Hemorrhoid surgery: when to get help

1. 1

   Is any of this happening now?

   Call 911

   Seek emergency care for heavy or continuous bleeding, large blood clots, fainting, severe weakness, chest pain, or difficulty breathing.

   Routine spotting after a bowel movement does not usually require emergency care, but mention persistent bleeding at follow-up.

   Other emergency signs, for anyone

   • Someone who is struggling to breathe, gasping, choking, or cannot get words out
   • Someone who has chest pain, tightness or pressure lasting more than a few minutes
   • Someone who has sudden weakness or drooping on one side of the face or body, slurred speech, or sudden confusion
   • Someone who is unconscious, or cannot be woken
   • Someone who is bleeding heavily and it will not stop with firm pressure
   • Someone who has had a seizure that will not stop, or does not wake up afterwards
   • Someone who has lips or skin that look pale, blue, grey or blotchy
   • Someone who you believe has taken an overdose or swallowed something poisonous
   Yes, one of theseNo, none of these
2. 2

   Is any of this happening?

   Be seen today

   Contact your surgical team promptly if you have increasing pain rather than gradual improvement, fever, worsening swelling, foul-smelling drainage, or difficulty passing stool despite following the bowel plan.

   Call urgently if you cannot pass urine, have repeated vomiting, or develop bleeding that is more than the amount your team said to expect.

   And for anyone, someone who:

   • has a wound that is hot, spreading red, or leaking pus
   Yes, one of theseNo, none of these

Every sign above is quoted from the sofidex article on Hemorrhoid surgery. If you are not sure, err upward — it is always reasonable to be checked.