Hemorrhoids? NEVER Take This Doctor’s Advice

For decades, doctors have been giving this natural advice for hemorrhoids.

But they were wrong!

That’s according to a new study in the journal Diseases of the Colon & Rectum.

And it reveals exactly what you should do instead.

During an operation called the Ferguson hemorrhoidectomy, swollen veins around your anus are surgically removed.

It can be very effective, but patients often struggle with pain, swelling, and discomfort during recovery.

For years, doctors have recommended warm sitz baths, which is basically sitting in shallow warm water after hemorrhoid surgery.

The idea is that warm water helps increase blood flow, relaxes muscles, and cleans the area.

But some scientists started wondering if cooling the area with ice might actually work better to reduce pain and swelling.

This question led researchers to compare these two common post-surgery care options.

The study took place at E-DA Hospital in Taiwan and involved 166 patients who had undergone a Ferguson hemorrhoidectomy.

After surgery, the patients were randomly divided into two groups:

• Group 1 was treated with ice packing (a cool compress applied directly to the area).

• Group 2 was given the traditional warm sitz baths.

Doctors then monitored both groups to see how they felt over the following days, measuring things like pain levels, swelling, wound healing, and how much morphine they needed for pain relief.

The results gave the ice pack group a clear edge, especially in the first few days after surgery:

1. Ice pack patients reported significantly lower pain scores within the first 16 hours.

2. About 77% of the ice group had little or no swelling, compared to just 56% in the sitz bath group at 24 hours.

3. On a scale used to measure wound healing (the REEDA scale), the ice group scored better (2.56 compared to 3.27) after one week.

4. Patients using ice needed almost two milligrams less morphine within the first 24 hours—which is a big reduction in the use of very hard and addictive drugs.

5. Both treatments were equally safe, with few side effects.

In short, icing helped people feel better, heal faster, and take fewer opioids, which are all important benefits during recovery.

But better than surgery is to get rid of your hemorrhoids naturally. Thousands of readers have already done it using the handful of tips explained here…