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Dealing With Chronic Problems? Get Rid Of That Pain In The Butt

6 July 2018 by Sasha Meyer

Many people will have hemorrhoids throughout a lifetime, but if yours have gotten so severe that they are interfering with your life, it's time to get help. It doesn't matter if they came from large stools, constipation, working out too hard, childbirth, or what other type of pressure was put on them, the solution for you may be surgery if you can't get the relief you need at home. Here are some of the reasons you want to consider taking the next step to get medical help, and who you need to see to get answers.

Treatment Isn't Working

If the treatments you are trying aren't working, you need to get the help of a specialist. Signs that the at-home attempts like stool softeners, creams, and pain medications to help with the problem aren't working include:

• Pain preventing you from working, walking, or resuming normal activities
• Blood in your underwear and when you wipe
• Maroon colored stool filled with blood

If these are all issues that you are having, it's time to see a medical professional beyond your family physician to address these concerns. You don't want to have internal issues that go unnoticed because you didn't get expert help.

See a Proctologist

A proctologist is a professional that deals with the rectum and anus. They can help you determine what is going on with the hemorrhoids and what treatment is the best. For some, just wrapping small rubber bands or applying pressure to the hemorrhoids can be enough to treat them and help stop the problem.

Also, the problem could end up being cysts or tumors, so you want to make sure that you are dealing with hemorrhoids and that there isn't a large more serious underlying problem.

It may be necessary to have a hemorrhoidectomy surgical procedure completed to have the painful hemorrhoids removed entirely. This procedure can be done as an outpatient surgery, and you will go home just a couple of hours afterward. Recovery requires rest, and the pain relief that you will experience afterward is well worth undergoing the procedure.

If going to the bathroom has become something that you dread or even fear, and if you are constantly dealing with the hemorrhoids and treatments don't help, it's time to see a specialist and get a solution.  The sooner you get answers to what is going on in your rectum, the sooner you can be at ease about the situation.

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