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Haemorrhoids are the most common cause of rectal bleeding and are often called piles. While mostly not serious, sometimes they can be due to a more serious condition.
It involves the swelling and inflammation of veins in the rectum and anus. The anatomical term “hemorrhoids” in fact relates to ‘Cushions of tissue filled with blood vessels at the point where and the rectum meet.
Haemorrhoids are swellings that can crop up in the anus and lower rectum and are very common in both men and women – about half of adults have them by the time they turn 50.
In many cases, haemorrhoids are small and symptoms settle down without treatment although there are a range of effective treatments available including home remedies and treatment available from the pharmacy.
Haemorrhoids are often described as “varicose veins” of the anal canal land are classified as internal or external depending on where they are in relation to a line (the dentate line) that separates the two types of anal skin.
Haemorrhoids are not hazardous to health as such, though they can be quite painful and irritating.
Haemorrhoids Symptoms
Haemorrhoids are often combined with anal eczema with itching and pain the common symptoms.
External haemorrhoids may include itchy, sore lumps around the anus (pads of tissue that project) and, more alarmingly, blood on the toilet tissue or in the toilet bowl.
Internal haemorrhoids are classified according to the degree of prolapse, although this may not always reflect the severity of symptoms:
There are four degrees of haemorrhoids: First are those that bleed but do not prolapse. A prolapse is the slipping or falling out of place of the haemorrhoid. Second degree haemorrhoids involve prolapse but reduce spontaneously. Third degree haemorrhoids: prolapse but can be reduced manually. Fourth degree haemorrhoids are permanently prolapsed and cannot be reduced.
Haemorrhoids Treatment
Treatment depends on the degree of prolapse and severity of symptoms. If you have symptoms of a haemorrhoid, it is important to visit your doctor to make sure that the bleeding, pain or swelling is due only to a haemorrhoid and not to anything more serious.
Treatment begins with increasing intake of water and fibre to soften the stool, but further treatment is likely to be by removal at a surgical operation. Treatment depends on how extensive the fissure is, the reason the fissure developed, and how it is affecting you.
Topical corticosteroids may reduce inflammation and pain.
You can find more haemorrhoids information and haemorrhoids treatment ideas on this site.
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