Itch and pain in anus after hemorrhoid, looking for colorectal specialist
Itch and pain in anus after hemorrhoid, looking for colorectal specialist
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Nov 28 2013, 08:32 PM
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Are they sure it is just a skin tag ? It may be an external pile. That's what I have now, after surgery to remove some pretty huge internal hemorrhoids in 2003. An experienced and reputable colorectal surgeon is Dr Akhtar Qureshi in Sunway Medical Center. Dr Anantharachagan is a general surgeon in Sentosa Medical Center, but quiet experienced in hemorrhoids and colorecal surgery too. Rubber band ligation, or banding, is not suitable for external hemorrhoids, because they lie below the dentate line, where it is full of nerves and will cause excruciating pain. Dr Mohd Anis, who practises in SJMC as well, ligated me there a couple of times over two decades ago, and the pain was horrendous for a couple of days. I could barely sit down and felt as if someone or something was grabbing my skin there all the while. The latest treatment for internal ones appears to be HAL, or hemorrhoid artery ligation. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLM_FSw_DME http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6NVQzfQzkQ Otherwise, if surgey is required, these are newest cutting devices : 1. Starion thermal welding 2. Ligasure bipolar diathermy 3. Harmonic scalpel 4. Laser Make sure you don't go for the staple method (which I had), or else you may end up with lots of problems. Dr Samuel Tay in Sunway also uses Ligasure. This clinic in PJ also appears to have Ligasure. http://klinikbuasir.com/index.php/hubungi Starion is now known as Microline. http://www.microlinesurgical.com/company/a...roline-surgical Ligasure. http://surgical.covidien.com/products/vessel-sealing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9e4ArimjVU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDNyKfG9Bug http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BWscApj-d8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcaP58wOses Randomized Trial Comparing a Starion™ and a Harmonic Scalpel™ Hemorrhoidectomy. http://www.coloproctol.org/search.php?wher...vmode=PUBREADER Prospective, randomized, controlled trial of Starion vs Ligasure hemorrhoidectomy for prolapsed hemorrhoids. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/17587087/ Comparison of Ligasure Hemorrhoidectomy with Conventional Ferguson’s Hemorrhoidectomy. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3002768/ This post has been edited by Tham: Nov 28 2013, 08:41 PM |
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Nov 28 2013, 10:40 PM
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Hemorrhoids will tend to itch sometimes, even mine. You also probably have some mild eczema there. Yours prolapses, then goes back in spontaneously, so you probably just have second degree internal hemorrhoids, quite mild. If you see Akthar Qureshi, he will probably just give you Xyloproct or Proctosedyl cream, something you can buy yourself anywhere. These contains some mild steroid like hydrocortisone to reduce the inflammation and itch, plus aesculin (from horse chestnut) to improve the venous blood flow there a bit, and thus shrink it a litle. Otherwise, go down to TM Shafi, a small homeopathic shop at the row of shophouses opposite YMCA in Brickfields. They have homeopathic pile creams which are usually quite moisturising, so may reduce the dry skin and itch. Another time and tested remedy is salt, i.e. sitz baths. Buy Cosway's Zara Dead Sea Salts, blue in color. Sprinkle say two tablespoonsfuls in a small tub which just about fits your toilet bowl, add in fairly hot water, then sit there for at least 15 minutes. I am sure that will relieve the itch and pain somewhat. That was what I did way back in December 2003, when, coming home after the surgery (stapled plus diathermy), I was in really bad pain. So my sister came over, prepared the above sitz bath, and luckily the pain subsided after that. If you can't get the salt, ordinary table salt, or those cheap rock sea salts from the supermarket will do. Dr Anantha also advised my father to do that after he had removed his piles many years ago. Surprisingly, my father said he had hardly any pain from the surgery, while mine, like many others, was like the end of the world. I think those brownish colored Himalaya rock salts are also suitable. My elder brother had an acute attack too not too long ago, after I thought all the while that he was one of the lucky ones with no hemorrhoids. He surfed the net, then made an ice pack and placed it there. Also bought Daflon, took a loading dosage of 6 tabs the first day, then 4 the next two days, then 2 daily. It subsided. This post has been edited by Tham: Nov 28 2013, 10:41 PM |
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Nov 29 2013, 03:09 AM
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Yes, it's quite possible. Probiotics are after all bacteria, and just like antibiotics, can trigger off allergies or other reactions in some people. Just stop them for a couple of weeks and see how it goes. Even fiber doesn't agree with me very well. If I take Metamucil, I will get cramps the whole night long. |
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Nov 29 2013, 04:30 PM
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So which surgeon did you see there ? Was it Lim Chwen Loong or Muthu ? Did you ask him which device he is going to use ? |
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Nov 30 2013, 12:39 AM
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Staple method. If he does a good job, then good. If not, you'll have problems - bleeding, intense pain, stenosis (narrowing of your anus). The staple is made by Johnson & Johnson ...... in Mexico. Looks very flimsy, plastic, like a kid's toy ray gun. Costs at least ...... $1,000. You should have asked for the harmonic scalpel, Starion or Ligasure, but anyway, it's already scheduled. How much is he charging you ? |
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Nov 30 2013, 01:06 PM
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Yes, the snakehead fish, Haruan, Channa striatus is documented to have wound healing, pain reducing and energy-boosing properties. It would also be a good idead to take it to reduce high blood pressure, depression, prevent/treat Alzheimer's and as an adaptogen. This means that the fish would be a good antiaging food. Therapeutic potential of the haruan (Channa striatus): from food to medicinal uses. '' This review updates research findings on potential uses of Channa striatus, beyond the traditional prescription as a wound healer, pain reliever and energy booster to include its properties as a ACE-inhibitor, anti-depressant and neuroregenerative agent. The fish appears to have wide-ranging medical uses and should be studied more intensively to unearth its other properties and mechanisms of action. '' http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23713236 Wound healing effect of Haruan (Channa striatus) spray. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21722317 The wound healing properties of Channa striatus-cetrimide cream - wound contraction and glycosaminoglycan measurement. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11025135 Antinociceptive activity of Channa striatus (haruan) extracts in mice. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9254114 Fatty acid and amino acid composition in haruan as a potential role in wound healing. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7835642 |
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Nov 30 2013, 01:31 PM
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Intense pain and heavy bleeding the first night. The pethidine injection lasted me only an hour. Had to bear with the pain the rest of the night. I had stenosis for the first two months. The stools which came out were pencil-thin. I also had fecal impaction twice the first two months. Had to dig it out with my fingers. Luckily, improved by the third month. The surgeon was probably not too skilled nor experienced enough in the use of the staple. The staple also has a high rate of relapse. Within two years, an external hemorrhoid came back. But is Dr Lim is skilled in this method, you should have no problems, reduced pain and faster recovery, I guess. Reinterventions for specific technique-related complications of stapled haemorrhoidopexy (SH): a critical appraisal. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/18766410/ Stapled hemorrhoidopexy is associated with a higher long-term recurrence rate of internal hemorrhoids compared with conventional excisional hemorrhoid surgery. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/17665254/ Obstructed defecation after stapled hemorrhoidopexy: a report of four cases. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/20583519/? Agraffectomy after low rectal stapling procedures for hemorrhoids and rectocele. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/21695440 Obliteration of the rectal lumen after stapled hemorrhoidopexy: report of a case. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/18670815/ This post has been edited by Tham: Nov 30 2013, 01:37 PM |
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Nov 30 2013, 10:14 PM
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Maybe you can try this. http://www.rakuten.com.my/shop/caringpharm...HF0005_0191081/ Enemas may help, or maybe Dulcolax (bisacodyl), but if the impaction is really bad with the stools already hard, that won't work. This is why doctors have to do it for patients who come in with fecal impaction - if the stools are way too far in the rectal area, obviously you can't dig it out yourself. Dr Anantha in Sentosa says he has to do it such patients who pay him an emergency visit sometimes, even young people. I didn't really change my diet, but as it is, everyone tends to get hemorrhoids. I can't really tolerate fiber anyway, as I have IBS. Stresses in life, including lack of sleep, can also cause or aggravate them. The Chinese believe that lack of sleep (as in my case too) causes heatiness to form in the liver ( ''kah foh''). Lack of sleep can also result in a low ''Chi'' (life force), so your anus will tend to drop out. The staple method doesn't really cut away the hemorrhoids, rather it retracts them further up the rectum, so that would explain the high relapse rate. How is it that you never even asked what device he is going to use when he examined you and advised surgery during the whole consultation, after I had given you all that info ? Akhtar Qureshi uses the harmonic scalpel, and I think he also has Starion and/or Ligasure. That was why I advised you to go to him. He also uses the staple, but he said he is very selective, due to the high relapse rate and risk of complications. Otherwise, Samuel Tay in Sunway also has Ligasure, as mentioned earlier. I enquired from the Ligasure distributors here some years ago, and they mentioned that he was one of the doctors with this device. I did not select Anantha at that time, even though he did an almost painless job on my father with diathermy alone, because he did not use the staple, which I thought was the ''in thing'' at that time. Sentosa was poorly equipped too then, with no harmonic scalpel. They probably have now, as well as the other devices. |
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Nov 30 2013, 10:37 PM
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Sea Cucumbers Fast Track Organ Regrowth By Healing Their Wounds. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/...71017194617.htm Regeneration of the radial nerve cord in the sea cucumber Holothuria glaberrima. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186%2F1471-213X-9-3 Regeneration of the enteric nervous system in the sea cucumber Holothuria glaberrima. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10205023 |
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Dec 3 2013, 08:48 PM
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It's good to know you had no major problems throughout and after the surgery, that means Dr Lim did a professional job. Are you sure it's $ 1,500 or $ 5,500 ?!?! Colonoscopy, gastroscopy and stapled hemorrhoidectomy for just $ 1,500 in total, plus rental of the operating theater, anesthesiologist's fees, room, supplies, medication and nursing ?!?! A gastroscope alone these days, even in Tung Shin, should be easily $ 1,000 ! And as I said, do you know how much the stupid staple gun alone costs, when I was quoted exactly 10 years ago in November 2003 ? Tung Shin - $ 1,000 Pusat Rawatan Islam - $ 1,500 Pantai - $ 2,000 And the colonoscope would easily be another $ 1,000 ! Dr Ashim Nandy, general cum hepatobiliary surgeon, in Tung Shin (also goes to Pantai) at that time quoted me $ 3,000 for the harmonic scalpel. If I wanted the staple, it would be an extra $1,000 for that device. Which would be around $ 4,000 for staple surgery, in 2003 ! Dr Lee Hock Bee in Pantai quoted me $ 7,000 for the staple at that time. So how did it cost you only $ 1,500, moreover plus those two extra scopes ? And a bronchoscope plus a chest drain for a pleural effusion in my right lung in November 2011, done in Tung Shin by my schoolmate, Yap Boon Hung came to some $ 3,000. Total cost of a one week stay there, $ 8,000. Maybe take a photo of your excised hemorrhoid and post it here if you would like. |
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Dec 3 2013, 11:17 PM
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$ 1,400 for both scopes ? That's still very cheap. I selected epidural anesthesis, which was a mistake, so I was already awake by the time they were wheeling me out of the operating theater. The anesthesiologist just gave me a sedative to knock me out. No bleeding in your case ? I must have bled a lot after he had used diathermy to cut off one of the hemorrhoids which was too big to be grabbed by the staple. That night itself, I started bleeding, and those lazy Malay nurses wouldn't answer my calls. I had to call the surgeon, Zain Al-Rashid, who in turn called those lazy b****es to screw them up. The next morning, going to the toilet for what I thought was a bowel movement, a big mass of clotted and dark blood stained whole bowl red. On discharge, I ended up with a high fever a few days later, and my brother admitted me to Sunway for four or five days. My hemoglobin had dropped to 10 grams/dL, but the chest physician there, Usha Rani, didn't note it either. In the end, plus the duration of the two hospital stays, I was out for a whole month. |
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Dec 4 2013, 05:22 PM
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I think you will have a bowel movement in a few more days, nothing to worry about. The bowel has naturally gone into spasm after being cut, so will take some time to relax again. Moreover, the scarring part there will narrow somewhat (stenosis), so the stools will have trouble coming out initially. My case is worse than yours because I had both diathermy and staple, the diathermy causing the major scarring and stenosis. That is why I said I made a mistake and should have chosen Ashim Nandy in Tung Shin with the harmonic scalpel. My surgeon was Zain Al-Rashid, attached to Pantai and Pusat Rawatan Islam, where I went. Mohd Anis was a general surgeon at Subang Jaya, but I think he's probably retired by now. He ran a clinic at Taman Pertama in Cheras in the late 1980s to early 90s. He just did the rubber band ligation for me twice, the first time in Lady Templer nearby, in 1986, where he was also attached. Not inflammation, I had a high fever and URTI infection after the surgery, as I had lost so much blood and immune system had plummeted. Both Usha Rani, the chest physician, and Akthar Qureshi attended to me in Sunway. I had no insurance at that time, and had to borrow money from my brother to pay for both hospital stays. I was conned by AIA, which I had ''credit card shield'' insurance with, ''guaranteeing'' to repay your monthly card payments for the client in case sickness kept him out of work. They only compensated me a few measly dollars, after I had to pay the surgeon $80 for the medical report, twisting their story around that they would only pay for the period of medical disability AFTER ONE MONTH. How many people will go on MC more than a month ? I cancelled their fake policy immediately, and lodged reports with the Finance Ministry, the Domestic Trade Ministry for mispresentation of products under the Trade Description Act, 1972, as well as a police report. Not only that, I shot a letter to the Inland Revenue's Investigation Unit suggesting that they check out their entire board of directors' previous years' tax background for possible evasion (I'm in the tax line). AIA is not an American company, as I was under the impression all the while, but run by a bunch of conman Honkees. This post has been edited by Tham: Dec 4 2013, 05:25 PM |
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Dec 6 2013, 02:44 AM
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QUOTE(finkl1 @ Dec 5 2013, 02:29 AM) 2005 had a heated cutlery surgery for mine, and a small banding on the other. You said you had your surgery in 2005 - perhaps you could refresh my I did not go for the stapled as Tham (who might have forgotten me), provided his advise to me via email some years back then. Appreciate him for his medical inputs as always. For TS, the first few months would be a challenge. Whilst if you are younger at age, the healing would be faster, and depending on how good the surgery went. I had blood stained almost on every BM, and some anal stricture feel. Nevertheless... I say this...Life needs to go on. memory - did I meet you on another forum then, as I joined this one only in 2007 ? Anyway, it's good you had your surgery and fully recovered. Hopefully you had no complications then, and no relapses after that. You mentioned ''heated cutlery surgery''. Did the surgeon use diathermy, Ligasure, Starion or bipolar scissors ? |
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Dec 6 2013, 03:41 AM
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Half a tablespoonful is way too litle, I mentioned two tablespoonfuls. As Finkl1 also said, he used 5 tablespoons, but that was to soak up to waist up, so maybe he used a large basin or sat in the bathtub. If you are using enough hot water just to cover and a bit above the bum area, so that your anus is fully immersed, then two to three tablespoons should be enough. Use Cosway's Zara sea salts as I advised. It's really soothing, and does have healing and pain reducing properties. Costs about $19, but they usually give you the 20 % member discount, even if you are not a member. Just tell them you have just been discharged from hospital after surgery. Use one of those shallow baby's tubs about a foot across, just enough to sit on top of the opening of your toilet bowl. The water would then be above 4 inches high, just enough to cover your bum. Try taking dragon fruit and/or beet root juice - that will be sure to make your stools watery or at least much softer. I tend to get some mild diarrhea within two hours after drinking mixed beet root/carrot juice. Papayas don't really help much for me. Your stools will just turn dark after dragon fruits and beet roots. Another juice which will make me run to the toilet shortly is yellow pear. I think you should ask the doctor for at least another week's leave. Otherwise, I am sure your employer will let you have extra compassionate leave, if you explain that you are having some post-surgical complications with bleeding, much pain and still can't pass out anything due to rectal stenosis. If you email your boss and show him this was how much the surgeon's ''grenade launcher'' streched your anus, I am sure he will understand. http://www.sages.org/meetings/annual-meeti...morrhoidectomy/ |
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Dec 6 2013, 08:55 PM
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QUOTE(finkl1 @ Dec 6 2013, 01:37 AM) HI Tham, we just emailed around 3-5 mails to each other. Which hospital did you go to, and which surgeon did it for you ?I just read your experience from another webpage, and got in touch with you. YEs, I had a bipolar scissors, the heated ones, that seals and reduces any blood lost. Back then, laser was only available in Pantai, and it was expensive. Almost 3-5k i believe. You told me about your staple experience...and I decided to forgo that procedure. Yes, I think only Pantai had the laser then, Lee Hock Bee there said he normally used it for first and second degree hemorrhoids. He was using the harmonic scalpel for third and fourth degree beforehand, but had since switched over to the staple when I called him at the end of 2003, for which he quoted me $ 7,000. $3,000 - $5,000 for the laser isn't really expensive for Pantai, even at that time. Ashim Nandy quoted me $3,000 for the harmonic scalpel in Tung Shin. Zain Al-Rashid, attached to both Pantai and Islamic Medical Center, did the staple for me in the latter hospital for $4,500. He didn't even realize that Pantai had the laser ! Actually, I wonder why you didn't select the harmoic scalpel ? Which grade were yours, by the way ? |
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Dec 6 2013, 10:21 PM
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QUOTE(finkl1 @ Dec 6 2013, 01:37 AM) Well, now I am plagued by H.pylori....and after a few rounds of antibiotic therapy failure, I decided to do some home treatment. Life's ups and downs... Even through good diet..and being a workforce... we cannot control much of the food we eat outside....regardless if it looks clean and cooked hot. the supplements for you. Zinc l-carnosine was developed in Japan and marketed as a drug (Polaprezinc) there, but licensed to supplement manufacturers in the States as Pepzin GI. It can also be used for bed sores, or pressure ulcers, although l-carnosine itself is also effective. http://pepzingi.com The development of Polaprezinc research. https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/yakush..._3_271/_article The effect of polaprezinc on gastric mucosal protection in rats with ethanol-induced gastric mucosal damage: comparison study with rebamipide. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/23743168 Polaprezinc (Zinc L-carnosine) is a potent inducer of anti-oxidative stress enzyme, heme oxygenase (HO)-1 - a new mechanism of gastric mucosal protection. https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jphs/1...9056FP/_article inhibitory effect of polaprezinc on the inflammatory response to Helicobacter pylori. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/12464972/ Applicability of zinc complex of L-carnosine for medical use. http://protein.bio.msu.ru/biokhimiya/conte...l/65070961.html Effects of L-carnosine and its zinc complex (Polaprezinc) on pressure ulcer healing. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/23835365/ Studies on anti-ulcer effects of a new compound, zinc L-carnosine (Z-103). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/2113032/ Mastic Gum Kills Helicobacter pylori. http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM199812243392618 The effect of mastic gum on Helicobacter pylori: a randomized pilot study. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19879118 Now's Ulcetrol. http://www.iherb.com/Now-Foods-Ulcetrol-60...=6&sr=null&ic=1 Natural Balance's Peptic Soothe. http://www.iherb.com/Natural-Balance-Pepti...4&sr=null&ic=15 Jarrow's mastic gum. http://www.iherb.com/Jarrow-Formulas-Masti...44&sr=null&ic=4 Doctor's Best PepzinGI. http://www.iherb.com/Doctor-s-Best-PepZinG...44&sr=null&ic=6 |
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Dec 7 2013, 03:19 AM
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QUOTE(lowlowc @ Dec 6 2013, 04:16 AM) "Your stools will just turn dark after dragon fruits and beet roots." This reminds me, is your yellow and contain undigested food (in my case, vegetable leaves) after the surgery or colonoscopy? As mentioned earlier, pencil thin, due to the stenosis. Gave me quite a shock - I thought the stenosis would be permanent. That was how it was for the first month after the surgery. |
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Dec 7 2013, 03:20 AM
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Beet root is good not only as a laxative, but a blood builder, high in iron. I was taking this after an I & D (incision and drainage), by an orthodedic surgeon in Sunway December 2004 (one year after the hemorrhoidectomy !) to drain out a cellulitis abscess in my left big toe. http://www.iherb.com/product-reviews/natur...-capsules/1842/ Reduces blood bressure, improves stamina, due to the nitrate content, converted to nitric oxide in the system. '' .... as little as one cup of beet juice has dramatic effects and may be a natural alternative to blood pressure medication for some people and just 2-3 ounces per day can be a natural approach to preventing constipation. '' http://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/features...-beetroot-juice Acute ingestion of beetroot bread increases endothelium-independent vasodilation and lowers diastolic blood pressure in healthy men: a randomized controlled trial. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/23884387 Inorganic nitrate and beetroot juice supplementation reduces blood pressure in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/23596162 Effect of beetroot juice on lowering blood pressure in free-living, disease-free adults: a randomized, placebo-controlled trial. http://www.7ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/2323177 Blood pressure-lowering effects of beetroot juice and novel beetroot-enriched bread products in normotensive male subjects. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/22414688 Nitrate supplementation's improvement of 10-km time-trial performance in trained cyclists. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/22248502 Another good blood builder and laxative is blackstrap molasses. '' Molasses Health Benefits and Natural Cures '' http://www.earthclinic.com/Remedies/molasses5.html '' Constipation Remedy – Blackstrap Molasses '' http://www.poopdoc.com/articles/constipati...natural-way.htm '' It’s best to eat or drink blackstrap molasses in the morning, as it makes a good laxative and will give you energy. This black goo, the bi-product of unhealthy white sugar, has ironically one of the highest mineral contents compared to other foods. Blackstrap molasses is quite extraordinary, containing these excellent sources of iron, magnesium, calcium and potassium and other trace minerals and vitamins. I think it’s so sad that this fantastic healthy sweetener, is used as the bi-product, and the unhealthy sugar lines our supermarket shelves. '' http://www.2baware.net/healthy-foods/blackstrap-molasses/ http://whfoods.org/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=118 http://spiritfoods.net/health-benefits-of-...strap-molasses/ http://whfoods.org/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=118 Total antioxidant content of alternatives to refined sugar. '' Dark and blackstrap molasses had the highest FRAP '' http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/19103324 |
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Dec 8 2013, 07:48 PM
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QUOTE(finkl1 @ Dec 7 2013, 03:22 PM) Thanks Tham. You had four hemorrhoids ? I did mine in Assunta, under Mr.Liew Fah Kong. I believe the equipment is harmonic scalpel...and the cost was about 1.5k -2k range, adding the rest, brings up to around 2.8k range. 1x 4 degree, prolapsed external 1x 3 degree, prolapse external 1x 1 degree, banding. The 4th was bleeding, before he decided to cut me the next day. I was LUCKY I believe, that he did it well, and less complication, and less pain since I had a strict dieting regime before the surgery. But overall, not that bad. All three of mine were virtually 4th degree, and the largest one was too big to be grabbed by the staple, so he used diathermy to cut it. It's good he used the harmonic scalpel. Seals the blood vessels, as well as nerves, as it cuts. Thus, much less bleeding and pain than a normal diathermy, or bipolar diathermy. The healing period is difficult for the first one to two months, as with any form of hemorrhoid surgery, but there are normally no complications with the harmonic scalpel, apart from temporary stenosis or narrowing of the anus. This is evident, as you had no relapses after 8 years. Dr Liew must have done a good job. |
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Dec 8 2013, 08:16 PM
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QUOTE(lowlowc @ Dec 8 2013, 07:47 AM) Will you describe the kind of itch you encounter during healing? Inside or outside? Prickly or wriggly itch? Yesterday night I had a very bad itch that I am now paranoid that I might have worms. The skin around the anus (I don't know if it's eczema or what) is still irritated that I've become very depressed now. Plus I'm very concerned about the undigested food in my stool. If it is itching, that means the wound is healing. Usually a kind of wriggly itch,My friends advise me to just go to work if it's not painful because I've been thinking too much. somewhat prickly too. Do not worry, quite normal. It will last a week or two. I had that sometime towards the end of the second month. Moreover, there are staples left inside your rectum, grabbing and retracting the hemorrhoids up. That is why they call it the staple method. So there will be bound to be some itching and irritation. Dr Akhtar Qureshi saw my staples when he examined me in 2004. He said they will be there for life. The itching will go away or at least reduce after one or two more weeks, I am sure it will, do not be depressed. Have you bathed it with Cosway's Zara Sea Salts yet ? Did Dr Liew also give you some lidocaine gel, or Xyloproct cream, which has a mild steroid to reduce the itching ? I think all the spasm from the trauma of the procedure has affected your digestion, so there might be some undigested food. Why don't you get some good digestive enzymes from the pharmacy ? A good one is by Bio-Grow, chewable. Chew two at each meal. http://www.rakuten.com.my/shop/caringpharm...H00023_0163321/ Ask the doctor to let you have one or two more weeks of rest. When are you going to see him for a review ? If the itch and irritation is unbearable, maybe you should see Dr Liew again tomorrow. Talking about depression, I'm the one who is even more depressed now, having to put up with a schizoid and narcissist younger brother, whom I live with. I have far more problems than you, and mental trauma kills faster than physical ones. If you're not sure what narcissistic personality disorder is, just seach Youtube and there will be countless videos describing one. Hitler was definitely one. Combine that with schizoid and paranoid personality disorders, and you virtually have a lunatic on your hands. I'm amazed that such a mentally unstable person has managed to rise to the level of a $ 20,000 a month Principal Engineer in Western Digital. I've received feedback that nobody there likes him. I received another sick SMS from him today. This post has been edited by Tham: Dec 8 2013, 08:18 PM |
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