How To Treat Hemorrhoids

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Surgery is serious, business and hemorrhoid surgery is no less serious than any other form. Anytime you go under the knife there are certain risks that you take, and any doctor that tells you a surgery is 100% safe is lying to you. You need to be aware of the risks involved in any surgery prior to deciding to have the procedure done.

The good news for hemorrhoid sufferers is that a hemorrhoidectomy is rarely needed. There are a countless number of hemorrhoid treatments available to you prior to having to choose a hemorrhoidectomy. Some of the options available to you include simple changes to your eating habits, over-the-counter creams, and non-surgical procedures, such as tying off the hemorrhoids with a rubber band or using heat, lasers, or electrical stimulation to create scar tissue around the area of the hemorrhoid. Normally, you will go through all of these courses of treatment prior to having hemorrhoid surgery.

Unfortunately, there are times when surgery will be required. If you have very large internal hemorrhoids, your doctor will likely perform hemorrhoid surgery as a final course of action. Additional reasons your doctor may recommend a hemorrhoidectomy include internal hemorrhoids that continue to cause symptoms after non-surgical treatment, large external hemorrhoids that cause extreme discomfort, and when other forms of treatment have failed.

Luckily, most patients respond well to home hemorrhoid treatments or the other non-surgical options available. Hemorrhoid surgery should only be used when everything else has failed, or if your hemorrhoids are causing an emergency. Unless explicitly recommended by a doctor, you should never opt for a hemorrhoidectomy for your first instance of hemorrhoids. In nearly all cases, home remedies can treat hemorrhoid symptoms. In the rare cases when an at home hemorrhoid treatment fails to work; the non-surgical options will usually rid you of the symptoms associated with hemorrhoids. Only after you have attempted each of the less invasive hemorrhoid treatments will a doctor recommend hemorrhoid surgery. Even if you do opt for hemorrhoid surgery, there is no guarantee the procedure will be a long-term solution. Nearly 5% of patients have a reoccurrence of hemorrhoids after a hemorrhoidectomy.

In short, there is no simple answer as to whether hemorrhoid surgery is worth it. If you have exhausted all other options, then you may want to attempt the surgical procedure. Make sure that you understand the risks involved with the surgery, and go in knowing that your stubborn hemorrhoids could still return.