What to do about postpartum hemorrhoid pain

Exertion of pregnant women during labor can lead to the occurrence or aggravation of hemorrhoids. General treatment, medication and surgery can be taken to relieve the symptoms.
1. General treatment: after giving birth, keep a light diet, try to eat more crude fiber food, avoid constipation or dry stools on the local stimulation aggravation; get out of bed as soon as possible, and take warm water, potassium permanganate solution sitz baths, ice packs and other ways to alleviate the symptoms.
2. medication: due to the need for breastfeeding after childbirth, so not blindly give drugs, need to strictly follow the doctor’s instructions for medication, you can use topical hemorrhoid cream and other treatments, to avoid the use of preparations containing musk, ice chips and so on.
3. Surgical treatment: drug treatment is ineffective or the effect is not significant, surgical treatment can be taken, such as hemorrhoidectomy, external peeling and internal ligation surgery and other surgical procedures, but the postoperative period still have the possibility of recurrence, so you need to keep the perianal local hygiene, clean, dry, appropriate exercise, prevention of constipation and so on.
Postpartum hemorrhoids and pain, should promptly go to the hospital, under the guidance of professional doctors for treatment.