Who has experience with a thrombosed hemmerhoid??
I've recently been diagnosed with a Thrombosed hemmerhoid. Brief history - I'm a 50 year old married female with 2 sons, we live in the UK. I suffered with painful external hemmerhoids for about 8 years since my 2nd pregnancy with my darling son. Had surgery to "remove" the hemmerhoids, not great success, ended up with a bad fissure, oh joy!!!! After couple of years of PAIN this seems to have pretty much healed in the last few months (real joy!!) then a few weeks ago i noticed what felt like a small hemmerhoid (sad face) which turned into a thrombosed hemmerhoid (crying face!) Never had one before. Told by consultant they don't like to cut it to treat it like they used to, it will go away by itself. Said to have sitz baths, anaesthetic ointments, pain killers, no constipation etc (do all of the above and have a good vegetarian/pescatarian diet)
Not sure exactly how long it's been 'thrombosed', as before it was just an external hemmerhoid which i could push back inside. So then it got too painful to do that, and much more swollen. I'd say worst pain and biggest swelling was about 2 days ago..
Would love to hear from anyone who's experienced this issue.
How long does it take to go away (or piss right off!!)?
Did it resolve naturally?
Did it go completely?
What happens to the excess skin?
What did people use to help pain/swelling/healing?
Will i now be prone to hemmerhoids again...after having surgery thought i was done with all that (another sad face)?
Will i be more prone to another thrombosed hemmerhoid?
I've recently bought a lovely new (expensive) bicycle which i went on once, first time cycling in years because of all the pain, so thought i could finally get back to it! Anyone know if this could be a contributing factor for hemmerhoids?? i really want to cycle so this is getting me down......
I have quite a large swelling down there which hurts like a bitch!! Don't know which is worse, this or the fissure?!?!
Trying to stay positive......
Thanks all