Is anal thrombosed external hemorrhoids a common disease?

When people develop thrombosed external hemorrhoids, it is a relatively common and frequently occurring disease. In current clinical practice, in addition to surgical treatment, medication can also be used for early-stage treatment. Most of the patients who develop the disease are people with special physical constitutions, so the harm is relatively large. Thrombosed external hemorrhoids are the most common type in normal times, and they need to be properly examined as soon as possible before they can be treated to prevent the disease from recurring and worsening, which can cause great harm.

Emergency treatment

(1) Rest in bed with your lower limbs elevated.

(2) Apply wet compress with 50% magnesium sulfate solution or 50% saline solution.

(3) You can use 30g of Sichuan pepper and 30g of salt to boil a decoction for sitting bath.

(4) For local application, nitrate-alum lotion, Jiuhua ointment or Sihuang ointment can be used externally.

(5) If the pain is severe and the lump shows no signs of shrinking within 1 to 3 days of onset, the patient should be sent to the hospital for surgical treatment.

Treatment

Thrombosed external hemorrhoids are a common clinical disease. Currently, surgical resection or surgical incision and blood removal are the main treatments, which cause great pain to patients. However, warm salt water sitz bath therapy can have miraculous effects in treating this disease, saving more than 95% of patients from the pain of surgery. This method is introduced as follows. Put two spoons of salt in 2000ml of warm water (temperature about 40℃) and take a sitz bath for about 10 to 15 minutes, twice a day. Generally, after 3 days of treatment, the swelling will be significantly reduced and the swelling and pain will be relieved. After 1 week, the anal swelling will basically disappear. If there is mild erosion and bleeding on the surface of the tumor and the pain is obvious, oral anti-inflammatory drugs can be taken in addition to local erythromycin ointment after a sitz bath. This method is economical, simple, and effective, and is worthy of clinical promotion and use.

Exercise therapy

Thrombosed external hemorrhoids are the most common type of external hemorrhoids. During the examination, a dark purple oblong hard nodule was seen on the right side of the anus, which was clearly demarcated from the surrounding skin. The swelling is very sensitive and causes pain at the slightest touch. Patients usually cannot sit upright. When they need to sit, they have to lean half of their buttocks on a stool and sit at an angle. The pain will be aggravated by movements such as defecation, walking, and even coughing. It is often caused by excessive force during defecation, strenuous activity or forceful coughing, which causes the veins at the edge of the anus to rupture, and blood to seep into the connective tissue and form blood clots, forming round or oval lumps of varying sizes under the skin of the anus, located inside the anal canal or outside the anal edge. The lump is soft at first and becomes hard after a few days. If there is no inflammation, the lump can be completely absorbed and disappear within 3-4 weeks without leaving any trace; if there is repeated inflammation, the connective tissue in the lump will proliferate and it may become connective tissue external hemorrhoids; if infection occurs, an abscess may form. It is a common and frequently occurring disease among middle-aged people. Human ancestors evolved from apes that walked on four legs. Their bodies were on the same level as the heart, so the superior rectal vein did not have venous valves. Therefore, when humans walked upright in the future, it was more difficult for the blood in the superior rectal vein to flow upward. Coupled with the downward pressure of the internal organs, it was more likely to form venous dilation and suffer from rectal hemorrhoids. Exercise therapy plays a big role in preventing blood stasis. Appropriate exercise can reduce venous pressure, enhance the function of the cardiovascular system, eliminate constipation, and increase muscle strength, all of which play an important role in the prevention and treatment of hemorrhoids.