How to treat hemorrhoids in pregnant women

Pregnancy is a good period for hemorrhoids, and once they occur, the patient suffers because of the fear that the medication will affect the pregnancy process and the fetus, and the doctor’s choice of medication is significantly narrowed. In principle, hemorrhoids during pregnancy are treated conservatively, avoiding surgery, using as few medications as possible, using fewer internal and western drugs, and avoiding the use of irritating topical medications. The main reason for using conservative treatment and avoiding surgery is to prevent miscarriage due to anesthesia and pain, especially in the early and middle stages of pregnancy, and relatively less likely to occur in the middle and late stages, when surgery is really necessary. Considering that some of the toxic side effects of drugs are extremely occasional and have a very low incidence, and are not listed in the drug instructions, for the safety of pregnancy and fetal health, and to avoid teratogenic effects caused by drugs, any internal medicine should be avoided in principle during pregnancy, no matter what the disease is, especially western chemically synthesized drugs. Chinese medicine because it is a natural medicine, although the toxic side effects are small, but try to avoid taking the medicine. Certain irritating topical medications for hemorrhoids such as those containing musk and ice chips, as well as topical medications that break up blood stasis may lead to the possibility of miscarriage and premature birth, so their application should also be avoided. There are few topical medications that are relatively clearly labeled for use during pregnancy, such as tylenol suppositories. For swollen and painful external hemorrhoids you can use some aureomycin eye ointment, or non-irritating herbal fumigation followed by the application of non-irritating herbal topical medication, such as our hemorrhoid fumigation and baicalin oil cream can be used during pregnancy.