Coping with Chronic Health Conditions: Tips

Coping with Chronic Health Conditions: Tips

Tips For Recovering From Hemorrhoid Banding

by Freddie Cox

If you have the misfortune to suffer from hemorrhoids, you likely have decided to have them removed through the process of hemorrhoid banding. This process is where the hemorrhoids are tied off using rubber bands until they eventually fall off on their own. This can help greatly reduce the pain that they cause you. However, the procedure is still relatively invasive, so you will need to take steps in order to smooth your recovery at home. Here are some tips for doing so.

1. Walk

The first thing that you need to do is ask your doctor what your walking limitations are. Then, work up to the point where you are walking at that limitation every day. Start by walking for five to ten minutes, or until you get tired. Then, stop and take a break. Try walking again an hour later. The reason why it is so critical to start walking around again as soon as possible is due to the fact that you need to restore full blood flow to the area that was affected by the banding. It will also help prevent you from getting constipated, which is important because the last thing that you want to be doing after hemorrhoid banding is strain while using the toilet.

2. Take Fiber or Use a Stool Softener

The next thing that you want to do is talk to your doctor about taking a fiber supplement or a stool softener in order to help get you back to a normal schedule with regards to your bowel movements. This can greatly assist you in making sure that you don't have to strain while you are on the toilet, which will make your overall hemorrhoid banding recovery a lot more comfortable. Use a stool when going to the bathroom to put your feet on in order to make sure that your waste has the easiest possible path to leave your body.

3. Decrease Swelling

If you are experiencing swelling right after the procedure, try laying on your stomach with a pillow beneath your hips. This will help direct the flow of blood away from the affected area.

4. Ice the Area

Finally, ice the affected area so that you reduce both swelling and pain. Do this until you no longer experience pain near your anal area.

For more information, talk to a company that specializes in hemorrhoid banding. They will be able to help ease your pain after knowing your exact situation.


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Coping with Chronic Health Conditions: Tips

Ever since I was a young girl, I have had bad asthma and allergies. I had to stay in the hospital several times when I was in elementary school just to help get my asthma under control and it seemed like I was trying medication after medication with little success. I don't remember all of my childhood health details, since I was so young, but my mother has "filled in the blanks" for me. Thanks to modern medicine and a natural remedy, my health conditions are currently under control and have been for a few years now. I am very grateful for my good health, and I want to "pay it back" to others by creating a blog where I will post my health tips. I hope I can help you learn how to achieve good health!