After I had my son I was promptly informed by the lovely midwife, 'Oh honey, you have piles, let me give you something for that. . . ' not the nicest thing I've ever been presented with although after 5 hours of pushing as hard as possible it was probably likely something else would happen to shred my dignity just that little bit further. The woman presented my with this cream to clear it up although until now (almost 4 years later) I am still scarred by the experience but for 60p I'll bear my soul (or my bottom) so here we are. The mystery 'something' was Anusol, the leading haemorrhoid treatment in the UK apparently. Firstly I have to comment but who came ...  Read the complete review

I was having a clear out of the bathroom cabinet and came across this stuff, I am glad to say I only ever felt the need to use the once and I hope to never have to have the need to use it again! Not a nice subject but if it helps someone I am happy to share!! Not long after having my son I developed piles..... not nice at all, I can plainly remember waking up on a Saturday morning in absolute agony, after a quick internet search my first thoughts were quickly confirmed and yep, I did indeed have piles. I spent the entire day not being able to sit, stand or do anything pretty much I just lay on the sofa on my front, I was in so much pain I was ...  Read the complete review

I have periodic bouts of anaemia. To combat this, I take iron tablets, most of the time without and ill effect - however, sometimes they make my number twos as hard as a brick and about the same size (slight exaggeration perhaps) . As you could imagine, these take quite some shifting, usually involving lots of pained grunting and me being left feeling like mt backsides been cut with a razor . A love of incredibly spicy foods doesn't do my delicate little poo-ring much good either - so fairly often, I need something to relieve the soreness and itching. Anusol is widely available from supermarkets and chemist - I actually get mine on prescription from ...  Read the complete review

If we were all honest with each other most of us would admit to having had pile (haemorrhoids) at some time in our lives. If you haven’t had them then all I can say is that you’re lucky. So what are piles? (I not going to use the ‘proper’ word any more because its too long and complicated to spell) Piles are basically swollen blood vessels, which you can get inside or outside of the anus (back passage to most of us). My doctor described them to me as being “varicose veins – in your bum”!!! A lot of people have piles but never really suffer the symptoms – if your one of those people then you won’t be ...  Read the complete review

Apologies in advance to anyone of a nervous dispositon, but this is a review about piles and pile relief cream, and as such, I need to be descriptive, though hopefully not too graphic. Please stop now if you don't want to read any further: I have suffered from nasty hemorrhoids now for the past seven years. I can almost trace it back to the day our son was born. Sitting with my other half through a long and painful labour, watching her strain and push our boy into the world, I pushed with her. I remember clearly I was suffering from IBS at that time, brought about by the stress of becoming a father for the first time, losing my beloved hamster and trying to ...  Read the complete review