What to do about pain during a hemorrhoid exam

Hemorrhoid patients perform rectal diagnosis and other examinations, pain, can be used to make the patient relax, advance warm salt water sitz bath, local use of pain medication and other treatments. 1. relaxation: when the hemorrhoid patients perform various examinations, some people are too nervous, resulting in anal contraction, the examination will cause pain, you should try to relax the body and mind, do a few deep breaths, which can be to a certain extent to relieve the pain. 2. Warm salt water sitz bath: when the pain is obvious for various reasons, let the patient use warm salt water sitz bath before doing the examination, which can reduce swelling and a certain degree of anti-inflammatory effect, and then reduce the pain. 3. Drugs: If the patient’s pain is more serious, you can also take oral or intramuscular injection of pain medication, such as ibuprofen, etc., and wait for the effect of the drug to play a role in the examination. 4. Anesthesia: If the above methods are not effective, you can choose the method of local anesthesia, local anesthesia effect is achieved, and then carry out the examination. Such as lidocaine gel topical, or intramuscular anesthetic procaine injection can be. Do perianal or hemorrhoidal examination, when the examination pain is intense, should promptly communicate with the doctor, can be suspended, in the appropriate state when the examination.