Can postpartum hemorrhoids recover? How to treat postpartum hemorrhoids?

Hemorrhoids are a disease that many people have. When hemorrhoids attack, defecation is very painful. It is a disease that many people want to solve. Postpartum hemorrhoids are a common disease among pregnant women. The pain of having hemorrhoids is really torturous.

Postpartum hemorrhoids actually occur during pregnancy. Three months after delivery, as abdominal pressure decreases, venous blood return resumes, and hormones gradually approach pre-pregnancy levels, most hemorrhoids will gradually shrink, but pain will still occur.

For postpartum hemorrhoids, mothers should receive symptomatic treatment based on their own condition and try to avoid taking oral medications to prevent the medications from affecting the health of the baby and fetus through breast milk.

1. Increase water intake

First, drink more water and eat more foods rich in dietary fiber to prevent dry and hard stools, such as coarse grains (corn, millet, sorghum, oats, buckwheat, soybeans, red beans, mung beans), vegetables (fungus, kelp, cauliflower, bamboo shoots, carrots, celery, pumpkin, spinach, etc.), nuts (walnuts, melon seeds, peanuts, etc.) and dried and fresh fruits (bananas, lemons, etc.).

2. Scientific Movement

You can do jogging, Tai Chi, yoga, or self-abdominal massage. The specific steps are: place your right hand close to the 4 fingers above the navel, rub it clockwise around the navel, and apply moderate pressure while rubbing. It is best to rub once with one breath, three as a group, rest for two breaths and repeat it again, but pay attention to the hand pressure should be slow when massaging and rubbing, until the palm is completely close to the navel, and end after ten groups. In addition, you can also exercise the anus levator, or the action of holding back the stool. When lifting the anal sphincter, you should slowly inhale and pull the navel inward, and then relax the anal sphincter. Pay attention to exhale slowly, and repeat it again. You can try it once every morning and evening, and do it 30 times each time. It is best to exercise the anus levator in bed when you just wake up in the morning. It is conducive to developing a good habit of defecating every morning after getting up, which can accelerate the healing of hemorrhoids.

3. Choose topical medication appropriately

Externally applied drugs such as ointments, suppositories, and laxatives can help mothers have smooth bowel movements (laxatives should be used with caution); soaking in sitz baths can speed up blood circulation and help you get rid of constipation. The soaking method is also very good. Once you add disinfectant and warm water, soak for about 3 days, there will be a certain effect. You can use it once every morning and evening, soaking for about ten minutes to a quarter of an hour each time. Disinfectant water must be purchased at a regular pharmacy and used according to the instructions.

4. Develop good living habits

A good life pattern is very important for parturients. They should have regular bowel movements every day, preferably around 7 o'clock in the morning. At this time, the intestinal meridian is active, which is conducive to bowel movements, thus maintaining smooth bowel movements. After defecation, the dry and peeling skin around the anus cannot be completely clean and sterile. Since hemorrhoids are very easy to fall out, the perianal swelling and inflammation will occur, and the hemorrhoid infection will become increasingly serious. At the same time, these dirt will stimulate the anus and cause itching and aggravate the infection. Therefore, you must insist on washing the vulva with warm water after defecation to keep it clean and hygienic. Underwear should also be changed frequently. It is worth mentioning that women's underwear must be washed separately and cannot be mixed with other clothes. This is conducive to maintaining the hygiene of underwear and preventing secondary infection or cross infection.

5. Surgery if necessary

If postpartum hemorrhoids are severe and fistula is serious, you must seek medical attention promptly and undergo surgery.

If mothers encounter postpartum hemorrhoid bleeding, they don't need to panic. The following steps will help treat the bleeding.

1. Eat a healthy diet and have regular bowel movements

Poor bowel movements are the direct cause of hemorrhoidal bleeding, so patients should get used to having bowel movements every day to avoid hemorrhoids. At the same time, exerting too much force when defecating will cause greater abdominal pressure, which will increase the pressure on the hemorrhoidal veins and cause them to rupture and bleed. Therefore, patients should not have strong bowel movements. If there is a real problem of difficulty in defecation, enema can be used to lubricate and help defecation. In addition, dry and hard stools and friction with the anus can also cause bleeding. Mothers can eat more honey or sesame oil, as well as fruits such as bananas, and eat less spicy and irritating foods to help moisturize the intestines and reduce hemorrhoidal bleeding.

2. Maintain hygiene and pay attention to cleanliness

In case of hemorrhoid bleeding, the anal area should be kept clean. Remember to clean the perianal area before going to bed every day. It should also be cleaned and kept dry after bowel movements to prevent bacteria from causing perianal infection and aggravating the condition.

3. Appropriate drug disinfection

Anal infection can be prevented by medication. Under the guidance of a doctor, the anus can be disinfected by soaking in potassium permanganate solution once a day in the morning and evening, and additional soaking time should be added after defecation. Hemorrhoid cream can also be injected into the anus to achieve laxative, anti-inflammatory and hemostatic effects. In addition, proper exercise can promote blood circulation, which is beneficial to relieve varicose veins, reduce the pressure of hemorrhoidal veins, promote hemorrhoid healing and prevent bleeding.

Hemorrhoids are not actually a disease, but they have become a common problem for modern people. Almost 90% of people have suffered from hemorrhoids, but some are not serious enough to require medical treatment. Most of the causes of hemorrhoids are related to life pressure, work style, and diet, especially for people aged 20 to 50. In the middle and late stages of pregnancy, as the uterus gradually expands and abdominal pressure increases, the inferior vena cava is increasingly under pressure, and it will directly compress the venous return below the rectum and the anus, causing the hemorrhoidal veins to expand. Continuous congestion can easily form hemorrhoids. On the other hand, some pregnant mothers change their lifestyle and diet. During pregnancy, their appetite becomes better, they gain too much weight, and their activity level decreases, slowing gastrointestinal motility, making stool stay longer in the large intestine, causing difficulty in defecation, and thus constipation; when the stool is dry and hard, it will scratch the hemorrhoidal mucosa and cause bleeding, causing severe anal pain.