A 48-year-old member asked:
can someone tell me how to treat internal hemorrhoids?
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Dr. Mark Pack answered
31 years experience General Surgery
Depends on how bad: Warm sitz baths, sitting in a warm tub for 20 minutes, two or three times a day may be helpful. Drink plenty of water. Over-the-counter medications may be helpful such as fiber, stool softeners, otc creams or suppositories, rx creams or suppositories, injections to scar the hemorrhoid, banding to shrivel it up, or surgery.
Answered on Feb 22, 2014
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No: Not likely.
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