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Piles is a medical condition where you can suffer from severe pain and discomfort. Piles can be characterized by the presence of clusters of inflamed and swollen blood vessels and tissues in & around the anal region. Piles can affect you by preventing you from doing daily activities. In such a situation, the most common question that lingers in your mind is “how to choose the right piles treatment?” Sometimes, when you are in a desperate situation, you can be forced to make wrong decisions which can result in other severe complications and life-threatening diseases.
Types of piles treatment:
You can find multiple surgical procedures for piles such as sclerotherapy, laser coagulation, hemorrhoidectomy, rubber band ligation, and hemorrhoid stapling. A few of the non-surgical options are prescribed medications, lifestyle modifications, and dietary changes.
- Medications: Your doctor can recommend corticosteroids, laxatives, painkillers, and other creams and ointments to treat and reduce the occurrence of piles. Painkillers can help in relieving pain and itching in and around the anus. Laxatives can be prescribed by your doctor to reduce the severity of constipation and to decrease the pressure on your lower colon that leads to passing your stools easily. Corticosteroids can be used to reduce the inflammation and swelling of the blood vessels in and around the anus.
- Sclerotherapy: It is a surgical procedure where a chemical solution is directly into hemorrhoid. The chemical then shrinks the hemorrhoids in size and stops leakage of blood from hemorrhoids. It is widely used to treat small and internal hemorrhoids.
- Laser coagulation: Your surgeon uses the latest and advanced device that emits high intense beams. These beams are projected directly on hemorrhoids to cut off their blood flow. It can be used in treating both small and medium-sized piles. Laser coagulation is also called infrared photocoagulation or coagulation therapy.
- Hemorrhoidectomy: Removal of piles or hemorrhoids is called hemorrhoidectomy. It is the best and effective surgical treatment option for treating and preventing the piles. It can treat internal and external piles.
- Rubber band ligation: In this procedure, hemorrhoids can be tied off at their base with rubber bands to cut off the blood supply. This leads hemorrhoids to die within a week and falls off. It can treat internal hemorrhoids.
- Hemorrhoid stapling: Hemorrhoid stapling is the best choice of treatment for treating and preventing the prolapsed hemorrhoids. In this procedure, the blood supply to the hemorrhoid is cut off and placed inside the rectum. Hemorrhoid stapling is known as Procedure for Prolapse and Hemorrhoids [PPH] and stapled hemorrhoidopexy.
Lifestyle modifications and dietary changes:
Your doctor can suggest a few of the lifestyle modifications and dietary changes in case you have small piles or piles that are not affecting your daily activities.
- Eat food items that are high in fiber content such as watermelons, strawberries, carrots, oats, rice brown, and broccoli, etc. These can help in reducing the pain and constipation caused during bowel movements.
- Do simple and easy regular exercises for about 20-30 minutes.
- Drink water about 2-3 liters per day.
- Do not lift heavy weights till your doctor says it is ok to do.
- Skip performing heavy physical activities.
- Have a sitz bath whenever you suffer from pain in the anal region.
- Avoid sitting for long periods.
- Don’t eat spicy and hot foods as they can aggravate your piles’ symptoms.
- Stop drinking alcohol and caffeinated beverages as they can harden your stools.
- Stop smoking as it can delay your healing process of piles.
Choosing the right piles treatment:
Usually, there are different types of piles and are internal piles, external piles, prolapsed piles, and thrombosed piles. Once you start showing symptoms of piles, you can consult either a proctologist or general practitioner. They can evaluate and diagnose the severity and type of piles you are suffering from. Based on the diagnosis and your overall health condition, your doctor can recommend the best suitable treatment option for treating and preventing your piles.
Your doctor can recommend undergoing the best suitable surgical procedure in case you have piles and are suffering from symptoms such as severe constipation, sharp and intense pain in the abdomen and anal region during bowel movements, discharge of pus with a foul smell from the anus, bleeding from in and around the anus, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and itching around the anal region.
For small and internal hemorrhoids, your doctor recommends undergoing sclerotherapy or laser coagulation. In the case of medium-sized internal and external hemorrhoids, Hemorrhoidectomy is suggested. Hemorrhoid stapling is the best option to treat prolapsed or thrombosed hemorrhoids.
Conclusion:
Choosing the right piles treatment plays a major role in preventing and curing the occurrence of piles. Once you notice any symptoms of piles, consult the doctor, and get diagnosed from which type of piles you are suffering from. Based on the grade or type of piles and severity of symptoms you are suffering from, your doctor can recommend surgical procedures like sclerotherapy and laser coagulation for small and internal piles, hemorrhoidectomy for internal and external medium-sized piles, hemorrhoid stapling for prolapsed or thrombosed hemorrhoids. Whatever treatment option you choose to undergo, you must follow all the instructions suggested by your doctor to improve your overall health and to heal your piles quickly.
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