Thrombosed hemorrhoids are generally internal hemorrhoids that have protruded out from the bottoms.
In such cases, the muscles will clamp down hard to seal off the area.
In doing so, the blood circulation out of the hemorrhoids is reduced and when this blood flow out becomes restricted, there is pent-up pressure inside the hemorrhoids and this type of thrombosed hemorrhoid can be really very painful.
Typically, you will find that the hemorrhoid will swell as more blood gets in but is unable to get out.
The blood inside then turns into a clot within the structure itself and the hemorrhoid will appear to be bluish in color.
Research studies from a French national research centre called Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique have shown that such cases of hemorrhoids should be treated by surgical means.
Please do not think that the surgery is a big procedure.
It is actually very simple.
This is how it goes.
For a start, adrenaline anesthetic is injected into the hemorrhoid.
The purpose of this step is to relieve the pain in that area and to let the blood inside the structure coagulate.
After that, the structure is sliced open so that the coagulated blood can be squeezed out.
If the structure is very large due to the thrombosis, then it might take quite some time to clear away all the contents inside the structure.
However, during this time, you will not feel any pain due to the anesthesia.
In fact, after the surgery itself, you will be totally pain free and you should not have any complaints of pain from the thrombosed hemorrhoid.
The real good news is that the recurrence of a thrombosed hemorrhoid is very insignificant once it has been dealt with by the knife.
How about using non-surgical treatment? If your situation is not that serious, it is actually better to seek milder forms of treatments or non-intrusive treatments like using a warm sitz bath.
In this method of using a warm sitz bath, a nice warm bath is added with a bit of salt thrown in to act as a sterilizer.
The salt also serves to prevent hemorrhoid infection as well as to calm the affliction.
The warm water helps the affected region to relax and for the blood vessels to open up more.
In the process of doing so, the blood is allowed to flow back out.
If this can be achieved, then your hemorrhoid pain should be lessened substantially, if not completely.
The disadvantage of this method of treatment is that the thrombosed hemorrhoid may return again.