Can you ice hemorrhoids to reduce swelling?

Hemorrhoids generally can not take ice to reduce swelling.
Hemorrhoids is the local venous plexus abnormal expansion of the formation of a lesion, ice has the effect of contraction of blood vessels, can reduce the local oozing. But it will affect the local blood circulation, will make the hemorrhoidal venous plexus of stagnation, thus aggravating the symptoms of hemorrhoids. And it is easy to lead to hemorrhoidal vein thrombosis, increasing the difficulty of treatment. Therefore, hemorrhoids are generally not recommended to ice to reduce swelling.
For asymptomatic hemorrhoids do not need treatment, symptomatic hemorrhoids focus on reducing or eliminating symptoms, rather than the root cause, to non-surgical treatment. These include lifestyle modification, injection therapy, and adhesive band ligation therapy. If the effect of the above treatment is not good, can not effectively relieve the symptoms, and then surgical resection, including hemorrhoidal simple excision, anastomosis hemorrhoid on mucosal ring stapling, etc..
Once hemorrhoid patients are found and accompanied by discomfort, it is recommended to go to the hospital in a timely manner, follow the doctor’s instructions for treatment, to avoid delaying the condition.