Internal Hemorrhoid

@judy75 I believe sitting for long periods can exacerbate both external and internal hemorrhoids. If you have to sit long periods of time, a donut cushion could help. You can also get the inflatable kind to take along with you if you travel a lot.

Internal hemorrhoids- is it normal to sometimes feel the internal hemorrhoids. I had some harder stool today and seemed to strain a bit more and now I seem to feel the internal hemorrhoids. I get the urge to go but nothing happens. With a history of diverticulitis I know I need to try to go when the urge to go is there. But it’s like now the hemorrhoids are just flopping around - or that I can seem to feel them. Or maybe it’s not even the hemorrhoid but some stool that is stuck.

hi all, hi @judy75 i too have had bowel issues for many years but on the diarrhea side.... just wanted to say I too got a lot of relief, temporary, from sitz bath but then wondered why so many bladder infections and I think some feces leaking out into the warm water and into bladder.. have radiation cystitis to bladder as well, but I decided to stop the sitz baths because of the possibility of infecting myself with ecoli... but I sure miss sitting in that warm water... now have strep throat and trying to decide whether to roll the dice and not take antibiotic because give me double or more the amount of diarrhea (have ibs-d, fecal incontinence and had cdiff in 2018)... but they say if dont take antibiotic bacteria could go to the heart etc.. honestly, talk about stress!!!! ugh J.

I am currently deciding on this resection surgery. Been dealing for years with diverticulitis and constipation.Yarrow ointment is a natural product to help hemorrhoids and their discomfort.

Please follow your doctor's recommendation to treat the strep. Strep, if left untreated can be extremely dangerous. I wish I could remember the program I was watching (one of the news programs), they interviewed a woman who had strep that was untreated, and she ended up losing a few fingers due to sepsis from the strep infection. This is nothing to take lightly. Good luck to you. Maybe eat a lot of yogurt while you are taking the antibiotic??

I had some bowel problems a while back from antibiotics. Fortunately, when I contracted a rather a nasty ear infection that went so far as to cause me dizziness and loss of balance, my primary doctor came to my aid by thinking outside of the box!!!. He ended up giving me an injection of antibiotics every other day for a total of three injections and that approach got rid of the ear infection while saving me possible bowel problems. Maybe your doctor could consider this approach....

....oh it gets so complicated and i dont have a regular primary doctor (Ontario Canada) but nurse practitioner... and they are good but limited in what they can do and post covid waiting six months to see a speialist; i hear that even people waiting to see family dr. can wait 3 month! going to emerge at hospital... well sometimes works out ok and sometimes not depending on whether a "true" emergency is happening but once in a while when not as busy or happen to get a really good dr on call they are great - get ct scans done and blood work etc., but when very busy which they are as sometimes ten hour waits, they just dont have the time and i was phoning and attending a nurse practitioners office a lot and was told not to contact them again for 2 months - i was so embarrassed and hurt, not my fault i am older and have long list of problems, but it was later explained to me, they are just too busy... so sad too bad for me and millions of others I suppose... just have to do what I can at home and from this helpful web site and see if I can find my own solutions, thank you!

Valerie-
I am sorry to hear about your current plight. I was not aware that getting medical care in Canada was so onerous. Do you have any representatives in your province that you could contact for more emergent care? Do they have any urgent care clinics there in your province? Do you have any relatives or friends that you could help you get the care you need?

...thank you for the reply and yes it is shocking all of us the decline in the health care here... of course mostly due to covid, but also many clinics and drs. four day week; and younger people not wanting to be doctors etc., also nurses.... there are so many people with much worse conditions than mine and some are dying waiting for help... we heard on news I think they said 200 thousand waiting for operations over the suggested time frame... well maybe I was phoning the clinic too often etc., but they could have mentioned it to me rather than cut me off... I can take a hint! When younger had illnesses, then got better, then another one.. but now it's a "list" and less than 100,000 people where I live, have to go south to Toronto... but can't travel and also they are busy too.... and 4 hours each way by car... have to count my blessings that things are not worse but I do have days feel quite sorry for myself, I must admit!

I am wondering how many on this thread are doing now. I hope things have improved over the last couple of years.

I wondered if i could get some input on internal hemorrhoids. I have struggled with chronic constipation for over a year, but managing with high fiber, water, exercise, Metamucil and Miralax. So, no real straining now. Multiple BMs daily.

My 2020 colonoscopy showed internal hemorrhoids, which was a surprise, since I had only been aware of 1 external hemorrhoid that surfaced 3 times in my life. That is now gone, since it thrombosed last year, burst and faded. No polyps,

Fast forward to recently. Can you describe the pain from internal hemorrhoids? Is it possible to have severe pain in rectum for 3-5 minutes and then no pain for days? Then it reoccurs . I’ve had no pain with BMs during this time. Just random times. No bleeding. I have an upcoming appointment with colorectal surgeon. Trying to make sense of it. I’ve read about something called proctalgia fugax.