What are the dangers of thrombosed external hemorrhoids?

Thrombosed external hemorrhoids are a common type of hemorrhoids, but many people do not take this disease seriously, thinking that it will disappear on its own, so they ignore it. If thrombosed external hemorrhoids are not effectively relieved and treated, they are likely to continue to worsen, causing extreme discomfort to the patient. The more common hazards of thrombosed external hemorrhoids include infection, necrosis, and induction of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, etc.

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The main harm of thrombosed hemorrhoids is blood in the stool and prolapse, accompanied by symptoms of anal moisture and itching. Moreover, repeated bloody stools can cause iron deficiency anemia in the body. In addition, blood in the stool can easily lead to depression in patients, because many people feel that hemorrhoids are a difficult disease to talk about, so delaying the treatment of the disease for a long time will cause psychological burden and pressure. Moreover, female hemorrhoid patients may develop some gynecological diseases or obesity, so they also need to be taken seriously.

1. Infection: If thrombosed external hemorrhoids become incarcerated, varying degrees of infection may occur. The patient may experience symptoms such as tenesmus and anal distension. If not treated promptly or improperly, the infection localized in the anus may spread to the surrounding areas, causing perianal abscesses or rectal fossa abscesses. The infection may even reach the liver through the portal vein and form a liver abscess.

2. Necrosis: After thrombosed external hemorrhoids become incarcerated, a series of pathophysiological changes occur, metabolic products accumulate, and anal edema worsens, causing hemorrhoidal incarceration to become more severe until necrosis occurs. There have been such cases in clinical practice: the blood clots in thrombosed external hemorrhoids continued to spread upward, eventually causing the necrotic area to invade the rectal wall, and finally causing severe sepsis in the pelvic cavity. Although this situation is rare, once it occurs, it is fatal to the patient, so clinicians must be highly vigilant.

3. Induce cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases: Especially for elderly patients, due to the fear of the pain of thrombosed external hemorrhoids, they dare not go to the toilet, causing severe constipation. When they have to defecate, they need to defecate forcefully, which leads to accelerated heart rate, blood vessel congestion, and even rupture of cerebral blood vessels, causing cerebral hemorrhage or cerebral infarction; if the thrombosed external hemorrhoids are severely incarcerated, it can also induce angina pectoris; if the thrombus enters the blood circulation, it will cause pulmonary embolism.

Exercise for the treatment of thrombosed external hemorrhoids

Here are a few ways to exercise:

1. Anal lifting exercise. Relax your whole body, squeeze your buttocks and thighs tightly, inhale, lick your upper palate with your tongue, and lift your anus upwards. An expert from Changsha Antai Proctology Hospital said that you should hold your breath for a while after lifting your anus, just like holding back a bowel movement, then exhale and relax your whole body. Do it twice a day, morning and evening, a dozen times each time.

2. Pelvic lifting exercises. Lie on your back with your knees bent, bring your heels close to your buttocks, place your hands under your head, use the soles of your feet and shoulders as fulcrums, lift your pelvis, and at the same time pull in your anus, and lower your pelvis when you relax. After you become proficient, you can also coordinate with your breathing, inhale when you lift your anus, and exhale when you relax. This method can be performed 1 to 3 times a day, 20 times each time.

3. Abdominal rotation exercise. Lie on your back with your legs naturally stretched out. Use your palms to make rotating movements around the Qihai point (one inch below the navel); rotate counterclockwise 20 to 30 times, then clockwise 20 to 30 times, first counterclockwise and then clockwise.

4. Cross-over sit-ups. Cross your legs, sit on the edge of the bed or on a chair, and relax your whole body; stand with your legs crossed, while pulling your hips in and legs apart, and tightening your anus; relax your whole body when you sit down again. Do this 10 to 30 times in a row.

5. Forward bending exercise. Stand with your legs apart, clench your palms loosely, and lift them up from both sides of your chest to your breasts, while tilting your head back and straightening your chest to inhale; when you are fully inhaled, bend your upper body forward as if bowing, while changing your fists into palms and thrusting them out along your armpits toward the lower and back of your body, taking a deep breath as you do so. Repeat this operation 5 to 6 times.