Is there any non surgical treatment for hemorrhoids?

[Deepankar]

Hello, Is there any non surgical treatment for hemorrhoids? My uncle is 61 years old and having diabetes also. He is reluctant about surgical intervention. Please help me with your suggestions.

[Arnab]

@deepankar The non-surgical treatments for hemorrhoids are cost and time-saving techniques usually performed in patients suffering early hemorrhoidal disease. The most used are rubber band ligation (RBL), injection sclerotherapy (IS), and infrared coagulation (IRC). These treatments are usually performed in outpatient clinics without anesthesia, so reducing the costs related to hospital stay, operation-theatre and anesthesia; moreover, these techniques are time-saving and allow preserving patients’ working days. These procedures have found a large use in patients suffering bleeding and prolapse caused by early hemorrhoidal stages that did not found an improvement with conservative therapy.