Got Severe Hemorrhoids? 3 Surgical Options For Curing Your Severe Hemorrhoids
Sherie Moor asked:
Hemorrhoids are as common as strikeouts in baseball. Each year millions of people suffer from their painful symptoms. Most hemorrhoids (80 to 90%) are successfully treated at home. However, the remaining 10 to 20 percent of hemorrhoid sufferers require specialized treatment in order to get relief for their severe hemorrhoids.
In order to understand the degrees of severity in hemorrhoids, it is necessary to understand the term “prolapse.” Hemorrhoids begin internally but as they become swollen and distended they can protrude from the rectum. This protrusion is called a prolapse. When a prolapsed hemorrhoid gets tapped outside the rectum, the blood supply is cut off and it becomes “strangulated.”
Hemorrhoids are rated by degree of severity, from grade 1, the least severe to grade 4, the most severe. Grade 1 hemorrhoids have no prolapse whatsoever; grade 2 prolapse after a bowel movement, but spontaneously retract; grade 3 hemorrhoids prolapse after a bowel movement, but must be manually re-inserted; and grade 4 hemorrhoids prolapse after a bowel movement but are trapped outside and cannot successfully be re-inserted. Both grades 3 and 4 hemorrhoids usually require specialized treatment. Some of the most common treatments for severe hemorrhoids are: ligation, hemorrhoid stapling, and hemorrhoidectomy.
Ligation, sometimes called the rubber band treatment is often used with grade 3 hemorrhoids—those that prolapse and must be manually reinserted. In the ligation procedure the doctor places a rubber band around the hemorrhoid, cutting of the blood supply. Within one to two days the hemorrhoid and the rubber band fall off on their own. The patient will still experience some soreness and tenderness at the wound site, but usually have full recovery in a week or two.
Stapling is another method that is frequently used in treating severe hemorrhoids. In this procedure the physician uses a special stapling tool to excise the internal hemorrhoid. This stapling causes the hemorrhoid to shrink and thus eliminates the pain, but not the hemorrhoid itself. In general hemorrhoid stapling is more painful than the rubber band treatment and less painful than having the hemorrhoids surgically removed.
Surgically removing the hemorrhoid is the most invasive and most thorough treatment of hemorrhoids. Aptly called a hemorrhoidectomy, it is a surgical procedure using the standard scalpel and suture or the newly adapted laser technique. Hemorrhoidectomies are often the treatment of last resort, usually reserved for the most severe hemorrhoids or in cases of frequent hemorrhoid reoccurrences.
Hemorrhoid sufferers today have a wide variety of treatments available to them. Whether their symptoms are mild or severe, hemorrhoids are ultimately curable.
hemorrhoid
Hemorrhoids are as common as strikeouts in baseball. Each year millions of people suffer from their painful symptoms. Most hemorrhoids (80 to 90%) are successfully treated at home. However, the remaining 10 to 20 percent of hemorrhoid sufferers require specialized treatment in order to get relief for their severe hemorrhoids.
In order to understand the degrees of severity in hemorrhoids, it is necessary to understand the term “prolapse.” Hemorrhoids begin internally but as they become swollen and distended they can protrude from the rectum. This protrusion is called a prolapse. When a prolapsed hemorrhoid gets tapped outside the rectum, the blood supply is cut off and it becomes “strangulated.”
Hemorrhoids are rated by degree of severity, from grade 1, the least severe to grade 4, the most severe. Grade 1 hemorrhoids have no prolapse whatsoever; grade 2 prolapse after a bowel movement, but spontaneously retract; grade 3 hemorrhoids prolapse after a bowel movement, but must be manually re-inserted; and grade 4 hemorrhoids prolapse after a bowel movement but are trapped outside and cannot successfully be re-inserted. Both grades 3 and 4 hemorrhoids usually require specialized treatment. Some of the most common treatments for severe hemorrhoids are: ligation, hemorrhoid stapling, and hemorrhoidectomy.
Ligation, sometimes called the rubber band treatment is often used with grade 3 hemorrhoids—those that prolapse and must be manually reinserted. In the ligation procedure the doctor places a rubber band around the hemorrhoid, cutting of the blood supply. Within one to two days the hemorrhoid and the rubber band fall off on their own. The patient will still experience some soreness and tenderness at the wound site, but usually have full recovery in a week or two.
Stapling is another method that is frequently used in treating severe hemorrhoids. In this procedure the physician uses a special stapling tool to excise the internal hemorrhoid. This stapling causes the hemorrhoid to shrink and thus eliminates the pain, but not the hemorrhoid itself. In general hemorrhoid stapling is more painful than the rubber band treatment and less painful than having the hemorrhoids surgically removed.
Surgically removing the hemorrhoid is the most invasive and most thorough treatment of hemorrhoids. Aptly called a hemorrhoidectomy, it is a surgical procedure using the standard scalpel and suture or the newly adapted laser technique. Hemorrhoidectomies are often the treatment of last resort, usually reserved for the most severe hemorrhoids or in cases of frequent hemorrhoid reoccurrences.
Hemorrhoid sufferers today have a wide variety of treatments available to them. Whether their symptoms are mild or severe, hemorrhoids are ultimately curable.
hemorrhoid
