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What Is Protruding Piles And Its Homeopathic Remedies

Piles refers to swollen, dilated, inflamed veins in or around the anus or in the lower rectum. These are broadly divided into two types — external (that form on the anus and can be seen or felt at the anus) and internal (that develop within the rectum). Protruding piles refers to protrusion of piles (that otherwise lies inside the rectum) out of the anus during straining while passing stool. In mild cases, it tends to go back inside the anus on its own after the passage of stool. In moderate cases, the piles that protrude out when straining does not recede back into the anus on its own and has to be manually pushed back. In severe cases, the piles does not move inside the anus even when pushed manually and remains outside the anus permanently. This condition is referred to as prolapsed piles. Different signs and symptoms can attend protruding piles. These might include pain, bleeding, itching, burning sensation and mucus discharge. A prolapsed piles can be severely painful if a blood clot forms inside it and such piles is termed as thrombosed piles. Prolapsed piles also has a chance to get strangulated when blood supply to the piles stops as it gets trapped in anal muscles. Thrombosis and strangulation of piles are the serious complications of piles needing urgent medical help.

Homeopathic Management

Homeopathy carries a great scope in treating cases of protruding piles. Homeopathic medicines help in gradually decreasing the signs and symptoms of this complaint. Symptoms like pain, burning sensation, itching, bleeding get well managed with these medicines very effectively. They work magnificently by improving blood flow and reducing swelling in the veins around the anus and rectum. The most suitable homeopathic medicine for managing such cases is prescribed after detailed analysis of a particular case. Homeopathic medicines work in the most natural way to treat a condition and there are no side effects of these medicines. Homeopathic medicines are recommended for mild to moderate cases of protruding piles. In severe cases with permanently prolapsed piles and in case of strangulated and thrombosed piles, homeopathy has limitations in bringing relief and in such cases, help from conventional mode of treatment should be taken.

Homeopathic Medicines For Protruding Piles

1. Aloe Socotrina – Top Recommended Medicine

Aloe Socotrina is a top listed homeopathic medicine for managing cases of protruding piles. In cases needing it, piles protrude out at the anus and looks like a bunch of grapes. These are very painful, sore, and tender to touch. There may be relief in pain from washing with cold water. In some cases, there may be bleeding from the piles. Itching can also be felt in the piles along with the above complaints. There may be an urge to pass stool frequently. It gets worse after eating. Bearing down sensation is well marked in the rectum along with the above complaints.

2. Muriatic Acid – For Piles That Are Highly Painful To Touch

Muriatic Acid is a prominently indicated medicine to manage cases in which piles are extremely painful to touch. Even the least touch is unbearable on the anus where this medicine is required. The piles looks blue and swollen. There is burning sensation. Bleeding can also occur from the piles. This may be attended with weakness. There may be stitching pain in the piles. The pain gets better by warm applications.

3. Ratanhia – With Prominent Burning In Piles

Ratanhia is a highly beneficial medicine for protruding piles with prominent burning in the anus. The burning continues for a long time after passing the stool. Burning is intense like from fire. There is relief by cold water application on anus. There is difficulty in passing stool. The stool passes with great straining followed by burning and pain in the anus. Knife-like stitching pain can also be felt in the rectum.

4. Nitric Acid – For Protruding Piles With Bleeding

Nitric Acid is the best suited medicine when there is protrusion of piles on passing stool along with bleeding. The stool is also hard, painful and difficult to pass. Mucus discharges may also occur after passing hard stool. Pricking and burning sensation and sharp, stitching type of pain is felt in the anus after passing stool. The anus is also sensitive to touch. A sensation of weight and pressure is felt in the anus other than the above symptoms.

5. Collinsonia – With Marked Constipation

This medicine is highly effective for cases of protruding piles occurring along with marked constipation. The stool is hard and its passage is painful. A characteristic attending symptom is a sensation as if the rectum is filled with sharp sticks or sand. In cases needing it, the piles is painful and can bleed as well. There is burning and constricted sensation in the rectum. Lastly itching is felt at the anus.

6. Causticum – For Pain In Piles When Standing, Sitting, Walking

Causticum is a very useful medicine to manage piles that is very painful when standing, sitting or walking. There is relief in the pain after passing stool. There is stinging, stitching or burning type of pain in the piles. Pain in the piles also occurs when touching the anus. The piles is large in size that tends to impede passage of stool. Stool is hard and covered with mucus.

7. Baryta Carb – For Piles Protruding With Passing Stool And Urine

This medicine is highly recommended when piles protrudes out while passing stool as well as while passing urine. Burning sensation is felt in the anus when passing stool and also after passing stool. Shooting pain in the piles is also felt. There is constipation also with passage of hard, difficult and insufficient stool. After passing stool, oozing of some fluid is seen from the piles.

8. Calcarea Phos – To Manage Oozing Of Fluid From Piles

Use of this medicine is suggested when there is oozing of fluid from the protruding piles. A yellow–colored fluid oozes after passing stool. Bleeding can also occur after passing stool. Itching is also felt in the piles. Stitching or shooting pain in the anus can attend. In some cases, pulsating sensation is felt in the anus. Anus feels sore in the morning after getting up.

9. Lachesis – For Piles With Continuous Urge For Stool

Lachesis is an important medicine to manage cases of protruding piles attended with a continuous urge to pass stool. Anus feels constricted with this complaint. The piles is large in size. Burning is felt at the anus after passing stool. Stitching pain is felt in the piles and rectum when coughing or sneezing.

10. Kali Carb – When Piles Protrude With Loose Stool

This medicine is helpful for protrusion of the piles along with loose stool. The piles is large and painful. It is attended with needle-like stitching pain. Burning sensation may also be felt in the piles. Bleeding can also occur from piles. The piles may be sore to touch.

11. Lycopodium – For Managing Itching In Piles

Lycopodium is a suitable medicine for managing itching in the piles. The piles protrudes and also bleeds where this medicine is required. There is pain in the piles. The pain gets worse while sitting and also when touching.

 

 

 

 

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Can’t sleep well at night due to Itchy Anus, try these Homeopathic remedies

Anal itching, medically known as pruritis ani, can be quite annoying as well as embarrassing. Though anal itching can occur any time but is more common at night or gets worse at night. Though scratching can give a bit of relief but it can irritate and damage the anal area that increases chances of skin infection in the affected area. Itchy anus at night time may arise from many reasons. It can simply be related to lifestyle habits related to hygiene, eating certain dietary things like highly spiced food, coffee, tea or it may arise from some medical conditions affecting the anus and rectum or skin conditions affecting anus. The most common among these is pinworms and piles. Anal itching can be attended with other signs and symptoms depending on the cause behind it. These includes burning, pain, soreness of the anus, and redness and swelling at the anus.

Homeopathic Management

Homeopathic medicines are very effective in managing itching of the anus at night. These medicines suit persons of all age groups. They focus on treating the underlying cause behind the problem to bring relief. With its use, acute itching is relieved as well as chronic recurrent problems are also tackled well. Homeopathic medicines are natural and treat a problem without any side effects. These medicines are selected individually for every case based on the symptom picture as well as keeping in mind the cause behind the problem.

Homeopathic Medicines For Itchy Anus

1. Teucrium – Top Remedy

Teucrium is the topmost medicine for managing anal itching at night. In cases needing it, constant irritation is felt at the anus. Anal itching gets worse from the heat of the bed. It is attended with restlessness and sleeplessness. A creeping sensation in the anus is also felt. Anus may be swollen as well. It is one of the best medicines for managing anal itching from worms.

2. Sulphur – For Itching Along With Burning

Sulphur works best when itching is attended with burning in the anus. Itching can be quite intolerable. It leads to sleeplessness. Sulphur is the most prominently indicated for piles that cause itching. Other than itching, soreness at the anus may be felt as well. Anal swelling can be there. Stinging at anus may attend. Sometimes there is bleeding from anus. In some cases needing it, a fluid may ooze from the anus followed by itching.

3. Nux Vomica – For Itching Due To Piles

This medicine is well indicated for itching due to piles. Along with this, a tearing and stinging pain at the anus may be felt. Burning sensation may attend. In cases needing it, constipation is very common. The characteristic feature here is a frequent ineffectual urge to pass stool. The person passes stool multiple times a day, but still feels as if bowels are not empty yet.

4. Natrum Phos – For Itching From Worms

Just like Teucrium, this medicine is also effective for anal itching from worms. Threadworms are present in cases needing it. Use of Natrum Phos is indicated when there is itching of anus at night from worms due to warmth of bed. It results in restless sleep. The anus is raw and sore along with itching.

5. Petroleum – For Itching From Piles Or Anal Fissures

This medicine is mainly recommended for managing itching occurring from piles or anal fissures. There is intense itching at the anus along with redness around the anus. The person needing it scratches the anus until it becomes sore and raw. After scratching the anus, burning sensation is felt. Fluid may ooze out from the scratched anal surface. Itching gets better by throwing cold water over the anus. Lastly, petroleum is an important medicine to deal with cases of skin eruptions around the anus that itch a lot.

6. Alumen – For Lump At Anus That Itch

Alumen is indicated if a lump is formed at the anus that itches at night. Itching is intense. In most cases needing alumen, a person complains of constipation. The stool is very dry and hard or the first part of the stool is hard followed by soft stool. Pain occurs while passing stool.

7. Ignatia – For Itching And Tingling Sensation

This medicine is useful for managing itching and tingling sensation at the anus. A creeping sensation is also felt in the lower rectum. It is indicated mainly for itching occurring from ascarides worms. Stitching pain may also occur in the lower part of rectum.

8. Lycopodium – For Eruptions Around Anus That Itch

Lycopodium is a suitable medicine to manage eruptions around the anus that cause itching. There is oozing of fluid from these eruptions which are tender (painful to touch). It is also helpful for relieving piles with anal itching and discharge of blood.

What Causes Anal Itching?

1. Pinworms – These are tiny worms, also known as threadworms, and are the most common among the different types of worm infections. Infection caused by pinworms is known as enterobiasis. Pinworm infection is very common in children of school going age. The most common symptom of this infection is anal itching. It gets worse at night that causes restless or disturbed sleep. Besides itching, it can cause pain in the abdomen, loss of appetite, nausea, irritability and bedwetting.

2. Piles – Piles refers to swelling of veins around the anus or in the lower rectum. It can cause anal itching along with its other symptoms like rectal pain, burning, swelling, lump at anus and bleeding.

3.Anal fissure – It refers to a cut or tear in the anus. It may cause itchy anus, besides its main symptoms including anal pain, bleeding and burning at anus.

4. Long term diarrhea (loose stool) – It can cause anal irritation and itching.

5. Skin issues – These includes dry anal area, eczema (inflamed itchy skin that may be dry or have eruptions that ooze fluid), psoriasis (skin condition characterized by inflamed patches on the skin covered with scales)

6. Infections –

a) Yeast infection: Yeast is a fungus that can cause infection at anus. It causes discoloration and swelling around the anus along with itching. Cracks around the anus may also occur.

b) Herpes infection: It is a sexually transmitted infection caused by Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) that causes fluid-filled bumps (blisters) on the genitals, buttocks and area around the anus.

c) HPV (Human papilloma virus) infection: It is a sexually transmitted infection causing warts on the genitals, rectum and around the anus.

7. Hygiene habits – A person can have anal irritation and dryness leading to itching if he / she wipes very hard after passing stool. On the other hand, if a person wipes the anus very gently, some stool might remain stuck, which causes anal irritation and increases the risk of infection.

8. Use of harsh soaps, lotions, creams, powder can irritate the sensitive anal area that leads to itching

9. Dietary factors – Anal itching may arise from consuming certain foods that cause anal irritation. Some examples include spicy food, chillies, pepper, tea, coffee, chocolates, alcohol and citrus fruits.

10. Wearing tight clothes and sweating – It can cause heat retention and anal itching.

 

 

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Top Homeopathic Medicines For Pain During And After Passing Stool

Having mild pain during and after passing stool once in a while is normal. It may happen occasionally, for example from some changes in diet. But if it occurs regularly then it could be a medical reason behind it that needs to be looked out for and treated. It can arise from constipation when the stool is dry and hard. Another very important reason is anal fissure. It refers to a cut or crack in the skin of anus usually arising from passing hard, dry stool. Next common cause can be piles – swollen, dilated, inflamed veins around the anus and or in the lower rectum. It may also occur in case of proctitis which is inflammation of the lining of the rectum.

Another reason could be IBD (Inflammatory Bowel Disease) which includes two inflammatory disorders of gastric tract i.e. ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease. In ulcerative colitis, inflammation and ulcers appear in the lining of large intestine and rectum. In Crohn’s disease, any part of the gastrointestinal tract can get inflamed. It may also occur in case of anal fistula (an abnormal tract between anal canal and outside the skin around anus, perianal abscess (pus around anus) and from diarrhea means passing thin, watery stool. Besides, it may arise from food intolerances, sexually transmitted infection spread through anal sex (like chlamydia, syphilis); endometriosis when tissue that lines the uterus grows in areas other than uterus like ovaries, bladder, colon, rectum;  skin conditions (like eczema, psoriasis, anal warts) and anal/rectal cancer. Depending on the cause, pain during and after stool may be accompanied with other signs and symptoms like burning, itching, bleeding, swelling, lump, redness at anus and constipation or diarrhea.

Homeopathic Treatment

Homeopathic medicines can treat cases of pain during and after passing stool wonderfully. Sourced from natural substances, they ease rectal and anal pain in the most harmless way with zero side effects. These can also relieve any attending symptoms like burning, itching, soreness, bleeding along with pain. Homeopathic medicines help in managing acute pain and also help in chronic cases of pain. These target the root cause behind the pain to give long term relief.

Top Homeopathic Medicines For Pain During And After Stool

1. Aesculus – For pain after stool

Aesculus is the best choice of medicine when pain occurs after stool and remains for long hours. A sensation of small sticks in the rectum is a characteristic feature. Stinging, burning and itching at anus is also felt. Stool is hard and passed with difficulty. It is the top-recommended medicine for pain occurring from piles.

2. Nitric Acid – For Pain During Stool

Nitric Acid is a highly recommended medicine for managing pain while passing stool. It is very effective when pain occurs from either hard stool, piles or fissures. The pain is severe during stool. It may even continue after passing stool. Bleeding occurs along with stool. The pain usually is cutting or sharp splinter like or pricking type. The stool is scanty, hard, difficult that passes with straining. In case of piles, protrusion of piles may occur while passing stool.

3. Ratanhia – For Pain And Burning From Anal Fissures

Ratanhia is a highly suitable medicine for managing pain and burning from anal fissures. In cases needing it, pain and burning occur while passing stool which may persist for long hours after passing stool. A characteristic feature is pain in anus as from broken glass pieces. There is constipation with hard stool that passes with much straining efforts.

4. Nux Vomica – For Pain With Constipation

Nux Vomica is a beneficial medicine for relieving pain with constipation. The most characteristic symptom is an ineffectual urge to pass stool. A person goes for passing stool several times a day. Each time only little stool is passed and there is unsatisfactory feeling as if some stool still remains back in the rectum. There is pain and burning sensation with the passing of stool. Pain can be stinging or tearing type. The pain may get better from cold water application. The stool may be streaked with blood. Anal itching may also attend.

5. Alumen – For Pain With Hard Stool

This medicine works well when there is pain along with hard stool. In cases needing it the stool is dry and hard. Some blood passes with stool. There is pain in the rectum while passing stool and continues after passing stool. Pain from the rectum may extend down the thighs. In some cases, a lump appears at the anus that is very itchy.

6. Aloe Socotrina – From Piles

This medicine is recommended for rectal pain from piles. The pain can be sharp or burning type. The piles look like a bunch of grapes blue in color at the anus. The pain and burning may get better from cold water application. There may be a sudden urge to pass stool immediately after eating or drinking anything. Stool is usually loose, mucus may pass with stool.

7. Muriatic Acid – When Anus Is Very Tender (Painful To Touch)

Muriatic Acid can be considered in cases when anus is very tender, means painful and sensitive to touch. There are bluish piles with marked heat in cases needing this medicine. Warm application on the anus may relieve pain. Violent stitching type of pain may be felt at the anus. In some cases, anal prolapse occurs while passing urine.

8. Graphites – For Pain During Stool And For Hours After Stool

Graphites is helpful when there is pain while passing stool and continues for hours after passing stool. The pain is sharp, severe, stitching type which gets worse at night. A constricted sensation at anus also occurs. There is bleeding on passing stool. Burning and soreness in anus is also felt. Graphites is very effective when there are above symptoms along with cracks in the anus. Graphites is also useful for piles that are sore to touch and are most painful when sitting or while walking. In cases needing it, there is constipation with hard, large, difficult stool.

 9. Collinsonia – For Painful Bleeding Piles

This medicine is well indicated for cases of piles that are painful and bleed. There is marked constipation where this medicine is required. The piles tend to protrude (come out of anus) on passing stool. There is pain and burning in rectum. Anal itching may also be felt. A characteristic sensation of sand in rectum is quite prominent.

10. Silicea – For Pain From Anal Fistula And Perianal Abscess

This medicine works magnificently in cases of pain from fistula and perianal abscess. In cases needing it, pain occurs in rectum or around the anus along with pus discharges. There is constipation with hard stool. The stool may recede back into the rectum after some of it gets passed out.

11. Sulphur – For Burning Pain

Sulphur is recommended when there is burning pain at the anus. The burning and itching get worse at night. The anus is sore along with constipation with dry, hard, knotty stool. Piles may be present that are tender to touch. Smarting pain may occur in piles along with bleeding.

12. Ignatia – For anal Pain on walking or standing

This medicine is prominently indicated for anal pain which gets worse while walking or standing. It is relieved by sitting. This medicine is also indicated for rectal pain with loose stool. There may be constant urge to pass stool along with smarting pain. The pain may be felt one or two hours after passing stool. Bleeding may occur along with stool. This medicine is the most recommended when there is severe stitching, burning pain in the rectum which disturbs sleep at night.

13. Paeonia – Pain At Anus Continuing Long After Stools

Paeonia is the most helpful when there is severe pain at the anus that continues for long hours after passing stool. The pains are severe, intolerable. The pain may even continue the whole night preventing sleep. Burning and itching in anus occurs. It is indicated for piles, fissures and anal fistula. A fluid may be seen oozing from anus in cases that require it.

 

 

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Suffering From Intractable Anal Fistula? Safe Homeopathic Remedies for Anal Fistula

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An anal fistula is a small tunnel with an internal opening in the anal canal and an external opening in the skin of the perianal area (an area that surrounds the anus). An anal fistula usually results after improper healing of an anal abscess following pus drainage. Homeopathy is an excellent alternative mode of treating many surgical diseases including anal fistula. It is particularly beneficial for treating anal fistula. In most cases, these medicines save a person from undergoing surgical procedures for this painful problem.

Homeopathic Treatment of anal fistula

Homeopathic remedies for anal fistula treat the condition with gentleness and safety, and with no side effects because of their natural origin. With regular use of these medicines, the discharge associated with anal fistula gradually decreases and the symptoms of pain, swelling, and itching are also managed. The natural medicines assist in regularising bowel movements and treating hard stool, which could otherwise lead to a recurrence of symptoms. They are also helpful in cases of anal fistula that re-form even after surgical correction in the past.

Best Homeopathic Remedies For Anal Fistula

The medicines that top the list for anal fistula treatment are Silicea, Hepar Sulph, and Myristica Sebifera. The characteristic features of these remedies are as follows:

1. Silicea – For Anal Fistula With Copious Pus Discharge

Silicea is the most recommended medicine for anal fistula. It is the most widely used medicine for treating anal fistula in homeopathy. It carries a great ability to resolve multiple medical problems where pus formation occurs including anal fistula. The way it controls the process of pus formation is magnificent. It can be given in anal fistula cases with copious pus discharge. Sometimes blood may be present in this discharge. The discharge is also highly offensive and putrid smelling. The discharge is accompanied by perianal swelling. Sharp, stitching pain in the rectum may occur especially while walking. When passing stool, burning and itching at anus may be felt. Silicea is also a remedy for anal fistula with brownish fluid discharge and/or accompanied with constipation. Silicea is also applicable to treat hardness/indurations left around the anus after the healing of an anal fistula.

2. Hepar Sulph – For Intense Pain

Hepar Sulph is the most valuable medicine to manage anal fistula accompanied by extreme pain. It works in cases where the area around the perianal region is highly inflamed, hard and swollen, and is very sore and sensitive to touch. The pain, in most cases, gets worse at night. Cold worsens the pain. Other symptoms may include throbbing or beating sensation around the anus. It is indicated when pus is present in the tract but hasn’t begun to discharge. This medicine will aid pus drainage from fistula tract followed by relief in pain. The discharge of pus from the anal fistula may be blood-stained and may smell like decaying matter. The patient may also have fever with chills.

3. Myristica Sebifera – Top Remedy For Fistula

Myristica Sebifera is another primary natural medicine of plant origin and is used for treating many suppurative (pus forming) conditions including anal fistula. This remedy works wonders in expelling the pus readily and in healing anal fistula. It has its most prominent action in speeding up the process of pus drainage and cut short the healing process of anal fistula. Use of this medicine often prevents the need for surgery in anal fistula cases.

4. Calcarea Sulph – For Thick, Yellow Discharges

Calcarea Sulph is beneficial for the treatment of anal fistula with thick and yellow pus discharge. The discharge is often blood stained. It is indicated when the pus is already oozing out of an anal fistula opening on the skin. Calcarea Sulph aids in hastening pus expulsion. Pain is also prominent in the anal region where this medicine is required.

5. Berberis Vulgaris – For Shooting Pain

Berberis Vulgaris works well in cases where there is shooting pain around the anus. In addition to this, a stitching pain around the anus also points towards the use of Berberis Vulgaris. The skin around the anus is very sore and is accompanied by itching, which gets worse in the evening.

6Calcarea Phos – For Painless Fistula

Painless anal fistula points towards the use of Calcarea Phos. In these cases, there is blood and pus discharge from the anal fistula. These discharges can be accompanied by warm or burning sensation around the anus. Another striking indication for using Calcarea Phos is anal fistula alternating with chest complaints. Calcarea Phos hastens the healing process of anal fistula resulting in speedy recovery.

7. Paeonia Officinalis – For Pain And Itching At Anus

Paeonia Officinalis is a natural medicine for anal fistula treatment. In cases needing it, there is persistent oozing of fluid from the anal tract. The fluid is extremely offensive in smell and there is also much pain in the anus region. Sitting makes the pain worse. Itching and biting sensation around the anus also attend. Burning sensation at the anus is also marked. Apart from anal fistula, Paeonia Officinalis is also a prominent remedy for treating anal fissures and piles.

8. Hydrastis Canadensis – For Anal Fistula With Constipation

Hydrastis Canadensis is highly beneficial for treating anal fistula accompanied by constipation. It helps in healing anal fistula as well as regularizing bowel movement. Patients with chronic obstinate constipation (i.e. those who often have a number of days without passing stool), those with severe pain following the passing of stool, those for whom the pain lasts for hours following stool, and those with smarting and burning pain in the rectum and around the anus, are typical candidates for Hydrastis Canadensis.

9. Causticum – For Pulsating Pain

Causticum works well when in anal fistula cases, pulsating pain is felt around the anus. The pulsations are of high intensity in the perineum. The anal fistula discharges pus, blood, and serum. Along with anal fistula, hemorrhoids may also be present. The hemorrhoids are hard, large and swollen.

10. Thuja Occidentalis – For Fistula With Burning Around the Anus

Thuja Occidentalis is a beneficial medicine for anal fistula accompanied by burning pain around the anus. Soreness is felt around the anus the whole day, along with burning sensation. Stitching pain, as from a needle pricking in the perianal region may also attend. Perianal pains get worse after walking. Offensive sweat around the anus may also be present along with the above symptoms.

11. Lachesis – For Anal Fistula With Fullness Sensation In Rectum

This medicine is indicated when a person suffering from anal fistula complains of sensation of fullness in the rectum. Other than this, there is a feeling as if little hammers are beating the rectum. Burning and cutting pain in the rectum may also occur.

Signs And Symptoms Of Anal Fistula

1. An opening (hole) on the skin near the anus and fluid/pus dischargefrom that opening. The discharge may even be blood stained. The discharge may be foul smelling. Rarely, faecal discharge may occur.

2. Perianal swelling, redness, inflammation and pain. The pain could vary in nature from throbbing, pulsating, sharp and tearing, to a stitching pain. The pain usually gets worse during bowel movement and also while sitting or walking. There may be tenderness around the opening of fistula. After fistula drains, the pain may decrease.

3. Burning and irritation or itching in the perianal area are other attending symptoms

4. Fever and chills may also be present in a few cases

5. A feeling of weakness can accompany the above symptoms

Anal Fistula: What Causes It?

An anal fistula arises from a clogged anal gland, followed by an infection in anal gland. Anal glands are present in the the wall of anal canal that secrete fluid. These may sometimes get clogged by foreign matter like faecal bacteria that may cause infection in anal glands. Due to the infection, an abscess is formed which drains by itself or via surgery through a skin point around the anus. Anal fistula refers to a tunnel that develops along this tract running from the anal gland to a hole in the skin surrounding the anus.

Some of factors that increases risk of anal fistula are as follows:

1. An infection or trauma to anal region

2. An improper healing of an anal abscess (pus filled mass) following pus drainage

3. A surgery near the anus

4. Having IBD means inflammatory disease, which includes Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. It is an autoimmune disease that causes inflammation in gastrointestinal tract, diverticulitis (infected pouch in colon), tuberculosis and certain sexually transmitted infections (eg HIV, syphilis)

5. Radiation treatment of anal cancer

6. Chances of anal fistula are more in males as compared to females

Diagnosis Of Anal Fistula

To diagnose anal fistula, a physician examines perianal area where a hole is seen in anal fistula (denoting its external opening) that in most cases is draining fluid or pus. To detect internal opening and the entire tract of anal fistula, the following tests are recommended:

1. Anoscopy: The doctor views inside the anus and rectum using an instrument

2. MRI and an ultrasound of anal regionto see complete path of fistula tract

3. Anal Fistulogram: It is an X-ray process (taken after injecting a contrast) to view fistula

4. Colonoscopy: If ulcerative colitis is also suspected

Complications Of Anal Fistula

If anal fistula is not treated rightly, then recurrence of abscess near anus is possible and there are chances of developing a complex fistula. Faecal incontinence (inability to hold stool), and cellulitis (skin infection) are other complications. The surgery of anal fistula also carries complications like faecal incontinence and recurrence of anal fistula.

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What Is Rectal Tenesmus? Signs, Symptoms And Homeopathic Treatment

Rectal tenesmus refers to a feeling of incomplete bowel movements. A person feels the urge to defecate even if he/she has already defecated. There is a feeling of incomplete defecation even when all contents in the bowels have been expelled. It can be attended with pain and hard straining to pass just a little more stool during bowel movements.

Homeopathic Management

Homeopathy is very effective in managing cases of rectal tenesmus. Homeopathic medicines help in reducing the intensity and frequency of this complaint gradually. Along with tenesmus, these also bring improvement in its attending signs and symptoms. Use of homeopathic medicines is recommended in those cases where the intensity of the complaint is mild to moderate. In cases where symptoms are severe or point towards some serious cause (example colorectal cancer), it is advised to take immediate help from conventional mode of treatment.

Homeopathic Medicines For Rectal Tenesmus

1. Nux Vomica Top-grade Medicine

It is one of the best medicines for treating cases of rectal tenesmus. Persons who need this medicine have frequent and ineffectual urge to pass stool. They go for defecation several times a day but have unsatisfactory stool and have a constant urge to pass stool. Soon after passing stool, they feel like going to the washroom again. It is a very effective medicine for tenesmus with constipation. The stool is very hard and dry in such cases. It can be blood-streaked too. Before passing stool, sometimes they have cutting pain around the navel. Sticking pain in rectum may occur after passing stool. Its use is also indicated when there is frequent urge to pass stool and the stool is slimy, watery and has blood. In such cases, small quantities of jelly-like mucus may also be present in the stool.

2. Merc Sol – For Rectal Tenesmus With A Never-Get-Done Feeling

This medicine is well indicated for cases in which there is rectal tenesmus with a never-get-done feeling. Persons requiring it have to nidulge in excessive straining for stool with relatively scanty stool being passed. The stool is also slimy, bloody and has mucus in it. It can be greenish. In some cases, undigested food is passed as stool which has sour smell. It is accompanied by pinching and cutting colic. Pain and burning in anus can also attend. Nausea and vomiting sometimes accompany. Lastly, it is indicated for ineffectual urge to pass stool with protruding piles.

3. Aloe – For Rectal Tenesmus And Excessive Passage Of Gas During Stool

It is prepared from the gum of the leaves of plant Aloe Socotrina. It belongs to family Liliaceae. It is a very effective medicine for rectal tenesmus and excessive passage of gas during stool. In cases needing it, there is a continuous urge to pass stool, and gets worse soon after eating and drinking. Along with this, a feeling of fullness and weight on the pelvis is felt.  A constant bearing down in the rectum occurs. Rumbling and gurgling in the rectum with the urgency to pass stool is also felt. Stool is lumpy, watery in cases needing it. A lot of mucus may pass in stool.

4. Merc Cor – When Mucus And Blood In Stool Attends

This medicine is well-indicated for cases in which tenesmus is attended with mucus and blood in the stool. The tenesmus is excessive and the stool is hot, scanty and contains shreds of mucous membrane. It also has an offensive smell. The colour can be yellow or green. Cutting and colicky pains may occur along with the above symptoms. The desire to pass stool is frequent and ineffectual with violent pain. Anal burning occurs while passing stool. Weakness is marked with the above symptoms.

5. Arsenic Album – For Tenesmus With Diarrhea

Arsenic Album is a beneficial medicine for cases in which there is tenesmus with diarrhea. For using it, the stool is loose, green, slimy and foul-smelling. Pieces of mucus may pass with it. Cutting pain in anus attends it with marked weakness. Besides, rumbling in intestine occurs. In some cases, the stool passes involuntarily. The last indication for using it is piles which is painful,  and swollen along with tenesmus. The pain in piles is stitching type.

6. Nitric Acid – For Tenesmus With Rectal Pain

It is a useful medicine for tenesmus with rectal pain. Mostly the pain in rectum is sharp splinter-like in nature with ineffectual urge to pass stool. The stool is putrid, loose with undigested food, along with passage of gas. It is mostly green with mucus, blood in stool may appear too. There is excessive straining to pass stool but little of it passes. It feels as if stool still remains in the rectum that could not be expelled. The anus feels raw and sore with this. Sometimes, cutting pain in anus and rectum is also felt. While passing stool, colic and nausea also occurs. Excessive exhaustion is felt along with these symptoms.

7. Lycopodium – For Tenesmus Of Rectum, Gas And Bloating

Lycopodium is prepared from plant Lycopodium Clavatum, commonly known as ‘club moss’. This plant belongs to family lycopodiaceae. It is a prominent medicine for managing cases in which there is rectal tenesmus, gas in abdomen and bloating. Persons needing it have straining while passing stool and tenesmus. With this, they have gas and bloating which is felt soon after eating even if they consume small quantity of food. The gas leads to pain in abdomen. While passing stool, they have burning, stinging sensation in rectum. A distressing pressure and pain in rectum is also felt.

8. Colchicum For Scanty Stool With Tenesmus

This medicine is prepared from the bulb of plant Colchicum autumnale, commonly known as ‘meadow saffron’. It belongs to family melanthaceae of the liliaceae. It is valuable for cases having scanty stool with tenesmus. The stool may be greenish, yellowish or reddish. It contains white shreddy particles. Along with this, pain in anus occurs.

9. Capsicum For Frequent, Small Stool With Tenesmus And Rectal Burning

This medicine is helpful for cases in which a person has frequent, little stool with tenesmus and burning in the rectum. The stool is greenish, frothy and may have blood and mucus in it. Before passing stool, there may occur cutting pain and colic due to gas, and twisting pains around the umbilicus. After passing stool, burning sensation occurs at the anus. Burning pain in rectum is well marked. Biting and stinging pain in anus may also accompany. Sometimes the tenesmus of rectum and bladder may be felt at the same time in cases needing Capsicum.

10. Colocynth – For Rectal Tenesmus And Colicky Pain In Abdomen

This medicine is prepared from the pulp of fruit Citrullus colocynthis, also called cucumis colocynthis and ‘bitter apple’. This plant belongs to family cucurbitaceae. It is beneficial for persons having rectal tenesmus and colicky pain in abdomen. Along with this, there is watery stool which is copious and strong smelling. Nausea and vomiting may also occur.

What Are The Causes Behind It?

It may arise from various reasons. First among them is IBD – inflammatory bowel disease (an autoimmune disease that causes long-term inflammation in the gastrointestinal tract). IBD includes Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. In case of Crohn’s disease, inflammation can occur in the lining of any part of digestive tract from mouth to anus. In this, deeper layers of the digestive tract are involved. In case of ulcerative colitis, there occurs inflammation and ulcers in the large intestine and rectum. In this, superficial lining of large intestine and rectum is involved.

Other than IBD, inflammation in the colon from infection (like a bacterial or viral infection), any non-infectious condition or radiation exposure can also lead to tenesmus. Another cause for it is diverticulitis; diverticula are small pouches that can form in the lining of the digestive system mostly in the lower part of the large intestine. When inflammation occurs in one or more of the pouches, then this condition is known as diverticulitis. Rectal tenesmus can also occur in case of ischaemic colitis (inflamed colon from decreased blood flow to it).

IBS (irritable bowel syndrome) which is a disorder affecting the large intestine that leads to cramping, pain in abdomen, gas, bloating, diarrhea or constipation or both, is another cause behind it. It can also arise in cases of diarrhea and constipation. An abscess in the rectum, prolapsed hemorrhoid, sexually transmitted proctitis which is rectal inflammation (example of sexually transmitted infections that can inflame rectum are gonorrhoea, syphilis and chlamydia) may be some of the other causes of rectal tenesmus. Lastly, it can be a symptom in case of colorectal cancer.

What Are The Other Signs And Symptoms?

It can be accompanied by some other signs and symptoms depending on the cause behind it. These include rectal pain, pain in abdomen, diarrhea, constipation, blood in stool, mucus in stool, gas, bloating, nausea, vomiting, weight loss, weakness fever and chills.

 

 

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Top Homeopathic Remedies for Anal Fissures

Passing stool or poop is meant to be the most effortless function of the body but when this becomes a difficult and painful exercise, the result can be nothing short of a trauma for the bearer. One common reason behind such anal pain while passing stool is anal fissure. Anus is an opening at the lower end of our gastrointestinal tract through which stool leaves the body. Anal fissure refers to a cut, tear or crack in the anus.

Homeopathic Treatment For Anal Fissures

Homeopathic medicines are of great help in soothing anal pain and burning sensation, controlling anal bleeding in cases of anal fissures along with the healing of cracks. Homeopathic medicines also aim at treating constipation which will make healing of cuts easy and also prevent future recurrences of anal tears due to dry, hard stool. Made of natural substances with zero side effects, it can be beneficial and of great help in providing relief and working as a remedy for the treatment of anal fissures. It works by using body’s own restorative processes and is considered very safe. It can only help, never harm.

Best Homeopathic Remedies For Anal Fissures

Among several homeopathic medicines for anal fissures the most important ones include Ratanhia, Nitric Acid, Graphites, Paeonia, Thuja, Sedum Acre and Petroleum. For treating constipation with dry, hard, large stool, the best medicine is Bryonia.

1. Ratanhia – Top-Grade Medicine

Ratanhia ranks as the number one medicine when it comes to treating anal fissures. It is most effective to relieve pain and burning sensation in anus while passing stool and may remain for several hours thereafter. A very peculiar feature is anal pain as from pieces of broken glass or a knife piercing the anus. In cases needing Ratanhia, constipation is also present and stool is passed with much straining.

When and How to use Ratanhia?

This medicine is the most frequently prescribed remedy for anal fissures. It can be used in any case where pain and burning in anus are marked during or after stool. Straining to pass stool is also there. This medicine can be used in both low and high potencies. It is most commonly used is 30C potency which can be taken twice or thrice a day. In some cases, higher potency 200C is recommended, the dose of which is restricted to just once a day.

2. Nitric Acid – For Managing Anal Bleeding And Pain

Nitric Acid is the best choice of medicine when anal bleeding and pain are the main concerns. The bleeding is bright red with stool. The nature of pain can be cutting, sharp splinter-like, stitching, tearing or stinging type. Persons needing it are also constipated. They pass stool with great straining that causes cuts in anus even if stool is soft.

When and How to use Nitric Acid?

Its use is highly recommended for persons who have bleeding and pain from anal fissures. This medicine will help to control bleeding, soothe pain and heal the cracks on the anus. It is a strong remedy mostly used in 30C potency, once a day only.

3. Graphites – Anal Fissure With Sharp Cutting Anal Pain

Graphites is of great value in managing anal fissures when severe, sharp, cutting anal pain during stool is felt in anus. Besides, anus is very sore to touch. Wiping anal area causes intense pain. Bleeding too occurs with stool. Stool in most cases is large and passed with difficulty.

When and How to use Graphites?

Its use can be done in cases where a person feels sharp cutting anal pain while passing stool and anus is sore (painful on touching). If we talk about the potency of Graphites, it varies from as low as 3X, 30 C to high like 200C. When used in 3X potency, it can be taken twice a day but in 30C potency, it should be used just once a day or twice a week as per intensity of the symptoms. For using higher potencies, kindly consult a homeopathic physician.

4. Paeonia – For Foul Smelling Discharge From Anal Cuts

Paeonia is a natural medicine sourced from the root of plant ‘peony’. The most characteristic feature to use it is foul-smelling discharge from the anus due to cracks in it. Persons needing it also have intense pain in the anus while passing stool with pain stretching for long hours after passing stool. Other than this, they have itching and burning at the anus.

When and How to use Paeonia?

This medicine can be prescribed in cases where main complaint is oozing of foul discharge from cuts at anus. From its various available potencies, it is advisable to begin with 30C potency twice a day.

5. Thuja – For Anal Fissure Sensitive and Painful To Touch

Thuja is a natural medicine prepared from fresh green twigs of plant Arbor Vitae. It is a very helpful medicine when anal fissure is very sensitive and painful to touch. Along with this, burning sensation and itching at anus may be present. A pressing type of pain can also accompany.

When and How to use Thuja?

If you have anal pain which is sensitive to touch, you may find this medicine highly effective. Initially Thuja 30C can be taken once a day. Once relief sets in, gradually reduce the dose to twice followed by once a week.

6. Sedum Acre – For Anal Pain That Remains For Several Hours After Stool

Sedum Acre, though a lesser-known medicine, proves very effective in reducing anal pain. The key indication for its use is anal pain felt even for several hours after passing stool.  The nature of pain is constricting type.

When and How to use Sedum Acre?

Use of this medicine is suggested for persons who experience anal pain for several hours after passing stool. It usually works well in 30C potency that can be used twice a day. Its higher potencies are also available that can also be considered under advice of a homeopathic doctor.

7. Bryonia – To Treat Constipation With Dry, Hard, Large StoolSulphur

Constipation with dry, hard, large stool is the main reason behind anal fissure. So if constipation is treated, fissure formation will be prevented. If constipation is treated and stool is softened with this medicine in cases where fissure is already present, then healing of fissure won’t be interfered with. Its symptoms won’t worsen because hard stool which was acting as an obstacle is being treated simultaneously. Bryonia can be used in cases of constipation with very hard, dry and large stool (which is the root cause in majority of anal fissure cases). Bryonia will regularize bowel movement and help in softening the stool.

When and How to use Bryonia?

It is the best medicine to treat constipation with dry, hard, large stool. Bryonia 30C can be taken two to three times a day for good results.

8. Petroleum – For Anal Fissure With Anal Itching

This medicine is well indicated to manage anal itching in cases of anal fissure. In cases needing it, stool is passed in the form of hard lumps. Burning at anus can also be felt.

When and How to use Petroleum?

If anal itching is the most troubling symptom, then this medicine is for you. Take it once or twice in 30C potency to soothe the itching.

Cause Behind Anal Fissure

A.  Trauma to the anal area or its overstretching is the main cause behind anal fissure. This can happen from one of the following reasons:

1. Constipation: It is the most common cause behind anal fissure. Passage of large, hard, dry stool that overstretches and tears the lining of anal canal may commonly result in anal fissure. Anal fissure may also occur when stool is passed with much straining efforts.

2. Long term diarrhea (loose stool): It causes dryness and irritation in the skin of anal area followed by cracks that can be very painful as skin in the anal area is very sensitive.

3. Trauma caused by vaginal childbirth

4. Anal sex or putting any object in anus

B. Having excessively tight anal sphincter muscles that control anal closure, reduced blood supply to anus, scar in the anal area.

C. Some medical conditions like Crohn’s disease (an autoimmune disease that can cause inflammation in any part of the gastrointestinal tract), tuberculosis, anal cancer and some sexually transmitted diseases like HIV, syphilis, gonorrhoea, chlamydia

Signs And Symptoms Of Anal Fissures

1. Pain in the anal region: It is the main symptom of anal fissure that can be very severe. It is felt during passing stool but sometimes the pain may continue for several hours after passing stool.

2. Bleeding: It may pass as streak of blood while passing stool, or blood can be seen on outer surface of stool or toilet paper after wiping anal area

3. Burning sensation at anus or itching at anal area

4. A visible crack in anal area

5. Hard stool if constipated

6. Foul smelling discharge from cut

7. A skin tag or small lump near the anal fissure in long standing cases

Managing Anal Fissures

Dietary guidelines to manage anal fissure

1. Eat a high-fiber diet: In general, food items that are low in fiber cause constipation. Adding up fiber from a variety of fruits and vegetables in the patient’s diet can make a big difference.

2. Drink more fluids: Keeping yourself hydrated is an easy and natural way of preventing dry and hard stool.

3. Foods to avoid: Foods that cause constipation and aggravate fissures should be avoided. These include high fat and low fiber snacks, like chips, sugary doughnuts, cheesy pizza, burger, etc. Refined flour is a heavily processed flour that has no bran or no fiber content, so should be avoided.

Some Tips To Manage Anal Fissure

1. Take a warm sitz bath: It may help relax the spasm; it may also improve the blood flow to the anus.

2. Never ignore urge to pass stool because it will make stool dry, hard

3. Avoid excess straining at stool

4. Apply organic coconut oil to the anal sphincter – it is an excellent lubricant that makes it easier for hard stool to pass. The medicinal properties of coconut oil help treat wounds, sores and other skin lesions.

5. Wipe anal area gently

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Natural Homeopathic Remedies for blood in Stool

Homeopathic Remedies For Blood in Stool Blood in stool or poop should trigger an instant alarm and must be taken seriously. Blood in stool usually is a result of bleeding from any part of the gastro-intestinal tract. When the origin of blood in stool is from the upper gastro-intestinal tract, it is dark or black in colour and is called Melaena. When the blood in stool is bright red in colour, it indicates a lower gastro-intestinal origin. The main causes behind blood in stool are piles, anal fissures, Ulcerative Colitis, dysentery, peptic ulcer and gastro-intestinal cancer. The Homeopathy remedies for blood in stool not only controls bleeding appearing in the stool, but also effectively tackle the underlying cause. The Homeopathy treatment for blood in stool is safe with no side effects as these remedies are made of completely natural substances.  homeopathic remedies for blood in stool

Homeopathic Remedies for Blood in Stool

The natural medicines act as very powerful anti-hemorrhagic agents to control bleeding from the gastrointestinal tract appearing in the stool. The Homeopathy remedies are of great help in tackling blood in stool. The first and foremost aim of medicines is to halt active bleeding in the stool. The second aim is the treatment of the underlying cause leading to blood in stool. The Homeopathy mode of treatment has zero side effects and is completely safe. Phosphorus, Nitric Acid, Hamamelis, Nux Vomica, Collinsonia, Merc Cor and Merc Sol are the top remedies for blood in stool. 

1. Phosphorus and Nitric Acid: For Bright Red Blood in Stool

Both Phosphorus and Nitric Acid are top natural medicines for treating blood in stool when it is bright red in colour. Phosphorus acts as the best anti-haemorrhagic remedy when the stool contains red blood with loose stool. Phosphorus is a very effective remedy when the bleeding is very profuse bright red and the stool is also very offensive. Extreme exhaustion follows bleeding. The person needing Phosphorus may have a desire for cold drinks, ice creams or juicy things along with blood in the stool. Nitric Acid is the ideal remedy when the blood in stool is bright red and constipation is dominant. Along with blood in stool, the patient also experiences violent pains in the rectum. Nitric Acid is the best remedy for blood in stool due to anal fissures. For using Nitric Acid also, the bleeding in the stool is profuse.

2. Hamamelis: For Dark Black Blood in Stool

The best natural medicine for treating dark blood in stool is Hamamelis. Along with bleeding, there is a sensation of burning in anus. The important feature with blood in stool is utmost weakness. The bleeding is very profuse and the cause can be piles, ulcers of intestine or fissures or dysentery. A few patients needing Hamamelis may also have a severe backache along with bleeding in stool.

3. Nux Vomica: For Blood in Stool with Frequent urge to Pass Stool

Nux Vomica is the top natural remedy for blood in stool along with a frequent desire to pass stool. The stool passed is small in quantity and the desire to pass stool is almost constant with blood in stool. Another feature that can be present is cramps in abdomen along with frequent stools with blood. The cramps get temporarily better after passing stool but are soon renewed. Nux Vomica is also a remedy of great help when taking spicy food or stimulants like alcohol and coffee worsens the condition of blood in stool. Along with these symptoms is a marked chilliness.

4. Top Remedies for Blood in Stool due to Piles (Haemorrhoids)

Piles refers to a medical condition of congested veins around the anal canal, leading to difficulty in passing stool. Piles may or may not cause bleeding with stool. Natural medicines Nux Vomica, Collinsonia and Phosphorus are all very beneficial medicines to treat blood in stool due to piles. Nux Vomica is recommended when stool is constipated and bloody in piles condition. The constipation is characterised by a frequent desire to pass stool with only little passage. The desire is almost constant and stool is unsatisfactory. Collinsonia is the ideal remedy when severe pain in the rectum accompanies bloody stool in piles condition. For using Collinsonia, there is a specific feeling of sharp sticks filling the rectum. Here also the stool is constipated but there is no frequent desire to pass stool. The stool is mainly very dry for using Collinsonia. Itching in anus may also be felt. Phosphorus is the best remedy when bright red blood in stool is present with utmost exhausted feeling. The stool is generally not constipated but is very offensive.

5. For Blood in Stool due to Anal Fissure

In case of anal fissure, tears appearin the anus with pain and bleeding while passing stool. The top natural medicines for treating blood in stool due to anal fissure are Nitric Acid, Phosphorus and Alumen. Nitric Acid is of great help for the treatment of blood in stool due to anal fissure along with violent sharp stitching pains in the anus. The pains are present while passing stool and may continue for hours after passing stool. Phosphorus is the ideal medicine when bleeding in stool due to fissure is profuse and typically bright red in colour. Alumen is the remedy prescribed when constipation of the worst kind accompanies bleeding in stool due to fissures. Here pain and itching in anus also appearwith bleeding.

6. Top Medicines for Blood in Stool due to Dysentery

Dysentery is a condition where a person passes loose stool containing blood and mucus. Along with these, pain in abdomen and Tenesmus also appear. Tenesmus is a condition where there is a persistent desire to pass stool. The natural medicines that are very beneficial for treating blood in stool due to dysentery are Nux Vomica, Merc Cor and Merc Sol. Nux Vomica can be taken in all those cases of bloody stool in dysentery when Tenesmus predominates. Here the person has an ineffectual desire to pass stool. The stool passed is small in quantity and the desire to pass stool is almost constant. Pain in the abdomen also appears which is relieved for a very short time following passage of stool, but only to be renewed shortly after. Merc Cor is the best remedy when the stool is hot, bloody along with slimy mucus. The stool is offensive and the desire to pass stool is persistent. Merc Sol, on the other hand, is the most appropriate medicine when blood in stool and Tenesmus get worse at night. The patient can even faint and a few may also have a chilly sensation after passing stool.

Best Remedies for blood in stool due to Ulcerative Colitis

The medicines Merc Sol, Hamamelis and Nux Vomica are considered the best natural remedies for bloody stool due to Ulcerative Colitis. Merc Sol is the ideal remedy for blood in stool with chilliness. Here bleeding is worse at night. Abdominal colic with unsatisfactory stool is also present. Hamamelis is the top remedy when the blood in stool is dark coloured, and utmost weakness accompanies. Nux Vomica works best when Tenesmus with blood in stool is the main complaint. The person needing Nux Vomica has a frequent urge to pass stool, which is insufficient and unsatisfactory.

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5 Natural Homeopathic Remedies for Rectal Prolapse

Though not a debilitating disease, rectal prolapse can throw life out of gear for a person by virtue of the fact that it entails the falling down of a part of the rectum from its normal position. Homeopathic Treatment can be effective in assuaging the discharge and discomfort resulting from rectal prolapse without the fear of side-effects. Homeopathic remedies for rectal prolapse go to the root of the problem and cure the underlying causes of this condition.  homeopathic medicines for rectal prolapse

Symptoms of Prolapse Rectum

A person suffering from this condition manifests a couple of symptoms, ranging from discomfort and pain in the rectal region; mucoid discharges from the anus and bleeding from the rectum to fecal incontinence and difficulty in passing stools.

Top Homeopathic Remedies for Rectal Prolapse

I feel the homeopathic system of medicine can work wonders in curing prolapsed rectum since it is natural and non-toxic compared to other treatments as its remedies are culled from Nature. Podophyllum, Ignatia, Aesculus, Hydrastis, are the top remedies.

1. Podophyllum: When Rectum Prolapse Occurs while Passing Stool

I find podophyllum to be one of the most frequently indicated remedies in cases of a prolapsed rectum. The rectum may get prolapsed either before or during the passing of stools. There may be a sore pain in the anus. Podophyllum may be prescribed in children with complaints of prolapse of the rectum. Proper inquiry generally reveals that there is a history of chronic constipation.  All the symptoms are associated with a weakness in the abdomen and anus. There may be constant anxiety due to the pain in the anus. The prolapsed part of the rectum may remain protruded for a long time, particularly in children.

2. Ignatia: When Rectum Prolapse Occurs Even with Soft Stool

Ignatia is also a very good remedy for prolapsed rectum. Ignatia may be prescribed when the parts protrude with soft stools and remain intact with hard stools. The pain may be sharp and shooting in nature. The pain radiates upwards and may get worse after passing stools. The pain subsides considerably when the patient is in a sitting posture. There may be a tight, constrictive feeling around the opening of the anus. Ignatia may be given when there is a constant pressure as if some sharp instrument was protruding from the rectum into the anus. All complaints get aggravated in the mornings, after eating food, and on getting warmth. The patient feels better by changing the posture and when he is in a sitting posture.

3. Ruta Graveolens: Prolapse occurs After Straining or after Delivery

This remedy is very well indicated in cases of a prolapsed rectum. Ruta may be particularly prescribed in cases which occur due to complications after childbirth. The stools may be constipated and can be passed only with great straining and difficulty. Sitting is the worst position because it makes the pain get worse. The pain sensation is as if the rectum and anus are being pricked with sticks. Some part of the rectum comes down the anus each time when the stools are passed. Ruta may be given when there is protrusion of the rectum during an attempt to bend or stoop forward. Winters are the worst time for the patients as the pains become unbearable.

4. Aesculus: When Rectal Prolapse is Due to Chronic Piles

Aesculius hippo is a remedy known for its remarkable results on the anus and rectum. It may be prescribed in persons suffering from chronic piles leading to a prolapsed rectum. The sensation of pain is that of the rectum being filled with sticks. There may be intense burning pain in the anus which radiates up to the back. I feel Aesculus is also suitable for women who suffer from prolapsed rectum during the menopausal or post-menopausal period. There may be a sensation of swelling in the anus and passing stools is very painful and difficult. The most prominent feature that calls for a prescription of Aesculus is a constant backache which may incapacitate the person so much that he or she is unable to perform the daily chores.

5. Hydrastis: For Rectal Prolapse in Children

Hydrastis is a remedy especially effective in cases of the prolapsed rectum in children. The child may be constipated and cries while passing stools on account of pain. There may be much swelling in the anus and rectum with congestion. The complaints may be associated with fissures in the anus. This gives rise to much burning in the anus during the passing of stools. The pain lasts for a long time after passing stools.

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