What should I do if I get hemorrhoids during breastfeeding? New mothers can do this

Women who are breastfeeding are also prone to hemorrhoids because they are still breastfeeding. Therefore, you must be cautious when using medication. It is recommended that you choose a safer and more reliable method, such as dietary therapy. The correct way to eat is introduced in detail below.

1. How to treat hemorrhoids during lactation

Hemorrhoids are particularly common in postpartum women. Women who suffer from hemorrhoids during breastfeeding should still focus on treatment. This will not affect breastfeeding, but patients need to be treated under the guidance of a doctor and cannot treat it blindly on their own.

During breastfeeding, patients with hemorrhoids should avoid drinking alcohol, as drinking alcohol can cause congestion and dilation of the hemorrhoidal veins and swelling of the hemorrhoids.

If patients with hemorrhoids are addicted to spicy foods, such as chili peppers, garlic, ginger, etc., it may cause congestion of hemorrhoids and thus aggravate the pain. Patients with hemorrhoids during lactation should avoid overeating, as eating too much will increase the severity of hemorrhoids.

During the lactation period, women with hemorrhoids should avoid standing for long periods of time or sitting for long periods of time without exercising. Maintaining one posture for a long time, especially for people who sit for a long time, will hinder the blood circulation in the waist and buttocks, causing congestion in the hemorrhoids and aggravating the condition of the hemorrhoids.

Women with hemorrhoids during breastfeeding should avoid tightening their waists. Many breastfeeding women like to wear corsets to restore their figure. Women with hemorrhoids should avoid tightening their waists, because too tight a waist will hinder blood return to the abdominal cavity and anus, affect the normal peristalsis of the intestines, cause pain during defecation, and aggravate hemorrhoids.

During the lactation period, patients with hemorrhoids should avoid holding back bowel movements. If feces stay in the intestines for too long, too much water will be absorbed and the stool will become dry and hard, causing difficulty in defecation, increased abdominal pressure, and bleeding from hemorrhoidal fissures, which will aggravate and induce hemorrhoids.

2. What to do if hemorrhoids hurt during lactation

1. Strengthen systemic and local functional training to improve disease resistance.

2. Correct bad bowel habits and prevent and treat constipation and diarrhea in time.

3. Avoid excessive fatigue and combine work and rest; avoid carrying heavy loads for long periods of time and traveling long distances; avoid sitting, walking, standing, or squatting for long periods of time. If your job requires it, you should constantly change your posture.

4. The anus should be cleaned when you have diarrhea, after defecation, when you sweat too much in hot weather, and after walking for a long time.

5. Keep your emotions calm and stable and avoid excessive emotions.

6. Avoid spicy food or irritating drugs.

Drink more water and fiber: Constipation is the biggest cause of hemorrhoids. Therefore, to prevent and treat constipation, you need to drink more water and eat more fiber-rich foods (see the treatment of constipation). Apples, beets, Brazil nuts, broccoli, cabbage greens, carrots, mung beans, guar bran, king beans, pears, peas, psyllium and whole wheat grains are all good choices.

3. What to do if hemorrhoids bleed during lactation

First of all, the diet should be scientific, with a combination of coarse and fine staple foods, both meat and vegetarian side dishes, and some fruit after meals. Pay attention to breakfast. After breakfast, food enters the stomach, which can cause gastric and colon reflexes, enhance peristalsis, and facilitate the excretion of feces. Appropriately supplement some foods that increase gastrointestinal motility, such as: honey, milk, cold boiled water, tomatoes, pears, carrots, sweet potatoes, walnuts, etc. In daily life, you should be careful not to sit or stand for long periods of time. You should rest in bed, but also maintain certain activities, such as walking and doing postpartum rehabilitation exercises. Do appropriate anal lifting exercises every morning to develop the habit of regular bowel movements.

Specific treatment methods:

1. Eat less spicy food, more vegetables and drink more water. Keep stools smooth and soft.

2. Take a sitz bath with 1:5000 potassium permanganate solution, twice a day, 20 minutes each time.

3. Use hemorrhoid cream or hemorrhoid suppository after sitting bath.

4. If the effect is not good, you will need to go to the hospital for surgery.