Piles, also called haemorrhoids, are swollen blood vessels inside or around the anus. They can cause bright red bleeding, itching, pain and a lump that comes out while passing stool. Homeopathic treatment eases these symptoms and works on the constipation and weak veins behind them. Book a consultation with Dr. Chhavi Bansal today.
What are Piles?
Everyone has cushions of blood vessels in the anal canal. They become piles when they swell and stretch, usually from years of straining and pressure.
Internal piles form inside the anal canal and usually bleed without much pain. External piles form under the skin around the anus and can be painful, especially if a clot forms.
Is piles dangerous? Usually not. But it's easy to blame every bit of bleeding on piles, and that's where people get caught out. Bleeding needs a proper check at least once.
Grades of Internal Piles
- Grade 1 : piles stay inside and may bleed, but don't come out
- Grade 2 : piles come out while passing stool and go back on their own
- Grade 3 : piles come out and need to be pushed back in with a finger
- Grade 4 : piles stay outside and can't be pushed back in (prolapsed piles)
Grades 1 to 3 respond well to medicine and lifestyle changes. Grade 4, or piles with a clot or severe prolapse, often needs a surgeon's opinion too.
Symptoms of Piles
Many people with piles have few or no symptoms. When they do appear, they include:
Causes of Piles
Anything that raises pressure in the veins of the anal area can cause piles:
- Constipation and straining : the most common cause by far
- Long sitting : long hours at a desk or on the toilet with a phone
- Low-fibre diet : too much maida, too few vegetables and too little water
- Pregnancy : pressure from the growing baby and hormonal changes
- Weak veins : piles often run in families
- Heavy lifting and obesity : both increase abdominal pressure
If Piles are Left Untreated
- Anaemia from long-term blood loss
- A clot inside the pile, causing sudden severe pain
- Strangulated pile, where the blood supply is cut off
- Worsening prolapse from lower to higher grades
- Infection around the anus
How Homeopathy Treats Piles
The usual options are creams, fibre, and procedures like banding, laser or surgery for higher grades. Procedures remove the pile, but they don't fix the constipation or vein weakness behind it, and piles can come back.
Homeopathy works differently. It treats bleeding, pain and itching along with the underlying tendency, whether that's constipation, weak veins or a sluggish liver and digestion, based on your overall constitution.
- Reduces bleeding, itching and pain
- Helps shrink swollen piles
- Works on constipation at the root
- Reduces the chance of piles coming back after procedures
- Safe during pregnancy under supervision
- No side effects
The treatment is completely personalised. Dr. Chhavi Bansal looks at the grade of your piles, whether they bleed or hurt, your bowel habits, diet and general health, and prescribes a remedy for you specifically.
Dr. Chhavi's Approach to Piles
She'll ask about your toilet habits, diet, water intake and work routine. Piles are a lifestyle problem as much as a medical one.
Alongside the medicine, she guides you on fibre, water, sitz baths and toilet habits, including putting the phone down in the bathroom (it really does make a difference).
One honest note. If you're over 45 and have a change in bowel habits, dark or mixed blood, weight loss or tiredness, get examined in person first. Bleeding isn't always piles.