There are a wide variety of hemroid treatments available today, ranging from simple things you can do at home to full scale surgical removal. Most hemroid sufferers can successfully use the wide variety of home remedies out there. However, some people are going to need to consider surgical intervention for one reason or another. For example, underlying disease or advanced age can create hemroids that can't be so easily dealt with at home. For those who have small hemroids that just refuse to respond to home therapy, injection sclerotherapy offers a viable solution.

Injection sclerotherapy should only be used on smaller internal hemroids. If injection sclerotherapy is under consideration for prolapsed internal hemroids, it really only works as long as the hemroid can still retract on its own. If the hemroid is in such an advanced state of prolapse that it will remain outside the body unless pushed back in, it's too large for injection sclerotherapy to work. Hemroids with severe bleeding, anal fissures, anal fistulas or thrombosis also do not qualify for injection sclerotherapy. Elderly patients are often candidates for injection sclerotherapy because it's a very gentle form of treatment that doesn't damage delicate geriatric veins. However, it's often not the preferred method for healthy adults because it has a high recurrence rate. If you're a relatively healthy young adult, injection sclerotherapy will probably only be used on hemroids so small that a latex band would slip off of them.

The procedure for injection sclerotherapy is fairly simple. A hardening solution is injected into the base of the hemroid. The solution seeps throughout the hemroid and hardens off the interior blood and tissue. The hemroid then gets no circulation whatsoever, loses nutrients, shrivels up, dies and falls off. Up to three hemroids can be treated per session, though of course multiple sessions may be needed to completely treat numerous small hemroids. In addition, if you're trying to treat a fairly large hemroid with injection sclerotherapy, multiple sessions with multiple injections may be needed to get it to go away entirely. This sort of large hemroid treatment is only used when the only other option is a full hemorrhoidectomy.

Injection sclerotherapy should always be done by a doctor whom you have thoroughly researched and fully trust. Remember to comply with all pre- and post-surgical requirements and suggestions that your doctor gives you. Abiding by these reduces your risk of infection, trauma, long-term problems and recurrence. Injection sclerotherapy is usually done on an outpatient basis, which means you'll probably get to go home the same day as long as no complications develop. You may feel some ache or discomfort, though actual pain is rare and should always be reported to your doctor. Your doctor may prescribe pain medication to help with any discomfort, though you should never take codeine due to its potential for causing constipation.

If you use injection sclerotherapy to treat your hemroids, you should be symptom free after the hemroid sloughs off. Under normal circumstances, hemroids will not come back for at least a year. If you can resolve the underlying problems that led to hemroids in the first place, they should be gone permanently. Best of luck in your quest for a hemroid-free, healthy life!