Scared to go the doctors ...

Digestive health
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Hi...

I ermmmm.... I have some dwellings around the anus ... They are just at the entrance. They aren't painful and there isn't any bleeding .. I'm ... I guess naturally worried as to what it is but I'm scared to go to the doctors as I've had a couple of bad experiences :-( ...

Short of sending someone a picture (which I'm sure you don't want to see lol) I don't know what to do....

A scared 34 yr old ....

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You could try having epson salt sitz baths to start with and they help shrink the hemorroids. There are also creams that help as well from the pharmacy. Hemorroids are not life threatening even if they bleed or don't bleed. They are painful more then anything if they become too inflamed. What kind of bad experience are you talking about?

                                                           Lynn

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Nothing extremely bad ... Don't want to out it out there. ..

I've bought some epsoms salt today ... How often should I use them ....

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Try the epson salts bath, once in the morning and maybe before bed. That would help. The cream you can buy is good as well at the pharmacy to put on inflamed hemorroids. Hope you feel better. You don't need a lot of epson salt, just poor enough in the bath tub , one or two scoops and swish it around in the water once the tap is running into the bathtub. At least soak for 15 minutes each time. 

                                                          Lynn

                                                                             

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I know I should go to the doctors ... As I'm just presuming its haemorrhoids :-s ....

I'll give what you suggest a go though ..

Thank you xx

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Hemorroids can feel like a whole cluster of things hanging out or you can have just one or two hanging out. You can also have internal hemorroids. If you push to go to the bathroom too hard and you have a hermorroid that is full of blood, it can sometimes break open and bleed red blood into the toilet. Bright red blood is a sign of a bleedin hemorroid in most cases. This can be painful as well. Hemorroids never seem to cure completely but if you have a good diet and not constipated that helps. Also lots of epson baths to help soothe the hemorroid and help it shrink. Some people put Witch Hazel on their Hemorroids and this helps to make them shrink, but again, its an ongoing cycle. I have had hemorroids since I was 20 and I am now 64. They are not life threatening, they are just a big pain literally in the behind.

                                            Blessing to you

                                            Lynn