Treatment 4 Hemorrhoids

Archive for September, 2009

OK – so you’ve got hemorrhoids. You’ve seen your doctor. You’ve got the medication. Maybe you’re discussing more serious medical intervention. You have scoured the Internet for information on hemorrhoids and are probably suffering from information overload and feeling slightly nauseous at the oh so graphic medical illustrations. I mean, come on!

Hemorrhoids equals swollen veins in your bottom equals embarrassment equals treatment equals getting it sorted. Right?

So this is not another recycled article about hemorrhoid medications and wonder cures (although you can visit my blog – details below – and find out what works for me.)

No, this post is somewhat different. I’m taking each letter of the word ‘Hemorrhoid’ (there are eleven letters) and using each one as a coat hanger to develop an instant hemorrhoid treatment. Like most of what you find on the web, there probably isn’t anything new here, but what I want to do is confirm your hunches that hemorrhoids aren’t the end of the world. In fact, they could be the beginning of a new way of living. So here goes:

Healthy eating does make a difference: Now, my starting point is that most of us are aware of what comprises a healthy diet. Five portions of vegetables, low fat intake and so on. But we tend to pay lip service to it. And, possibly, that lip service has contributed to our developing hemorrhoids. Lack of fibre and roughage doesn’t help. So, don’t go overboard about this, but just choose to make a small change to your diet every day. Small steps are far better than crazy leaps.

Exercise a bit more: Notice, I said “a bit more”. If you try to do a half-marathon before breakfast you’ll never, ever, jog again. But try a brisk five minute walk. Brisk enough to get you slightly breathless. Then add a few more minutes. If you have to push a buggy, try going a bit faster! Kids love it! Make an inner decision that you ‘are’ fit – don’t go down the self-critical alley that echoes “I’m an unfit slob!

Meditate on wellness: Now, this may seem pretty impossible when you’ve bought Hemorrhoids 101 and are feeling fed up and depressed. But – don’t go there! Meditate on wellness, not your hemorrhoids. Even – especially – if you’re sore! And, I said, ‘wellness’ not ‘ health’. Wellness is a far broader and encompassing approach, embracing your thoughts and feelings, not just your body. There is research that shows that just thinking intensely about wellness has a beneficial effect on your body. Take five minutes out, and allow yourself to daydream. Visualise yourself walking in warm sunshine, or running through surf, or lying in hot sun, or playing beach volleyball. You’ll feel better, I promise.

Organic is probably better than highly processed: notice, I said ‘probably better’. I’m not a member of the organic thought police. Studies in Europe suggest that organic is not necessarily the all singing all dancing better-than-anything-else product that it may have been presented as. But highly processed food (let’s be honest and call it what it is: junk food) is just that – junk. To me the test is this – would you eat it when it’s cold? If it’s organic or not too junky, the answer is probably ‘ yes’. If it’s cold junk food, congealed in fat, the answer is definitely ‘no’. So which would you prefer to be inside you?

(To be continued……)