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Medical Piles Treatment

When you suffer from piles, veins from your anus or rectum swell beyond their normal capacity, resulting in irritation, inflammation, pain and bleeding. Often referred to as hemorrhoids, one of the more common causes of this condition is excessive straining while passing stool, but you may also develop piles due to pregnancy, obesity, age, genetics and prolonged periods of constipation or diarrhea. Regardless of the reason, there are medical treatments available to remedy this condition.

  1. No Treatment

    • With piles, especially for minor cases, it's quite possible that no medical treatment may be necessary to resolve your condition. The only thing that needs to be done is a simple change in lifestyle, such as increasing your intake of fiber and fluids. If your hemorrhoids are a result of straining, make sure that your stool remains soft by incorporating more fruits, vegetable and whole grains into your diet. These food items often contain a great deal of fiber, boosting the bulk of your stool. Drink at least 64 ounces of fluid each day to increase the amount of moisture within your waste, making it much easier to pass.

      If this fails to provide results, invest in a fiber supplement. Not only does fiber soften your stool, but it should also help keep you regular. Follow the instructions on the package to ensure proper use.

    Medications

    • Not all hemorrhoids respond to simple self-care methods, so you may need to enlist the help of a medication. There are many hemorrhoid creams and ointments on the market that can lessen symptoms of the condition, such as pain, irritation and inflammation, but they won't actually "cure" your hemorrhoids. You'll need to either let nature take its course or talk to a doctor about other treatment options.

    Non-Surgical Treatment

    • With more stubborn cases of piles, a non-surgical treatment may be necessary to improve your condition. This includes procedures like ligations, coagulations and injections. With ligations, a rubber band is fastened around the base of the hemorrhoid to essentially to cut off its blood supply and cause it to die. With coagulations, the pile is heated to a fairly high temperature, also causing it to die. With injections, the hemorrhoid is chemically shrunk and killed with a medication.

    Surgical Treatment

    • If other treatments fail to provide results, or hemorrhoids have become a recurrent problem, you may need surgery to manually remove the pile. In this situation, your doctor performs a procedure called a hemorrhoidectomy, where tissue is removed from your anus or rectum and thereby shrinking the pile. This procedure may also involve stapling the affected area to obstruct the flow of blood, much like a non-surgical ligation.

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