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How to choose a cream for bleeding with hemorrhoids?
Last reviewed: 23.04.2024
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Causes of hemorrhage in hemorrhoids
Sometimes swollen and inflamed hemorrhoids begin to bleed. To receive immediate care, you should carefully apply a cream against hemorrhoidal bleeding, ideally prescribed by a doctor.
Hemorrhoidal bleeding can be caused by a stiff stool that makes the tissues and veins in the areas of the anus and rectum areas swollen and painful. They are so painful that it is very difficult to make defecation.
Pregnancy can also be a cause of bleeding during hemorrhoids, since additional weight puts pressure on the abdominal cavity. Life with obesity or overweight leads to the same effect - overweight causes more pressure on the veins of the rectal area, which leads to severe defecation. Anal sex can also be a provocateur of rectal bleeding.
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Anal fissures
Sometimes hard stools, in combination with already inflamed veins, can lead to cracks on the skin of the anus, the so-called anal fissures. This is something like a cut on anal tissue, which very often causes bleeding. Bleeding during hemorrhoids can be caused by internal hemorrhoids, which is located in the anal canal.
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When to consult a doctor
If you experience bleeding, you should immediately go to the doctor for a checkup, because rectal bleeding can also be caused by other diseases, such as cancer.
If you experience only mild pain and suffering, you can use the cream to bleed hemorrhoids to relieve the pain and help yourself to regain comfort while defecating. Many creams should be prescribed by doctors - it's always better than self-selected medications.
Medicines without a prescription are also available, but they contain fewer active ingredients. Note that a good bleeding cream with hemorrhoids cream will not help this problem go away, treatment only helps in providing pain, and the body heals from cuts and inflammation.
Choice of cream for bleeding with hemorrhoids
To treat hemorrhage with hemorrhoids, you must undergo two stages of approbation of the cream. First you must apply the cream you selected from hemorrhoids. There are also herbal creams from hemorrhoids that help in lubricating the anus and making defecation easier. A good bleeding cream with hemorrhoids has active ingredients that work to reduce inflammation of the veins and skin.
At the second stage you need to change your diet. Eat more foods high in fiber to make your stool softer. Do not forget to drink at least eight glasses of clean water to soften the stool inside your intestines. There are also supplements that you can buy to lubricate your stool.
Types of creams from bleeding with hemorrhoids
Creams from bleeding during hemorrhoids can contain astringent ingredients that help to effectively use the main analgesic active ingredient, and also lubricate the anal opening. There are many kinds of creams. One such type is the astringent hemorrhoid cream, which can contain calamine, aloe vera gel, hazel extract. Astringent creams help in increasing blood circulation around the infected area, as well as cooling from burning.
There are also creams that work as an anesthetic and for a painful area, blocking the pain receptors, causing them to numb. Vasoconstrictive creams from hemorrhoids, on the other hand, help reduce the flow of blood to the veins and help to make the veins smaller in volume. Other types of steroid creams are cream-anti-itch and pain relievers. After consulting with the doctor, each of them can be used as a hemorrhoidal hemorrhage cream.
Before you start taking the medicine, you should check the label of the cream and the instructions for it that it offers for your case, but if there is no professional counselor, you first need to compare the possible medications yourself.
Do not worry
People with hemorrhoid symptoms can be irritated, painful, and this is very uncomfortable. Sitting for a long period of time can be very painful because of the pressure experienced by the problem zone - the anus. If you have hemorrhoids - do not worry, you are not alone.
Hemorrhoids are relatively easy to treat, but require a change in lifestyle, especially in the diet. If you are not pregnant or you do not have chronic asthma and a cough, most likely the cause of hemorrhoids is because of the food that you eat. If you eat more fast food than organic food, if you prefer processed foods, spicy and salty, chances are you will have hemorrhoids. But it can be defeated.
Details on creams and their ingredients
Most people often engage in self-treatment when they make hemorrhoids. There are various over-the-counter creams for this problem. Other creams from hemorrhoids should be prescribed by a doctor. There are many types of creams with different ingredients depending on the result, if we compare them.
Astringent creams from hemorrhoids
A cream that has an astringent property - as an ingredient it can contain aloe vera gel and hazel extract. The main function of this cream from hemorrhoids is to ensure coolness in the affected areas of the body and activate the flow of blood.
Anesthetizing creams from hemorrhoids
Another type of cream is an anesthetic cream for bleeding with hemorrhoids, which should relieve pain. Analgesic ingredients block receptors that can send pain signals to the brain, so you get rid of the pain after using the cream. Anesthetic cream should be used with other creams, as this only relieves pain, but does not directly treat hemorrhoids. It may contain lidocaine or other pain medications.
Vasoconstrictive creams from hemorrhoids
Vasotherapy vessels, as the name implies, narrow the veins to make them less inflamed. The cream achieves this by reducing the flow of blood to the affected area. Ingredients that are common for vasoconstrictive creams are phenylephrine, ephedrine and epinephrine.
Steroid creams from hemorrhoids
One of the most common prescription drugs for hemorrhoids are steroid creams that contain ingredients such as hydrocortisone. This ingredient is anti-inflammatory. It is not recommended to use drugs based on hydrocortisone for a long time, because they cause thinning of the anal tissue. They should be used only during a crisis or with severe pain.
Antiprurite cream against hemorrhoids
Other painkillers that anesthetize and are used as anti-itch are also good for hemorrhoids. The composition of this type of cream includes camphor and menthol. There are also herbal based creams available without a prescription.
How to apply creams against hemorrhoids
You can relieve the pain from hemorrhoids temporarily through creams that can be applied with cotton balls or swabs - you can also use your own fingers, only before and after the procedure they must be disinfected. Better creams against hemorrhoids are bought by doctors' prescriptions, because most creams that can be bought in a pharmacy without a prescription contain a lower concentration of active ingredients.
Are creams from hemorrhoids bought without a prescription dangerous?
If you have internal hemorrhoids and bleeding, it is not recommended to use non-prescription creams, because the body can absorb those of their ingredients that you personally are not recommended. If you have rectal bleeding or internal hemorrhoids, consult a doctor so that he can prescribe the right and best cream or medicine for you.
In addition, it is important to make sure that you are not allergic to the hemorrhoids creams that you use, because it can just make the symptoms of hemorrhoids even worse. It is also not recommended to use creams for longer periods of time, this can lead to the destruction of anal tissue, which becomes more tender and fine and which will make you more susceptible to hemorrhoids in the future.
To find out what is the best anti hemorrhoids cream for you, you should ask your doctor or local health officer about them to be sure of the safety of this remedy. To begin with, you still need to change your diet and start with a healthy diet.
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Vegetable elements of cream
In creams from hemorrhoids should also be natural plant products, which are made from organic ingredients. You should always try to apply a little cream from hemorrhoids to the anus area to make sure that you do not have a bad reaction to it. You may need to try several of these creams to find the one that is best for you.
Many people prefer herbal creams against hemorrhoids to treat their condition. Many herbal creams against hemorrhoids have red sage or chamomile as an active ingredient, as they help regulate blood flow to the site of hemorrhoid development, can help reduce it.
Plantain is another natural ingredient that is often found in herbal creams from hemorrhoids and it helps to reduce the pain and discomfort caused by hemorrhoids. Horse chestnut is also used in these creams because, as you know, it has the ability to reduce swelling, swelling of the rectal area, and this helps relieve pain.
Creams containing cortisone are also popular, because cortisone, as is known, can reduce the chances of hemorrhoids.
Using creams to treat hemorrhoids is one way to try and avoid more radical or invasive treatments such as surgery.
Before using any drug from hemorrhoids, especially when dealing with rectal bleeding, you should first consult with your doctor.
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