What is Thrombosed Hemorrhoids and How To Prevent Them

Hemorrhoids that are in the rectum or anal area are most likely developed into thrombosed hemorrhoids. When blood clot starts to form, then it is now called thrombosed. When this happened, the pain it can cause is unbearable and can be dangerous.

So how can we prevent to have a thrombosed hemorrhoids?

First of all, when you know you have hemorrhoids, start to change your diet to avoid constipation. Constipation is the most common cause of hemorrhoids for it cause too much straining during a bowel movement. Too much straining can lead to a blood clot in the veins causing you to have a thrombosed hemorrhoid. When you are constipated, it requires you to push so hard and the veins in the rectum or in the anal area will become irritated and inflamed.

Start the hemorrhoid treatment by dealing with the causes of hemorrhoids as to avoid further complications.

How severe is your internal hemorrhoid?

Internal hemorrhoids are often unnoticed on its first stage. They rarely cause pain and most often, it can only be noticed when you experience bleeding during a bowel movement. Here's how you can tell how severe your internal hemorrhoid is and how you should get a proper hemorrhoid treatment.

• Grade I – small without protrusion. It projects into the anal canal and often bleed but do not prolapse. It's painless and minor bleeding occurs during a bowel movement.
• Grade II – hemorrhoid may protrude during a bowel movement but reduces when straining ceases.
• Grade III – hemorrhoid protrudes spontaneously and must be manually reduced.
• Grade IV – hemorrhoid is considered as a prolapsed hemorrhoid. It protrudes constantly and cannot be reduced. It may or may not bleed and can be painful if they are strangled by the anus.

Don't let your hemorrhoids reach the fourth grade as it may cause you a lot of trouble.

What you should expect after a hemorrhoid surgery?

Hemorrhoid surgery is done for a few hours, minutes for some instances and patients can go home right after the surgery. But after the surgery, the recovery can take two to three weeks. The patient who undergoes the surgery is under general or spinal anesthesia but after the operation the patient can now feel the pain, bleeding and difficulty in urinating.

A hemorrhoid treatment applied called hemorrhoidectomy is a surgical removing of hemorrhoids. After the surgery, a patient may experience difficulty in urinating due to swelling of the tissues and or due to spasm of the muscles in the pelvic region. This condition is called urinary retention.

Another condition the patient may also experience is the fecal impaction. They may have trouble passing stools and they be some risk of infection in the infected area. After surgery, patient may also experience anal canal bleeding. In some rare cases, fissure may develop in the rectal area.

Hemorrhoids: Are They Contagious?

Hemorrhoids are quiet a simple illness or condition but it can cause you too much pain. Now, one might wonder or worried about contracting hemorrhoids from someone else. Hemorrhoids do develop and appear because of too much pressure applied to the veins in the anus and in the rectum.

So hemorrhoids are not contagious at all. Don't worry yourself if you know someone who has hemorrhoids. Hemorrhoids are simply just a swollen vein caused by too much pressure acquired from many things.

(Read Who Gets Hemorrhoids to know more why hemorrhoids do develop.)

If you are suffering from a hemorrhoid right now, it is best to get hemorrhoid treatment as soon as possible and don't let yourself suffer the pain it may cause you.

Internal Hemorrhoids Treatment Options

Internal hemorrhoids are type of hemorrhoids which are not easy to deal with. They don't usually hurt but when they protrude outside the anus, that's when you start feeling the pain. These are the cases when the swollen veins inside are large and bulge out of the anus, and it is called prolapsed internal hemorrhoids. That is why sometimes mistaken as external hemorrhoids. When you have internal hemorrhoids, blood usually comes out during a normal bowel movement.

Treating internal hemorrhoids can be done in various methods, depending on which hemorrhoid treatment you would want to or your doctor's advice.

Here are the different methods on how to get rid of your hemorrhoids:

Rubber band ligation – with this method, a rubber band is used around the base of the hemorrhoids, cutting off the blood flow to the hemorrhoid. The band cuts off circulation and causes hemorrhoids to shrink and eventually dies. In about a week it will just fall off.

Sclerotherapy – this method is similar to rubber band ligation but it uses chemical solution injected into the vein within a hemorrhoid. The chemical solution cuts off the hemorrhoid's blood supply.

Infrared light – infrared light is used to inhibit blood circulation to a small and bleeding hemorrhoids. This will cause hemorrhoids to shrink.

Laser coagulation – a new method that uses electric current to trigger chemical reactions that cuts off blood supply in the hemorrhoids.

Hemorrhoidectomy – this method literally removes hemorrhoids using a scalpel or laser. When all other hemorrhoid treatments fail, surgical removal of hemorrhoids is recommended.

Before you reach this point or condition, preventing any types of hemorrhoids to appear is recommended. Start changing your diet now and a lifestyle change is a good way to start with.