Only 22 w/ a hemorrhoid!
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Only 22 w/ a hemorrhoid!
| Thu, 10-27-2005 - 9:39pm |
I'm only 22 and suddenly got a hemorroid after I, uh, strained too hard in the bathroom a week ago. I've been reading online and now I'm worried it will NEVER GO AWAY since that's what all websites say! It is an external lump and is occasionally painful. It sucks! Will it ever go away?
I've been treating it w/ Prep-H, but it doesn't look like it's getting smaller. I am soo embarrassed, particularly since I've never been intimate and am having nightmares about a boy finding THAT on the bum! Ugh. Help!

I am no doctor Just someone who
I agree with Wren's advice...DO NOT STRAIN! It only makes them worse. I got my first one when I was 20 (so consider yourself lucky--ok maybe not ;O) ) after giving birth to my daughter (she weighed 8 lbs 12 1/4 ozs at birth..and I'm not a big person!). I have since managed to get a couple more after my other 2 kids. Eat lots of fiber and drink LOTS of water to help soften the stool. Keep using the Prep. H after every bathroom break. It will shrink eventually--don't know about going away but mine haven't.
Don't feel embarrassed about it. Alot of people get them. And I'm not sure what a boy would be looking that close at your bum for anyways--unless he's a doctor! LOL!!
Donna M
Hi Donna M
Hi Wren, I am doing ok...still having some stomach issues but am dealing with them. I am being scheduled to see the ear, nose and throat dr. soon for this horrible dizziness and sinus problems I have been going through for the last month.
I know what you mean when you say the hems have me...pesty things! LOL
I do wonder if hemorroids are hereditary? My father has them as well...not that we discuss our bum ailments or anything LOL!
Hope all is well with you and yours and glad to see you back again.
Donna M