I am 22 weeks pregnant and have had terrible hemorrhoids for 5 days now. My OB nurse told me on the phone to use tucks pads and preparation h. It still hurts really bad and seem to have gotten larger. It makes my vagina hurt. Can they cause preterm labor or other really bad things?

Over the past weekend and early in the week, I suffered from food poisoning. As a result, I now have what seems to be pretty bad hemorrhoids/anal fissures. I haven’t looked but it seems that the entire rim of my anus is swollen. Pain is not as much of an issue, as that I can deal with, but it is the bleeding. For the past 2-3 days, it has been bleeding consistently. Not a lot on a regular basis, just more as if it is completely raw, like a bad scrape. I’ve tried sitz baths, neosporin, ice packs, and resting on my stomach as treatment.

The pain has dramatically declined, so I have a feeling it is working somewhat, but the bleeding has not. I have yet to try Tucks pads as I have seen recommended, are they really the best way to help stop the bleeding and are there other home remedies to stop it?
Edit: I can pretty much tell the bleeding is externally and not internally as the pattern of blood spots on toilet paper matches up with swollen areas around my anus.

So a week ago I posted i was having issues with hemorrhoids durning my 2nd pregnancy. Well it seems like they’ve died down because I can tell they are still there but they aren’t bugging me now. The only problem i’m having now is everytime I have a bowel movement (i know too much for the morning huh?), i’m getting some lite bleeding. It’s just like when you wipe too hard and you can get some blood and it’s leaving my butt with a raw feeling. So what gives, is it likely an internal hemorrhoids that might be bleeding because I can’t pin point where the bleeding is coming from. My husband just said I popped open a hemorrhoid. Is there something I can do to try and stop the bleeding, like try tucks pads or something? I got see my doctor tuesday for my normal 4 week check up but its embarrassing to ask about hemorrhoids so I figured I would try here first for some advise.
Thanks

tucks pads for hemorrhoids have 50% witch hazel do you think you can use that for acne on yoru face? since i heard you can use witch hazel for acne treatment…..