Treating internal hemorrhoids is a much more arduous and difficult process than treating external hemorrhoids.
It is much more difficult to apply topical creams, however, to hemorrhoids in internal locations.
More often than not, however, it is necessary to employ medical and even surgical methods to treat these types of hemorrhoids, since they cannot be reached by simple household methods.
There are many of these types of solutions, and they are all share similarities.
However, there are important differences to be gleaned from analysis of these methods.
One method of treating internal hemorrhoids is through a rubber band.
The doctor takes a rubber band and tightens it around the internal hemorrhoid.
This kills off the hemorrhoid.
When the cells die, the hemorrhoid literally falls off.
While this can be painful and can even produce bleeding, it often beats the alternative, which is to continue living with the painful hemorrhoids.
There is not much risk involved in this method, and it is often cited as the most "routine" procedure of treating hemorrhoids.
It is often the method that doctors will recommend when you ask them which type of hemorrhoid removal they prefer.
After all, doctors have been doing this type of procedure much longer than the other procedures and they have gotten much "practice" with this procedure, thus lowering the level of risk.
Another (riskier) type of treating internal hemorrhoids is by "hemorrhoidopexy," or the stapling of hemorrhoids.
A surgeon staples the internal hemorrhoids into place when this method is employed.
This is usually the method employed when the internal hemorrhoid is bleeding.
In the moment, this method is much more painful than the rubber band method of hemorrhoid removal, but the hemorrhoids are much less likely to relapse when this method is employed.
Overall, the risk level between the two is about the same.
There are more methods of hemorrhoid removal than these two methods, of course.
A firm understanding of the differences of the types of methods - and the risks involved - is crucial when treating internal hemorrhoids.
Not every method is best for everyone.
Anyone considering any of these methods should ask his doctor before using any of these methods, just as in any medical procedure.
They may sound very risky (stapling hemorrhoids inside the rectum?) but they are fairly routine and involve a very low level of risk.
Nonetheless, as in anything that involves risk, the consequences should be considered heavily.