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Hemroid Surgery Procedure

By: Donald L. Urquhart

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Let's face it, nobody wants to be told that they need hemroid surgery. However, if your doctor has informed you that he or she thinks that surgery is your best option, it would be helpful if you knew what to expect next, right? After all, you can either go under the scalpel or laser ignorant or you can go knowing what to expect and the best way to come out with a really happy ending. Considering that hemroid surgery can have terrible and lifelong side effects, the latter seems the better course.

So, first things first, how do you know you need surgery? If you've got an internal hemroid that peeks outside the body all the time and won't stay in, odds are you'll need surgery for it. If you've got an external hemroid that's gotten a blood clot in it, you'll probably need some level of surgery for that, though it may not be a full excision. However, most people find out they need hemroid surgery when their doctors tell them so after a full examination. At that point if your doctor cannot completely convince you of the need for hemroid surgery, get a second opinion. Hemroid surgery is often expensive, painful to recover from and can have seriously bad side effects if botched. You have the right to informed consent, which means you have the right and the responsibility to completely understand any medical procedure or medication that you must undergo. Keep asking questions until you can honestly give your informed consent.

If you've come to the conclusion that you do, in fact, need hemroid surgery, then it's time to get ready for it. Find the most qualified hemroid surgeon in your area for the specific procedure you're getting done. Tell him or her, or the nurse in charge of your pre-op, every single medication and dietary supplement, including herbs, that you're currently taking. Expect to be told to stop taking some of them for a bit before the surgery. Some things you'll need to quit taking for a couple of weeks prior, some things you just shouldn't take for a couple of days before the procedure is done. At this time you also ought to find out what to expect after the surgery. You may be laid up for a few days, so you may want to enlist the aid of family and friends ahead of time. Be sure and ask when you can start taking your various medications and supplements again.

Most hemroid procedures are done on an outpatient basis, which means that you'll go in and go home on the same day without having to spend the night in a hospital room. You'll probably need to avoid food for some time before the hemroid surgery, and you may also get an enema of the area to minimize the amount of infectious material. A sedative combined with local anesthesia is often used, though you may ask to be completely knocked out if it would make you more comfortable. Either way, you'll probably be a bit groggy once all is said and done, so you may want to arrange for someone else to drive you home afterwards.

When properly done, most hemroid surgeries do a fine job of getting rid of the troublesome hemroid without unfortunate side effects over the long term. Going to the best possible surgeon and then obeying his or her instructions for pre and post operative care is the way you can contribute most to your new hemroid-free life.

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To find out more about hemroid surgical procedure check out our hemroids articles and hemroid treatments. Copyright 2010. Written by Donald Urquhart. All universal rights reserved.

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