by chachacha » 11 Dec 2015, 17:27
During an attack of an acute, thrombosed hemmorhoid in the emergency department about 4 years ago, an ER doctor actually did just that. It took 21 needles worth of injection though, and I'm guessing that that's because there are so many nerves in the area, so I can't imagine that it would be a treatment recommended on a regular basis. The effects only lasted for a few hours too (like dental anaesthetic), but at the time, I was more grateful to him than I've ever been in my life!
Until then, I too, wondered why there wasn't something that could just permanently numb the area!
Fissure since about 2007
Fissure diagnosed in 2011
Diltiazem for two years - didn't work well
LIS January, 2015
Hemorrhoidectomy December, 2017