The most common disease of the rectum is external hemorrhoids. Patients hesitate to handle such a delicate problem. First, external hemorrhoids are practically not manifested.
The main features of the disease include the loss of hemorrhoids. Cavernous formations are located around the anus. The size of the hemorrhoidal plexus may differ depending on the degree of the ailment.
Before you get rid of the outer cavernous formations, you need to analyze the causes that affect the appearance of the ailment and cause complications:
- Low physical activity. This is mainly the case for office workers and drivers;
- Frequent lifting of weights. It occurs in athletes and movers;
- The use of fatty varieties of meat, alcohol and spicy foods;
- Consequence of childbirth;
- Difficult stooling.
When the first signs of external cavernous sacs appear, it is necessary to start treatment. Timely therapy will allow for a short period of time to get rid of the disease and its consequences.
Conservative treatment of external hemorrhoids
After contacting the clinic, the specialist must conduct a complete examination to confirm or deny the diagnosis. When the external hemorrhoids are confirmed, you can proceed to treatment. It is important to comply with all prescriptions of the doctor.
Patients do not know how to treat external venous plexuses, so they often make mistakes. It is important to take only those drugs that are prescribed by a proctologist or surgeon. In most cases, patients are prescribed:
- Detralex helps reduce venous congestion. The composition includes plant substances. After using the drug, capillaries acquire elasticity, resistance increases and the risk of their fragility decreases;
- Pilex has antibacterial action, tones the venous plexus and reduces pressure. Treatment with this drug is recommended for external hemorrhoidal plexuses. The medication also eliminates inflammation;
- Asklezan A is a biologically active additive that stimulates circulation in the venous plexuses. In addition, after using the drug, the tone of blood vessels rises. The advantages include the fact that the substance is manufactured on a plant basis;
- After receiving Ginkor Fort, microcirculation in the rectum is intensified. It can be used in the treatment of any stage of external hemorrhoidal formations. The medication removes a strong inflammatory process and strengthens the venous plexus.
For fast and effective treatment of external hemorrhoids it is necessary to combine tablets with suppositories and ointments. Many experts recommend paying attention to the following drugs:
- Posterizan can be produced both in the form of suppositories, and in the form of ointments. The agent not only provides first aid for external nodes, but also cope with cracks. Posterizan eliminates the feeling of itching and burning;
- Ointment Proctosedil can be treated not only external, but also internal hemorrhoids. The drug has anti-inflammatory, antibacterial and anesthetic effect. Almost any doctor first of all recommends this drug to patients;
- Heparin ointment is often used to treat external pouches. Ointment prevents the appearance of thrombi, as well as reduces the effect of inflammatory processes in exacerbations;
- Relief at the moment, this is the most popular tool used to effectively treat external hemorrhoids. The main component of the drug is oil from the shark liver. Such a substance quickly heals cracks and removes inflammatory processes. Also, the drug eliminates itching and burning.
Sometimes conservative treatment of external hemorrhoids, does not give the desired result. This often occurs with complications. To cope with the disease, it is necessary to resort to more radical types of treatment.
Minimally Invasive Treatments for External Hemorrhoids
Patients ask the doctor if it is possible to cure external hemorrhoids if drug therapy is ineffective. When the pills do not help, the specialists prescribe to patients a minimally invasive treatment.
To cure external hemorrhoids without surgery, you need to take advantage of:
- Sclerosing therapy, which is best used in the first stage of the disease, when the nodes do not fall out of the anus. Despite this, sclerotherapy can be used at any stage of treatment of nodes located outside;
- Ligation by latex rings. This is the most popular procedure. It is best to use this therapy in the late stages of treatment of external hemorrhoids. The essence is to use special rings that tighten the vascular pedicle of cavernous formation. To get to the right node, the specialist uses a ligator;
- Electrocoagulation. During the procedure, the patient should be under local anesthesia. For one session, you can remove only one cavernous formation. An electric current enters the leg of the unit, which causes necrosis of the tissue.
- Photocoagulation with infrared rays. This is an effective treatment for external hemorrhoids accompanied by bleeding;
- Cryodestruction. To treat the external node of hemorrhoids, it is necessary to use liquid nitrogen. A crust remains at the site of the cavernous plexus elimination. Over time, under the crust, tissue repair will occur.
To understand what treatment for external hemorrhoids is best used, it is necessary to examine cavernous formations.
If one fails to reduce or completely eliminate external hemorrhoids, only one treatment option remains, namely surgical intervention.
Surgical treatment for external hemorrhoids
Most often, with the appearance of external hemorrhoids, patients try to remove it themselves, but when nothing happens, they have a question, what should I do? It is best to contact the clinic. After confirming the diagnosis and in the absence of other possibilities, the patient will be offered to perform the operation. Currently, there are two surgical methods:
- Milligan-Morgan;
- Longo.
Each of the methods has its own peculiarities. How to remove external hemorrhoids, depends on the neglect of the disease.
Surgical intervention by the Milligan-Morgan method can be carried out both in an open and closed way. In the first case, the patient should find under epidural anesthesia, and the second under local anesthetic.
The duration of the procedure is no more than 30 minutes. After the external hemorrhoids can be removed, the patient will need rehabilitation. In a hospital it is necessary to stay for about 7 days, provided there are no complications.
After discharge from hospital, the patient will not be able to start his work for another month. In addition, for some time, the patient will show pain syndrome.
Surgical intervention is not possible if the patient has:
- Pregnancy;
- Crohn's disease;
- AIDS;
- Severe inflammation in the perianal area.
To quickly cure an external hemorrhoids, it is best to use the Longo method. Intervention is carried out only in the hospital. For anesthesia, both internal anesthesia and local anesthesia can be used. Most often the duration of the procedure does not exceed 20 minutes.
After surgery, it will take 3 days for rehabilitation, in the absence of complications. Close the hospital can be in 1 week. Unlike the previous method, pain syndrome occurs only in 15% of cases, and then, only during the first day.
The advantage of Longo's method is that there are no contraindications for surgical intervention. The disadvantages include high cost.
Treatment of external hemorrhoids at home
Many patients are interested in how to get rid of an external hemorrhoidal node at home? It should be noted that such treatment is possible only at the first stage of the disease or at the time of recovery after surgery.
During its existence, man has invented and tested a large number of recipes that provide first aid for external hemorrhoids and other more serious ailments.
To cure external hemorrhoids, you can use the following recipes:
Soap from potatoes. To fix the external hemorrhoids with a similar remedy, it is necessary to crush the raw potatoes. You can use a grater for this. When the potatoes are crushed, the juice must be squeezed out of the gruel. The cotton swab is moistened with potato juice, then applied to the formations;It is necessary to understand that it is possible to cure external hemorrhoids by folk remedies, only if the patient started any kind of treatment in the first stage of the disease. In other cases, the therapy will not be effective, and sometimes it can cause serious consequences. To avoid this, you need to contact the clinic.