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Internal Hemorrhoids Treatment Options
Conservative Therapy
Conservative therapy does not allow to get rid of the disease once and forever. Its basic purposes are: reduction of frequency of exacerbations, their severity and duration. The indications for conservative treatment are: initial stages of a chronic hemorrhoids and acute form of the disease in its later stages. Do not practice selftreatment!
Hemorrhoids conservative treatment at your home is possible only when proctologist diagnosed "hemorrhoids" for 100% guarantee, as more serious diseases of a colon can hide under the symptoms of hemorrhoids.
Conservative therapy is the sum of common and local treatment. The basics of the common treatment include the use of preventive measures as well as application of drugs with certain influence on veins tonus, improvement of microcirculation, normalization of blood flow.
Local treatment is intended for liquidation of inflammation of boluses, of painful syndrome, itch, stagnation of a blood in hemorrhoidal veins and formation of thromboses. Local treatment drugs are applied in the form of suppositories, ointments and gels.
Minimally Invasive Methods
Infra-red photocoagulation is when hemorrhoidal bolus is exposed to high temperatures. Coagulator (a thin light guide) is applied to hemorrhoidal bolus at 3-5 points. Several seconds of application is enough to create burn injuries of the bolus in diameter of 2-3 millimeters. The bolus will fall off within the next few days. The method is considered to be painless enough. After this medical invasion, patients can get back to work immediately or next day.
Sclerotherapy is the method when special drug is injected under intestinal mucosa close to hemorrhoidal bolus, this action blocks the blood circulation in a bolus. Injection is very small, approximately 2.5 mg of the active agent is used, and this operation is performed through anus.
It is necessary to note, that, despite of application of modern effective drugs, the conservative treatment, basically applied at an acute phases of disease, is only palliative measure and gives only temporary positive effect. Renewal of coprostasis, diet quitting, increase in physical activity all this may lead to the next exacerbation that will demand another course of conservative treatment.
Therefore, this method of treatment is inefficient, especially in late stages of the disease, so it is necessary to apply combined treatment including conservative and minimally invasive methods or conservative and surgical methods of treatment.
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