Hi! I'm new to this forum, not new to searching and reading about AF all night.
I am 25 years old and from Australia.
I recently gave birth to my first child in a pretty traumatic labour. I was all clear for about 2 weeks after labour and then I must have had a particularly bad BM (not that I can recall it) and up popped my very first hem.
Weeks of trying to get passed it without treatment and crying while having a movement lead to me finally sending hubby down to the chemist to get me something. He came home with Hemocane.
After researching on the net I completely changed my diet and ploughed on with the hemocane which dulled the pain a little. I then discovered the pain was from a fissure and not the hems.
I have researched and feel like I have tried all the options to try to treat my fissure -
Hemocane
proctosedyl
Ice (but have learnt that's the wrong way to go)
Witch hazel for my hems (no idea if that's good or bad for fissure but lord did it sting)
Rectogesic wipes
Cotton balls (wet) for wiping
Drinking 3-4 litres water per day
coloxyl (have stopped)
Lactulose (have stopped)
prune juice in morning and before bed
Complete diet change to high fibre
Probiotic tablets
I have purchased some coconut oil and am just about to start having hot baths. I would appreciate any advice on temps/times for baths and how you used coconut oil to help treat.
I am welcoming to any advice you can give me. My stool is currently a number 3 on the Bristol scale which is too firm for my liking but I don't want to keep taking the coloxyl for dependance reasons and fear of being too soft and aggravating the hemorrhoids.
I think (and don't want to jinx it) that my hemorrhoids are starting to feel better and like they may be healing (or at least receding). I have some skin tags left sadly - any advice on how to deal or cope with these?
Thanks all!