Ointment for hemorrhoids is the easiest remedy to use. Moreover, the ointment can be used to treat both internal and external hemorrhoids. Although for internal hemorrhoids it is usually advised to use suppositories ➤.
This article focuses on which hemorrhoid ointment is best to choose to combat the symptoms of this disease. And also you can see for which symptoms of hemorrhoids it is better to choose an ointment so that it is as effective as possible.
Pros and cons of ointments
The main advantages of ointments are:
Thanks to the medicinal components included in the ointment, pain, itching, burning in the anus are quickly relieved, bleeding stops, and the regeneration of anal fissures is also accelerated.
Most ointments for hemorrhoids are made on the basis of petroleum jelly and lanolin. There can be several active substances, which expands their spectrum of action.
In the treatment of hemorrhoids, ointments differ from other medicines in their simplicity and ease of use.
In addition, ointments have a local effect, and not systemic, as in the treatment of tablets, which means that there will be much less side effects from the use. For this reason, it is ointments that are most often chosen in the treatment of hemorrhoids in women during pregnancy or breastfeeding.
The disadvantages include:
The most common drawback of all ointments is their high fat content, due to which the ointment is absorbed into the tissues of the anus for a long time, and leaves greasy stains on clothes.
Please note that treatment with ointments alone will only eliminate the symptoms, not the cause of hemorrhoids. Therefore, treatment must be comprehensive!
How to apply the ointment correctly?
When using ointments in the treatment of hemorrhoids, you need to know some of the features of their use:
First of all, you need to apply the ointment after the morning toilet, washing the anal area with cool (non-cold) water, and blot it with a paper towel.
If you have external hemorrhoids, then the ointment is applied to the cavernous formations from above with a thin layer. With internal hemorrhoids, the ointment is administered using a rectal nozzle, or simply with a finger or a cotton swab.
In the stage of exacerbation of symptoms, the ointment is applied 2-4 times a day, or after each bowel movement. In a state of remission, 1 time is enough.
The course lasts, as a rule, 7 days, but in various cases this period can be reduced or increased.
The ointment is stored in the refrigerator.
When using the remedy for the first time, you need to pay attention to the reaction of the body. If redness or a rash appears at the site of application of the ointment, this means that you need to replace this ointment with another one.
Maryana Abritsova, a coloproctologist, talks about two methods for injecting ointment into the passage: