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Taking a sitz bath for 20 minutes a night for a week or two will also help keep the anal area clean, reduce inflammation, and generally make you feel more comfortable. Simply sit in a bathtub filled with 3 to 4 inches of warm water or buy a plastic tub that holds the water and fits over your toilet seat.
If you’re still having trouble, there are over-the-counter hemorrhoid creams and ointments that can help, like . “These can help decrease inflammation and help shrivel up or shrink hemorrhoids,” Dr. Bedford says. If that doesn’t do the trick, your doctor may recommend a prescription cream or suppository to try to fix the situation.If you’re ever concerned about your hemorrhoids or you’re not sure what’s happening down there, you should call your doctor, Dr. Nelson says, especially if you’ve had symptoms for more than a week.
Your doctor will likely recommend that you use medication first but, if that doesn’t help, there are other treatment options available like:, where a doctor essentially cuts off the blood supply to the hemorrhoid with a rubber band, in which a doctor injects a solution into a hemorrhoid, cutting off the blood supplyElectrocoagulation
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