My 63yr. old mother was hospitalized for anemia which stemmed off of severe internal hemmroids.?

Question

She had a hemmroidectomy to stop the severe bleeding.She had lived with the hemmroids for over 45 yrs. There were a few complications after her surgery stemming off of the fact that the anemia had weakened her so and she is a diabetic, too many strikes against her. Now we have been home from the hosp. for 10 days and we are 2 weeks post surgery and she is still complaining of severe pain at the site. She did hav to get the area repacked a week before leaving the hosp. because there was more trace bleeding. Should she be feeling better at this point? What is the normal recouperation time for someone with such severe hemmroids?Any suggested medications for at site pain?She is disabled with severe stenosis of the spine, and diabetes, so mobility is always at a minimum, always on affected surgery spot. Really at a loss here.

Answer 1

She needs to be off of her back. Turning her to her left side will reduce pressure on the veins in the rectal area. And it will reduce her chance of getting bed sores will can turn quite ugly, especially in diabetics.

Answer 2

Dear mother has not had a good month! First off, being immobile doesnt help her one bit. the pressure in the rectal area is greater for her than that of a mobile person because the blood flow to the area and it pools.. it is the same thing she has had her entire life, the only difference is the result of the blood pooling in the rectal region is removed for the time being. when an individual wether man or woman has these and other symptoms related to different conditions whatever they may be...it is a temporary cure. some meds which may aid in her pain would be salve's that have lidocaine in them, because lidocaine aids with hemostasis. another is antiflammatory meds. try not to load her up on oral meds because remember, if she just had surgery in the area, it takes at least 6-8 weeks for the tissues to heal, plus she has other ailments in her court------ she will be bound up and constipated or have diarrhea from meds/food/not moving. when someone is diabetic, wounds heal slower and more complicated. she is in a state of comorbidity. this means she has chronic and acute diseases of her body which have affected her both longterm and shortterm. women suffer from this more than men. try to keep her as comfortable as possible. because she is diabetic, don't have her with her butt in the air. you want the blood to go to the site to deliver healthy oxygenated blood to the wound so the tissues can utilize it and speed the healing process along. also, she shalt not sit in the same position for extended periods of time. even if it hurts, she needs to do it if she wants to heal. good luck.

Answer 3

She needs to go to a specialist, an orthopedic or neurologist type of doctor and for the diabetes an endocrinologist. It could be there is infection at the surgical site so that needs to be checked out, it would hard to tell if it was internal infection whether there was really infection present or if it was just the senosis bothering her so that needs to be checked. What are they doing for the anemia? that needs to be treated too with either shots or vitamins such as Slow Fe extended release.

She shouldn't be in that much pain at this point. Is she able to use the bathroom ok? She needs to go in for a recheck and if they didn't suggest that, they are negligent because there area always possible complications with diabetes and healing.