Sometimes, smaller haemorrhoids can go away on their own after a few days. If you visit your local gastroenterologist at The Gut Clinic UK, they might give you medications or suggest home remedies to help with the symptoms of haemorrhoids. But if you have larger haemorrhoids, you might need medical treatment to remove or treat them. There are different ways to do this, including: - Eating a diet high in fibre. - Keeping the area around your anus clean. - Avoiding dry toilet paper and using moist wipes instead. - Applying ice packs to reduce swelling. - Using creams or ointments that you apply directly to the haemorrhoids. - Draining a blood clot if there is one. - Using rubber bands to cut off the blood supply to the haemorrhoids so they shrink and fall off. - Injecting a solution into the haemorrhoids to make them shrink. - Using heat, lasers, or other methods to make the haemorrhoids shrink. - Surgery to remove the haemorrhoids. - Using staples to block the blood flow to the haemorrhoids so they shrink and fall off. - Taking warm baths several times a day. - Treating constipation or addressing the underlying cause of the haemorrhoids.