will my hemorrhoid go away on its own?
well to start with i am only 16. i spend a lot of time reading on the toilet and i dont think i have the most fibre filled diet. i felt the lump in my anus when i wiped a few days ago, now its begining to itch and hurt if i tense. I cant feel it when im just sat around but if i bend over (and yes i have looked in a mirror) i can see it. its not big just like the size of a pea. i basically i want to know how long they usually last? how long will it hurt for? any practical cures? and by going away what do you mean, will it fall off or just shrink? and before anyone suggests going to the doctors, i know that would be best but it just isnt going to happen unless my hemorrhoid suddenly begins to talk
i havent told anyone and i would prefer not to. and i havent "had a crap" since it began to itch and stuff. will going to the toilet hurt?
thanks. any help would be great.
Hemorrhoids are usually caused by people ’straining’ to go to the toilet, due to the fact they are constipated. The arteries supplying blood to the anal canal descend into the canal from the rectum above and form a rich network of arteries that communicate with each other around the anal canal. Because of this rich network of arteries, hemorrhoidal blood vessels have a ready supply of arterial blood. This explains why bleeding from hemorrhoids is bright red (arterial blood) rather than dark red (venous blood), and why bleeding from hemorrhoids occasionally can be severe. The blood vessels that supply the hemorrhoidal vessels pass through the supporting tissue of the hemorrhoidal cushions.
The anal veins drain blood away from the anal canal and the hemorrhoids. These veins drain in two directions. The first direction is upwards into the rectum, and the second is downwards beneath the skin surrounding the anus. The dentate line is a line within the anal canal that denotes the transition from anal skin (anoderm) to the lining of the rectum.
Formation of hemorrhoids
If the hemorrhoid originates at the top (rectal side) of the anal canal, it is referred to as an internal hemorrhoid. If it originates at the lower end of the anal canal near the anus, it is referred to as an external hemorrhoid. Technically, the differentiation between internal and external hemorrhoids is made on the basis of whether the hemorrhoid originates above or below the dentate line (internal and external, respectively).
So you need to start getting you diet sorted, need to eat fruit, something like two or three prunes a day to take liquid into the bowel along with the fibre. Once the stool slides out, with no straining, then the hemorrhoid will likley shrink, return to where it came from. However, if your diet gets unbalanced again, and you end up straining again, chances are the hemorrhoid will return. You can get some OTC creams which will help kill the itching and soothe the pain as well as help it shrink back, but diet is the key. The only thing to watch out for and that is if you strain so much you pop the hemorrhoid and then you will make it bleed. As you have not been to the toilet, you need to try, otherwise you might end up with a impacted bowel and that is serious. Best of Luck
In most cases hemorrhoids don’t just go away by itself. A change in diet can definitely help. you can read more about it at the link below. In general acid forming foods are causing constipation and weak veins, and in weak veins hemorrhoids develop faster, while alkaline forming foods are helping. Figure out what is the cause of your hemorrhoids. and treat this as well.