What should I do if I get hemorrhoids after giving birth?

Many women will experience some symptoms after pregnancy. For example, many women will develop hemorrhoids after giving birth. Hemorrhoids are a disease with a relatively high incidence and recurrence rate. When this disease occurs, women will also face great pain. In order to relieve the pain, it is best to adjust and treat it in time. Next, I will introduce to you how to deal with hemorrhoids in women after giving birth!

1. Diet adjustment

If you develop hemorrhoids after giving birth, you must pay attention to your diet. You should eat light food and try to eat less spicy and irritating food. Foods like bananas, watermelons, tomatoes, etc. have a good laxative effect and promote the recovery of hemorrhoids. Patients should drink more boiled water with salt in the summer to avoid excessive sweating and irritation to the affected area.

2. Develop good bowel habits

Patients must develop good bowel habits in their daily lives, have regular bowel movements, avoid squatting for long periods of time playing with their mobile phones, pay attention to getting more rest in their daily lives, and try not to stay up late.

3. Exercise conditioning

Patients with hemorrhoids should not stand or sit for long periods of time. They can reduce venous pressure, eliminate constipation, and strengthen the muscles in the anus through proper exercise. Kegel exercises are a very convenient and effective method for treating hemorrhoids. The patient can relax the whole body, inhale, tighten the muscles of the buttocks and thighs, and retract the anus. Then exhale and relax your anus.

4. Maintain anal hygiene

Patients with hemorrhoids should pay attention to maintaining anal hygiene, clean the anus after defecation, wash and change underwear frequently, and it is best to take a sitz bath every day.

5. Medication

In the early stages of hemorrhoids, patients can, under the guidance of a doctor, apply some medicines such as Mayinglong Hemorrhoid Ointment to the affected area, or use Chinese medicine sitz bath fumigation methods to treat hemorrhoids.

If a woman develops hemorrhoids after giving birth, she must seek timely treatment. Patients with mild hemorrhoids can recover through self-conditioning methods. Patients with severe hemorrhoids need surgical treatment. In daily life, patients with hemorrhoids should eat lighter food, try not to eat spicy and irritating food, and should eat more fresh vegetables and fruits.