A new holistic way to cure hemorrhoids has doctors concerned since there’s only one way to consume potatoes.
According to the New York Post, doctors are warning people to stop putting potatoes up their butts as a hemorrhoid cure after various websites suggested the dangerous idea. Dr. Diana Gall said in an interview with Wales Online there is no medical evidence to support the “cure”:
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“There is no medical evidence that putting frozen potatoes inside the anus can help cure piles, so I would urge caution to anyone thinking of doing it. You should drink plenty of fluids and maintain a fiber-rich diet and try having regular warm baths to ease itching and pain.”
Websites suggested the idea due to potatoes having astringent properties and can help loosen the blood vessels in the anus. The advice says to leave the frozen potato slice for 30 seconds and repeat the process for three to five days to reduce the pain and swelling.
“The next three to five days leave the slice inside for 30 seconds more each time.”
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Gall also suggested if the above treatments do not work then patients should go to their primary doctor and recieve a prescribed cream to help relieve the issue.
“Piles can be an irritating condition and sufferers are sometimes too embarrassed to seek professional helping, turning to old wives’ tales instead,”