Piles ! Please help ! Warning : TMI

[Kitchendiscodiva]

Hi. I think I have piles, really painful backside, and I can feel a lump right by anal area and a constant feeling of needing a poo! Pain doing anything, walking, sitting, standing, lying down ! Trying not to eat too much in the hope I don't need the loo anytime soon, aaaaarrrggghhh! It's awful. Can anyone offer any helpful suggestions of what I can do ? Have bought some Anusol but it hasn't really helped, although I only applied it a couple of hours ago. Thanks in advance for any advice !

See your GP.

I suffer with these a lot- best thing I have found is Proctosedyl ointment- it is a steroid cream with hydrocortisone and lidocaine (a local anaesthetic), you can only use for 7 days but it's great- takes about 48 hours to work- you need to get it from GP though. You can get a less strong version over the counter- it's Anusol HC (hydrocortisone) which may work for you if not too bad.

Other thing that helps is ice!! Frozen peas in a food bag! Also if possible do not wipe after a poo, get in the shower straight away and hose! (Not always possible I know!) avoid constipation at all cost with something simple like lactulose.

Good luck it really is horrid pain!

Thanks for the advice ! Much appreciated.