Tuesday, December 1, 2009

When Can Natural Cures Be More Effective Than Medical Cures For Hemorrhoids?

By Stuart Longmen

If you are having more and more trouble when you go to the bathroom, then perhaps you are suffering from a very common condition known as hemorrhoids. More than a million people suffer from this on a yearly basis. Most do nothing about it, some try some over the counter medication, while others seek the advice of their physician. There seems to be a lot of confusion about this condition.

One of the reasons for the confusion is that this is not a topic that most people feel very comfortable talking about. It's not like you can bring this up on the golf course while you are waiting for the group ahead of you to hurry up and get off the green. Most people keep this condition to themselves, and hope that it takes care if itself.

People that do search for a solution usually first try the over the counter remedies found at their local grocery store. While these can help in the short term, they rarely provide lasting, long term relief. These over the counter remedies only address the symptoms, and not the underlying cause.

Even with hemorrhoid surgery, the most drastic measure to get rid of hemorrhoids, you have up to a fifty percent chance of the hemorrhoids returning later on, sometimes as soon as a year or less. And with many over the counter medications, although many of them provide temporary relief, they aren't likely to keep the problem at bay for very long.

To many people's relief, over the counter drugs and surgeries aren't the only option. There are many alternative, or natural cures available to sufferers of hemorrhoids. And most are happy to realize that because these treat he underlying cause, rather than merely the symptoms, the hemorrhoids go away with a couple of days, and never come back.

While western medicine has made great strides in recent years, there are still some areas where it falls short. This is one case where natural cures for hemorrhoids may indeed be the best alternative. - 14130

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