2007-02-08 14:16:46 · 8 answers · asked by Chris m 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Other - Diseases
Do not use hot water!!!! Cool tepid water is your best bet, hemoroids are the blood vessels exposed so no hot water!!
2007-02-08 14:20:01 · answer #1 · answered by LS 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had a very rough time giving birth to my first child and I was left with a terrible case of hemorroids. The nurses in the hospital told me to take warm sitz baths (where you fill the tub only a few inches with warm water) three times a day. Those helped a lot.
2007-02-08 14:25:06 · answer #2 · answered by Emily Dew 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Warm water. Tucks pads afterwards.
They have sitz baths where you can fill the bag with warm water, hang it up on a hook, put the bowl part underneath the toilet seat, sit, then the warm water sprays where you have the hemorroids. Definitely speeds recovery!
2007-02-08 14:24:37 · answer #3 · answered by salsera 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Definitely cold. Hemmoroids are essentially enlarged blood vessels. You want to reduce them, therefore cold water is your best bed. Try an occasional (only occasional) stool softener (never a laxative) if your hemmoroids are caused by constipation. Preparation H, available at your drug store, will also work wonders.
2007-02-08 14:23:29 · answer #4 · answered by K 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hot definitely!
2007-02-08 14:19:10 · answer #5 · answered by katie d 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I would have guessed cold water, but various web sites recommend warm (not hot) water.
http://www.sfsu.edu/~shs/PDF%20files/Hemorrhoids.pdf
http://www.hemaron.com/hemorrhoids-treatment/hemorrhoids-treatment-review.htm
2007-02-08 14:26:17 · answer #6 · answered by MailorderMaven 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
use a hot/warmish water and sit in it with epsom salt
2007-02-08 14:21:50 · answer #7 · answered by kyah 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
COLD.
Try a popsicle.
Flavors optional.
2007-02-08 14:20:12 · answer #8 · answered by A Word In Edgewise 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋