How to Control Piles | 5 Ways To Prevent Symptoms of Hemorrhoids 

Piles or hemorrhoids are a very common problem. It comes with mild pain and discomfort in some cases and goes away on its own. But in some cases, piles become swollen veins in your rectum and cause extreme pain and discomfort. That’s when it requires medication or surgery to cure. You may also experience unbearable pain and bleeding in some severe cases which require immediate proper treatment or piles operation.

Major causes for the formation of hemorrhoids:

• Lifting heavy objects
• Chronic constipation
• Straining while emptying bowels
• Pregnancy

Also read: How do you know you have piles

How can you control piles?

We often come out with a question seeking answers as to what can be those effective ways that can help you control those painful symptoms of piles. So here is the answer. These are 5 effective ways in which you can control piles.

Best surgery for piles: Laser surgery is considered to be the best option to get rid of piles in severe cases that require proper treatment. You will experience minimal or no bleeding while the laser procedure, quick recovery period, less chances of infection and negligible pain during this procedure. Know the ways to prevent piles below. 

Prevention of piles

These are the 5 ways to prevent symptoms of piles:

1. Consume lots of fiber:
   

   If you have infrequent bowel movements, then you are more likely to suffer from hemorrhoids. To fight this problem, you can choose the easiest way of filling yourself up with fiber diet such as eating more legumes, fruits, vegetables and whole grains. This fiber will add bulk to your stool and make it easy to pass putting the least pressure on your rectum and preventing piles.

2. Exercise regularly:
   

   If you exercise regularly, your colon will be healthy. Try not to put pressure on your abdomen and avoid weightlifting and straining as it may lead to the formation of hemorrhoids. You can control and prevent hemorrhoids by doing moderate exercises such as swimming, yoga and walking. (Also read: Yoga and exercise for piles)

3. Drink plenty of water:
   

   Water will help you regulate smooth digestion and will also prevent you from unnecessary straining putting pressure on your pelvic area and causing piles in extreme cases. Drinking enough water will help you prevent constipation and hence hemorrhoids. Dehydration can lead to a lot of other digestive problems too. Therefore, if you drink six to eight glasses of water every day, it will not only benefit your digestive system but also your entire body.

4. Do not fight the urge:
   

   Keep one thing in mind- when you need to go, just go. Fighting the urge will only result in more straining later resulting in flare-ups and piles. So please listen to your body’s signs and indications before they start showing the bad results of avoiding.

5. Avoid straining: 

   Be aware of the instances when you are likely to put a strain on your bowels. Doing this might lead to painful bleeding hemorrhoids in the long run. Chronic cough, pregnancy, lifting heavy objects are the instances that can cause straining. Try to avoid these instances to avoid problems.

When to see a doctor

There are several symptoms that start to occur once the problem of piles hit you. Whether piles are of mild or a severe nature, you might start feeling some or many of these symptoms. These are:

• You might feel the presence of a hard-painful lump around your anus which is usually the result of coagulated blood.
• You might feel that your bowels are still full after emptying your bowels.
• Itchy, sore and red area around the anus.
• Painful passing of stool.
• You might observe bright red blood on tissue paper after wiping post bowel movement.
• In severe cases of piles, you may experience excessive bleeding that might lead to anemia.
• In some cases, the infection spreads.
• Bad conditions might include the case of strangulated hemorrhoids which obstructs blood flow resulting in infection or blood clot.

Also read: Know the difference between piles, fissure and fistula

Laser surgery for piles

Laser surgery is capable of rooting out the problem once and for all.

Unlike the conventional piles surgery, laser surgery is minimally invasive as it does not involve much cuts and wounds. The affected area is simply treated with laser energy directed and focused in a precise manner which then solves the problem within a few minutes and the patient can walk off the hospital the same day of laser surgery. 

Procedure:

Under this procedure, laser energy is focused on the submucosal hemorrhoidal nodes to shrink the nodes from inside. It helps to reduce the blood supply leading to abnormal growth. It also prevents the occurrence or recurrence of prolapse.

Take Away

Therefore, this is all about how to prevent symptoms of piles and its treatments. All you need to take care of is drinking lots of water, consuming lots of fiber, staying active and sparing time and quitting the passive lifestyle that is probably making you a robot and becoming the root cause of many health issues. Besides that, if the piles get severe, laser surgery can help you to get rid of piles in a very effective way. 

Do not worry, piles is a treatable problem. For further queries, you can write in the query section below or even make an online consultation with our piles specialist doctor. Get your answers related to hemorrhoids right away. 

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