Sunday, April 4th, 2010 at
2:19 pm
What are the symptoms of hemorrhoids? The most common symptoms and signs of hemorrhoids may include:
- incomplete bowel movements
- small amounts of bright red blood in the toilet bowl or on your toilet tissue
- rectal itching or irritation
- swelling around your anus
- sensitive or painful lump felt at the anal opening
Hemorrhoid symptoms depend on location. Rectal pain occurs mainly with external hemorrhoids. Thrombossed or clotted hemorrhoids are those with blood that pool under the skin, forming a hard, painful lump.
Internal hemorrhoids feature rectal bleeding. Other symptoms of internal hemorrhoids may include: itching and irritation of anal skin, skin irritation where large hemorrhoids may secrete muscus causing mild irritation, uncomfortable feeling of the bulging hemorrhoid, rectal pain where large hemorrhoids that bulge from the anus may become painful if they swell. Severe pain probably means that the blood supply to the hemorrhoid is being cut off. This is where emergency treatment is required.
Rectal bleeding could also include other medical conditions such as anal fissures, rectal polyps, inflammation of the intestines and even colorectal cancer. Recent changes in bowel habits are also symptoms of anal, rectal or colon cancer. People who have these hemorrhoids symptoms, especially older people who have the family history of colorectal cancer, should talk to their doctors.
Hemorrhoids are usually not dangerous or life threatening. In most cases, hemorrhoidal symptoms will go away within a few days.
Sunday, April 4th, 2010 at
2:18 pm
Hemorrhoids may have a variety of causes. The causes of hemorrhoids include fallowing:
- excess overweight may increase pressure on pelvic veins
- diarrhea which includes frequent, watery bowel movements once or twice a year
- pregnancy and labor where hormonal changes during pregnancy increase blood flow to the pelvis and relax supportive tissue
- long-term heart and cirrhosis of the liver may cause blood in the pelvic area and in the abdomen
- sedentary lifestyle
- coughing, vomiting and sneezing
- prolonged sitting, standing or lifting too much
- eating a low-fiber diet
- anal intercourse
- anal or rectal infection
- tumors in the pelvic area
- straining during bowel movements
- obesity
It’s even possible to inherit a tendency to develop hemorrhoids. Older people are more likely to develop hemorrhoids because the tissues that support the veins in your anus can stretch with ages and weaken.
Sunday, April 4th, 2010 at
2:17 pm
Internal hemorrhoids may include bright red blood in the toilet bowl after a normal bowel movement. You can also see bright red streaks of blood on toilet paper.
Internal hemorrhoids are those that occur inside the anus canal. This area lacks pain receptors and internal hemorrhoids are usually not painful. Most people are not aware that they have them.
Internal hemorrhoids are usually small, swollen veins in the wall of the anus canal. There are small and large internal hemorrhoids. Small ones may not grow larger if bowel habits change to lower pressure in the veins. Internal hemorrhoids can be large veins that bulge out of the anus. They can be quite painful if they are squeezed by the rectal muscles. Large internal hemorrhoids stick out all the time. In some cases, hemorrhoids may bulge through the anus and swell. Anal muscles may cut off a hemorrhoid’s blood supply which may cause the hemorrhoid tissues to die. This can cause a severe anal pain. This requires urgent surgery to prevent infection and/or death of the tissue.
Untreated internal hemorrhoids can lead to severe forms of hemorrhoids such as strangulated and prolapsed hemorrhoids. Strangulated hemorrhoids are those where anal sphincter muscle can trap a prolapsed hemorrhoid outside the rectum opening. Prolapsed hemorrhoids are internal hemorrhoids that are so distended that they are pushed outside the rectum.
Sunday, April 4th, 2010 at
2:15 pm
External hemorrhoids are those hemorrhoids that occur outside the distal end of the anal canal. This type of hemorrhoids are varicosities of the veins draining the territory of the inferior rectal arteries. External hemorrhoids can bleed, and then the blood pools, causing a hard painful lump. This is called a thrombosed, or clotted, hemorrhoid. They can cause swelling and irritation, and are sometims painful. Itching itself is caused by skin irritation.
Thrombosed hemorrhoids occur if the vein ruptures and/or a blood clot develops. In other words, if a vein within an external hemorrhoid breaks open and bleeds, blood may form a hard, painful and bluish lump. Blood can pool in an external hemorrhoid forming a cloth or thrombus.
External hemorhoids may not cause any symptoms and because of that the patient may not be aware of having hemorrhoids.
Sunday, April 4th, 2010 at
2:13 pm
In order to evaluate and diagnose hemorrhoids, the health professional will do a rectal examination. After visual examination of the anus, colon (large intestine) and surrounding area for external or prolapsed hemorrhoids, the health professional may also look for indications of enlarged prostate, polyp or tumor.
Visual hemorrhoids can be done by using a medial device called an anoscope. With that device, the health professional can see the internal hemorrhoids, as well as polyps in the rectum. To diagnose internal hemorrhoids, the doctor will insert a thin tube-like instrument (called an anoscope) into the lower few inches of the rectum. The anoscope has a light at the end and an eyepiece at the front for viewing into the anal canal.
More detailed exams and tests such as colonoscopy and sigmoidoscopy can be performed. The health professional uses a thin, flexible tube called a colonoscope to look at the colon. A colonoscopy helps find colon polyps, tumors, and areas of inflammation or bleeding. Sigmoidoscopy allows a health professional to look inside the anus, rectum, and lower part of the large intestine (colon) for abnormal growths or other signs of disease.
If hemorrhoids are present, the health will develop a treatment based on the condition.
Sunday, April 4th, 2010 at
2:12 pm
Both the internal and external hemorrhoids can bleed. One of the common symptoms of hemotthoids is actually bleeding. The bleeding can look scary to people who are experiencing it for the first time, but rest asure, hemorrhoid bleeding is never life trethening. Do you know why hemorrhoids bleed? It is due to the pressure put forth by hemorrhoid during the bowel movement.
Most bleeding hemorrhoids are internal hemorrhoids. And these type of hemorrhoids usually do not hurt because the intestinal tissue does not have a lot of nerves. So the most people don’t even know they have internal hemorrhoids until they start to bleed for some reason.
If a person suffers from hemorrhoids, it means that his or hers veiny are sore. So the bleeding will happen easily when the person usues toilet paper to wipe the area of anus. The toilet paper can hurt those veins and cause hemorrhoids to bleed. The best way to prevent bleeding is to use soft or even baby tissues.
Another cause could be prolonged sitting in the similar position for longer period of time. This causes pressure on the sore veins and can tear them so the bleeding occurs. Logically, a person should change his or her sitting posittion every now and then, or even stand or take a walk if possible.
Next cause to bleeding hemorrhoids is overweight. Overweight people put additional force to the muscles and veins. That tension causes veins to burst and bleed. Naturally, a person should loose weight to prevent this cause.
Stools is the major cause to bleeding hemorrhoids. Solid stools lead to a more forceful constipation. The pressure is put forth by hemorrhoid and this causes it to burst and that leads to bleeding. The greater the pressure, more tissue will be damaged. This causes the bleeding.
Another cause can be scratching the inflamed anus.
In the case of bleeding hemorrhoids the best course of action is to seek for medical attention. So, if you see blood in your stool or in the toilet paper, you will need to go to your doctor. Anal bleeding can indicate a number od different conditions. It’s the best to go to the doctor to determine you’ve got bleeding hemorrhoids.
Sunday, April 4th, 2010 at
2:09 pm
The obvious sign of presence of hemorrhoids is blood in stools or on the toilet paper. Hemorrhoids are painful, uncomfortable and embarrassing. It is important to find out the cause of hemorrhoids. There are various hemorrhoids pain relief medications on the market today. They often contain medications that are used for treating symptoms such as itching, but they will reduce the symptoms of hemorrhoids as well.
Hemorrhoids pain relief medications used for treatments are available as creams, gels, foams and pads. They should be applied around the anus or if applied to the anal canal, these products should be inserted with a finger.
For hemorrhoids pain relief and other hemorrhoid symptoms that you experience, you can take measures and products below.
Take a lot of water.
Check the amount of fiber you are eating and adjust accordingly. Prevent constipation by eating a lots of foods that are high in fiber.
You have to keep the anal area clean and dry.
Make sure you don’t strain when going to the bathroom. Straining can put a strain on blood veins and cause the problems with hemorrhoids.
Don’t use dry toilet paper for wiping. Use wet and moist tissues to keep the anal area clean after a bowel movement.
Avoid sitting too long in one place. Take several short walks a day. Sitting for too long can make your hemorrhoids worse, so you want to make sure that you avoid this.
Sitting in warm water do 10-15 minutes can be good hemorrhoid pain relief method that can relieve some of the symptoms that a person is dealing with.
In conclusion, hemorrhoid pain relief is much easier these days than it used to be. Surgery was the only way of hemorrhoid relief. But today, there are a number of treatments available on the market. Finding the right form of hemorrhoid relief depends upon the hemorrhoid itself.
Sunday, April 4th, 2010 at
2:00 pm
So, what does a hemorrhoid look like? Most hemorrhoids don’t look the same. It’s considered to be an embarrassing situation. Here is a picture of what does a hemorrhoid look like.
schematic demonstrating the anatomy of hemorrhoids
Hemorrhoids usually appear like a tiny lumps or a small group of of grapes from the anus. They look like chunks of tissue accompanied by bleeding from the lower part of anus. Hemorrhoids can be different in size, shape and number and they are different from each person. If the hemorrhoid is overfilled with blood, it will be sensitive and feel like about to burst.
Internal hemorrhoids look like tiny sacs on the inner anal canal. Internal hemorrhoids are the most common ones and they are usually hidden, painless and they go away rather fast. If they break free and leave the anal canal, it might cause further complications. This particular condition is known as prolapsed or protruding hemorrhoids.
These kind of hemorrhoids look reddish or purplish. If they are open, bleeding or oozing, you may find red streaks on the stools. If they continue to get worse, they will grow larger and look more reddish.
External hemorrhoids are those that will cause itching, pain and discomfort. Lumps are formed beneath the anus skin which causes the skin to be red and irritated.
