For more severe cases, Orlando says procedures such as rubber band ligation (placing a small band around the base of an internal hemorrhoid to cut off its blood supply) and sclerotherapy (an injection that shrinks the hemorrhoid), may be recommended.
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Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
21 Oct. 2025
For them the band shrinks to 63 to 140 mg/dL because higher glucose levels can hurt the developing fetus.
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Lauren J. Young,
Scientific American,
14 Oct. 2025
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