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Creams soothe symptoms, and sitz baths feel good while you’re sitting in them, but neither fixes the cause of hemorrhoids. One of medicine’s most common and least discussed conditions, hemorrhoids affect more than half of all adults over 50. According to new clinical guidelines from the American Gastroenterological Association, nearly everything we reach for first for relief is the wrong move.
The most effective treatments are often the basic ones.
The First-Line Treatment
The expert review, published in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, consists of 11 best-practice statements from doctors diagnosing and managing hemorrhoids, based on review of published literature and expert consensus. The review is a new clinical practice update from the American Gastroenterological Association.
Rachel Ann T. Melegrito
Author
Rachel Melegrito worked as an occupational therapist, specializing in neurological cases. Melegrito also taught university courses in basic sciences and professional occupational therapy. She earned a master's degree in childhood development and education in 2019. Since 2020, Melegrito has written extensively on health topics for various publications and brands.
