Can Korean medicine treat haemorrhoids too?

It has a role on acute pain and swelling. Whether surgery is needed is determined first.

I am bleeding — is it definitely haemorrhoids?

We do not conclude it is haemorrhoids. We look at the pattern of bleeding.

Sitting posture and bowel habits are the core. Treatment alone means it recurs.

It is a method of applying steam from boiled herbal medicine around the anus. We limit the temperature and the time.

This is an anal fissure pattern. Keeping the stool soft comes first.

We look at post-operative pain and bowel discomfort together.

Acute pain and swelling one to two weeks; managing recurrence we view over two to three months.

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Dilated or torn vessels around the anus. We first determine whether surgery is indicated.

Hemorrhoid

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