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I have two external haemorrhoids the shape of a bean and they are quite large and painful.it's now 5days and they haven't gone.it's so painful to wipe after a BM and so I end up using so much tissue paper. I'm just wondering if they will go away on their own. pls advise
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siraf91 yoh
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But now, the internal has been prolapsed again and it come back if I straining too much or have a hard stool. So I need to make sure to have a soft BM.
SFlor yoh
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Obviously, I can't give you advice like a doc but to stop having to wipe I am using a sitz bath - it does take time - but if you can sit there for 5 mins in warm water after a BM it is soothing and then I take a shower letting warm water just wash away everything. To avoid drying I use paper towel/kitchen towel and just fold a piece and leave it between my butt cheeks for a min or two - - it dries the area to avoid a rash withough having to wipe. Are you also using suppostries and cream ? I used to find that they take a week or so to go on ttheir own. If you are female no thongs or g-strings - nothing that puts pressure or rubs in that area.
camdenbuck SFlor
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Do you use the cream after the sitz bath? Just curious because I have had this condition for 3 days and have been applying cream daily.
Thanks.
Camdenbuck
SFlor camdenbuck
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Honestly I'm trying everything. I use the cream after a shower because I feel that this is the best time. I use Lidocream after a BM but it's so expensive - my Doc told me orajel is the same but I don't know if it is.
yoh
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I'm a dude.26yrs in Kenya(Africa).I have never taken any sitz bath coz my friends told me that they will go away on their own but I can't wait.I'll try the bath. I used a suppository only once because i felt like it didn't help in combating the pain.I've been to 3 doctors but they just prescribe some expensive meds that I can't afford.I'm hoping that it doesn't get to a surgery status because for that I'll have to ask for donors.I guess I'm stuck with the sitz bath for now and hope that it works.thnx guys
SFlor yoh
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I'm so sorry the meds are so expensive for you - and to be honest they don't all work. A warm bath or even a bucket that you can sit in may help to sooth the pain. If you could do that a couple of times a day it may help. I used to used a bit of vaseline - using the finger from a rubber glove to put just inside my rectum to make it a bit easier to have a BM. I have been prescribed a cream with Lidocaine in numb the area (it seems Lidocaine is also in Orajel - as my doc told me). the cream is expensivena dit only numbes. I now have been given a cream with hydrocortisone2.5% inwhich is meant to help take down the swelling and stop itching. I was given some supposttries that had Hydrocortisone Acetate in which helped. But they were exepensive.
I have changed my diet ito include Phyllium every day - mix with a lot of water and wash it down with more - drink staright away before it gets thick but it's a natural laxative that makes going to the toilet a little easier - and I;ve included in my every dy diet. I really hope things start to feel better - maybe see if theres's some things to cut out of your diet and include more fiber and things.
SFlor
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Sorry for spelling mistake -I'm lying in bed wrting this. Psyllium is the natural laxative.
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SFlor yoh
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I used to use regular Ibuprofen as it's supposed to help take swelling down. - make sure you're not allergic to anything in them. I've also heard that alternating warm bath and then maybe a cold face cloth if you have a freezer - maybe even put a cloth in there for a while that you could place between you cheeks could help relieve some pain.
SFlor yoh
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yoh
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the haemorrhoids are so swollen on both ends(and make it look like a vagina).they are about the size of a big bean and I'm not sure I can apply Vaseline coz it hurts(stings) if my finger touches them.I just tried the warm sitz bath and I find it a bit helpful(and they r a bit smaller now).I sat in for 10mins.I don't think I can find witch hazel here but I'll try though it's easier to get herbal laxatives.(which work within 10-15mins) so I can't take with food.maybe 6hrs after eating.I really do appreciate your help.asante sana(thank u so much in swahili)
SFlor yoh
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Well that's little good news. If you can use the sitz bath 2 or 3 times a day it may help. Look up foods that cause constiptaion and avoid those so you don't have to strain at all if you can help it.
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yoh SFlor
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the pain has gone away.it only hurts if I press on the haemorrhoids.their size has subsided but not completely. I continue taking the bath.I managed to buy two more suppositories coz they were the cheapest on the list.I can't read the drugs on my list coz of how doctors write stuff.but they r all over the counter in this country(most drugs are).thank u for checking up on me
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