What’s wrong with using salt water sitz baths every day to make hemorrhoids worse?

Every day with saline sitz bath hemorrhoids but more serious, need to consider whether with the sitz bath time, posture, temperature and medication related. First of all, it is clear that if the patient’s sitz bath liquid is simply edible salt and warm water preparation, with such a so-called saline sitz bath is not effective in the treatment of hemorrhoids; such as the use of saline, that is, 0.9% sodium chloride injections sitz bath is a role in the treatment of hemorrhoids, can play a bacteriostatic, to promote the local blood circulation, to relieve hemorrhoids, pain, bleeding, and other symptoms. Sitz bath is the clinical treatment of hemorrhoids commonly used non-surgical means, sitz bath need to use warm water, can be added under the guidance of the doctor medical potassium permanganate solution or hemorrhoidal lotion, thus helping to promote perianal blood circulation, reduce pain, and clean the wound, conducive to tissue repair. But potassium permanganate solution should be 1:5000 ratio, if the ratio is not appropriate irritation, but easy to aggravate the condition. If you are allergic to the sitz bath medication, it may also aggravate the pain and bleeding phenomenon. Therefore, it is important to use sitz bath medication correctly, especially do not trust the prescription. Sitz bath usually take squatting, but if the sitz bath time is too long, but easy to aggravate the enlargement of hemorrhoids and bulging hemorrhoids, it is recommended that 10 to 20 minutes. As the perianal skin is more sensitive, the water temperature of the sitz bath should not be too hot, so as not to scald and aggravate the bleeding; also not too cold to avoid getting cold. It should be noted that women are not recommended to take a sitz bath during menstruation, pregnancy, and postpartum vaginal bleeding has not ended. It is recommended that before taking a sitz bath for hemorrhoids, patients should first consult a doctor for a clear diagnosis, and then use sitz baths and other treatments correctly under the guidance of a professional doctor.