What works for bad hemorrhoid?

I had never had any until I got them coincidentally with my PCa diagnosis. OTC stuff did not help much until I used something called Proctofoam. It was not cheap, I think $55 or so, but it did provide me some much needed relief while I was dealing with bigger and badder things. Anyway, in the end (pun intended), it was just time that made it go away totally. But the Proctofoam did help. I had to get it from the pharmacist, but I don't think I needed an RX from the doc.

I tried everything in the months after my SRT. I was suffering and the ONLY thing that helped me was eating peas. Yup, buy a big bag of frozen peas, boil them and EAT THEM every day !

I was told this by a friend whose brother is a doctor ... at first I thought he was joking, but I figured why not try. I did, after three days there was a HUGE improvement.

Also, go and buy some natural high quality coconut oil .... the stuff worked like magic on my anal area that seemed to get burned by the radiation.

Hope Gary feels better soon.

Good luck with the foam. And you might try the frozen peas too, but sitting on them instead of ingesting them. Seriously, the cold gives a little relief too.

A hemorrhoid / colon specialist told me if someone will eat a bowl of old fashion oatmeal every morning they'll usually be fine. A bowel movement that is too loose irritates as well as one that's too hard, so it needs to be medium for a few weeks.

Don't overdo it on the Prep H, either, as he said that stuff makes the healing slower, even while providing som temp. relief.

A sitz bath immediately after the bowel movement is best. Proctofoam is good, but at $55 and only a few pumps it's high. Wet wipes are essential as well. I took Motrin as well. Mine was a fissure and I have internal roids.

Thank you Dewayne and IT. I am going to look into the hydro-cortisone cream before the proctofoam and see if I can avoid the high cost.
Beth

I went to a proctologist who injects phenol into them. It's completely painless, even soothing, and takes under a minute. It took a couple of visits to get them all (I'm prone to them, apparently) but I haven't had to go back for about 3 years.

Allan, phenol oil is old school! Now they use polidocanol (maybe only in Europe?). Surgery is not needed.

One example see www.aethoxysklerol-international.de/en/indications/hemorrhoids.html
Treatment of hemorrhoidal disease with Aethoxysklerol® is safe and effective, does not require anesthesia and can be performed on an outpatient basis within minutes. This treatment preserves the hemorrhoidal cushion which is needed for anal continence. A study showed that 88% of patients with 1st and 2nd degree hemorrhoidal disease were free from symptoms after only one treatment and up to 97% after two treatments. According to the German guidelines sclerotherapy is the treatment of choice for 1st degree hemorrhoidal disease. In the treatment of 2nd degree hemorrhoidal disease, sclerotherapy provides a good alternative to rubber band ligation.

I don't know how far we will need to travel to the nearest proctologist, but I will see. Maybe our local General surgeon could do it. I talked to the pharmacist today, and he said we need script for anything other than prep H, so I called the medonc and left message that the prep H the Dr recommended wasn't working and suggested calling in proctofoam or hydrocortisone or both. She called back and said go to GP..this after Dr said the hemorrhoids were result of PCa. Now he doesn't want to mess with treating them? Last I checked for my own appt. the GP was booked to end of Oct. Grrr. I guess I'm going to have to start yanking chains to get a lousy prescription for hemorrhoids!

Thanks 142. Your post brought my b.p. down a bit. Seems all we do is book appts and tests, wait for the appts and tests, and then got to appts, tests then wait for results. Tiring, yes?

IT,
You may be correct, but alas, we live in the sticks. LOL! The nurse practitioner IS our general physician at the local clinic, and she is booked through Oct. I hope she will prescribe without a visit.
We have several great specialists in our area, but not too many regular ole doc's.

Hi guys,
I appreciate the recommendations, and I hope this thread can help others, as it seems to be a common issue, but I was the OP on this one, and for Gary, at least, it's in the rearview mirror, so to speak.