home Remedies External Hemorrhoids Treatment

External Hemorrhoid Treatments – How to cure external hemorrhoids and get relief?


External hemorrhoids develop around and outside of the opening of the anus. External hemorrhoids are very painful. A variety of treatments including natural, medical and surgical are available.

Sometimes external hemorrhoids develop a clot inside them which is very common among chronic constipation or diarrhea sufferers. These types are called thrombosed external hemorrhoids.

Treatment of External hemorrhoids in early stages is simple. You should take precaution and don’t let it become thrombosed external hemorrhoid. 

Aloe Vera gel is a very good starting point for external hemorrhoid treatment. Apply the gel buy rubbing it external rectum area. It relaxes the external tissue so that it doesn’t bulge out. This in some case is only a temporary relief but in other cases it is a simple long term solution. However, the hemorrhoids can flare up without warning in future.

Many other creams and ointments are available in the market and over the counter.

Other popular external hemorrhoid treatment involves insertion of suppositories in the rectum which lubricates and moistens the area as a result hemorrhoids don’t rupture. This is not very comfortable but it works well with some people.

Other medical route involves taking pills as external hemorrhoids treatment. These pills regulate the blood pressure in the affected area but may have negative health effects in long term.

Then there are surgical treatments for external hemorrhoids which range from cutting off blood supply by using rubber bands, lasers, electric current and heat procedures and surgical removal etc.

The best treatment of external hemorrhoids still remains natural and involves managing bowel movements.

However, if your hemorrhoids have become too big then the surgical removal remains the only option. This type of surgery is called Hemorrhoidectomy.

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