What should I do if I get hemorrhoids during confinement?

Having a child is an admirable thing, because it not only gives birth to a life, but for women, it also means certain risks. Many women experience symptoms of physical discomfort after giving birth, and hemorrhoids is one of them. Postpartum hemorrhoids are mostly caused by factors such as low activity and slow gastrointestinal motility during the confinement period. So, what should you do if you get hemorrhoids during the confinement period?

How to treat hemorrhoids in pregnant women

Generally speaking, when a baby is born, breastfeeding is chosen. If a mother has hemorrhoids, many mothers will not choose to take medication for fear of affecting the health of the child. So how to treat hemorrhoids in parturients?

1. Drug conditioning method: Use potassium permanganate solution to clean the vulva or take a sitz bath every day, which is especially effective in treating hemorrhoids. To relieve anal pain, you can also apply local cold or hot compress, apply hemorrhoid ointment, or apply Jiuhua ointment.

2. Exercise conditioning method: Appropriate exercise can reduce venous pressure, enhance the function of the cardiovascular system, eliminate constipation, and enhance muscle strength, which is very effective in the prevention and treatment of hemorrhoids. Anal lifting exercise is the simplest and most effective method. If you can persist in it, you will get twice the result with half the effort.

3. Daily life adjustment method: New mothers should lead a regular life, have regular bowel movements every day, keep bowel movements smooth, change underwear frequently, wash the anus frequently, and keep the vulva dry. As the saying goes, wash once after defecation and hemorrhoids will not appear. After defecation, some tiny fecal residues that cannot be wiped off are often left in the skin folds around the anus. Since hemorrhoids often prolapse, local swelling and inflammation, and varicose veins become increasingly severe, the skin folds around the anus will gradually increase, thereby increasing the amount of embedded feces. These impurities irritate the anus and cause itching or infection. Therefore, you should insist on washing the vulva with warm water after daily bowel movements.

How to prevent hemorrhoids after childbirth

There is a saying that goes, prevention is worse than cure. It is always better to be able to take precautions in advance than to be caught off guard by the disease like a flood or a beast. Here we will introduce to you how to prevent postpartum hemorrhoids.

1. Drink water frequently and exercise early. Due to postpartum blood loss, the intestinal fluid is insufficient, resulting in constipation. Drinking water frequently and exercising early can increase intestinal moisture, enhance intestinal peristalsis and prevent constipation.

2. Eat less spicy and refined foods, and more crude fiber foods. Some women are afraid of catching cold after giving birth, so they add pepper to everything they eat, which can easily lead to hemorrhoids. Similarly, eating too many refined foods such as eggs can cause dry and small stools, causing feces to stay in the intestines for a long time, which can not only cause hemorrhoids but is also harmful to human health. Therefore, the food of the postpartum woman must be combined with foods rich in fiber, such as celery and cabbage, so that there will be more residue after digestion, which will be easily excreted during defecation. After delivery, you should eat more foods rich in body fluids, such as honey, to prevent dry stools and constipation, which may cause hemorrhoids.

3. Change underwear and bathe frequently. It not only keeps the anus clean and avoids the stimulation of lochia, but also promotes blood circulation in the area, eliminates edema and prevents external hemorrhoids.

4. Have bowel movements early and use suppositories early. Postpartum bowel habits should be restored as soon as possible. Generally, you must have a bowel movement within 3 days to prevent constipation. For postpartum women, regardless of whether the stool is dry or not, you must use a suppository to lubricate the stool during the first bowel movement to avoid tearing the skin of the anal canal and causing anal fissures.

5. Strengthen local anal exercises: improve physical fitness, correct bad sitting posture; avoid sitting, standing, and walking for a long time, and strengthen local exercises, such as doing more "ani lifting exercises". Method: When inhaling, pull the anus inward and upward, tighten the anus, and relax when exhaling. Relax and tighten the anus 30 times each time, once in the morning and once in the evening.