Posted by Emily (Usa) on 02/18/2015
★★★☆☆WORKED TEMPORARILY
I suffer from hemorrhoids. They are internal, but when they flare up I can feel them. In the past I have used ACV effectively by mixing with a lil honey and water and usually within one dose they are gone. This time they have decided to stick around, and its becoming unbearably painful. It feels like razor blades or broken glass when I go to the bathroom. My anus is raw and sore and I have a lil bit of a rash. I'm also having a burning sensation. I use aloe baby wipes when I go to the bathroom to help keep that area clean plus it feels better then TP. Any suggestion on helping with the burning sensation? I'm desperate!
Posted by Melvin (New York) on 11/24/2014
★★★☆☆WORKED TEMPORARILY
My original hemorrhoid problem started when I was constipated pretty bad, and work I couldn't hold off from going to the bathroom, and just pushed out the hardened stool, that felt like a tear in my ass. This was just under 3 months ago.
Using all kinds of OTC creams didn't do much help, since I was applying them outer area. Finally I started using suppositories, which helped but didn't fully fix the issue.
Then I started using undiluted Apple Cider Vinegar by pouring it on the witch hazel hemorrhoid wipes, and it did work initially. I would sleep with the wipe tucked between my cheeks, I did this for 3 days or so, until I dropped the ball on my fiber intake and ate out two days in a row, consumed alcohol and lowered my water intake. This caused my stool to harden up a little, and the next bowl movement I had was a bad experience, I had blood in my stool, and the passage of the stool felt like I was passing glass. Since then I have lost my progress, and now my ass is on fire for the last 24 hours, I started using apple cider again the same way I have been using but this time it has been really stinging a lot more, and I have to wake up in the middle of the night to change the wipe because I find traces of blood. Mind you the traces of blood are from going to the bathroom before bedtime, and applying Apple Cider Vinegar on the wipe and leaving it in place.
Now I also started swallowing a teaspoon of vinegar followed by drink a glass of water twice a day.
I am also back on my fiber intake, and drinking water.
Any idea how long will it be before I get out of the woods? Any other suggestions are appreciated...
Thanks
Posted by Rjni (Portland, Or) on 06/28/2010
★★★☆☆BETTER BUT WITH SIDE EFFECTS
Thanks for the side effect note, I too thought more is better and soaked a cotton ball and let it sit there most of the night, next thing I know the muscle that was swollen is back inside but the skin has peeled, I was horrified after seeing that, thanks for your insight, I feel better knowing that it was the AVC that caused it
Posted by Gina (Bangor, Maine) on 10/19/2009
★★★☆☆BETTER BUT WITH SIDE EFFECTS
I used a solution of 1/2 ACV and 1/2 water to wash my hemorrhoid after going to the bathroom. It worked to reduce swelling within 3 trips to the bathroom. I decided ... some was good, more would be better. I put solution on a cotton ball and left there all night-MISTAKE! It burned the sensitive skin so bad the skin sloughed off causing immense pain. Please remember, MORE IS NOT BETTER!
