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Hemorrhoid Information

What Do Hemorrhoids look like

What do Hemorrhoids look like? It depends on the type of hemorrhoid. Hemorrhoids are swollen blood vessels in and around the anus that stretch under pressure. They are similar to varicose veins in the legs. Some contributing factors that cause hemorrhoids are straining to move a bowel or sitting too long on the toilet and [...]

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Thrombosed Hemorrhoids: symptoms and treatment

Thrombosed Hemorrhoids are external hemorrhoids that have either ruptured, or ruptured and developed a blood-clot. In the most severe cases they can become strangulated and cause extreme pain. Typically, an individual with a Thrombosed Hemorrhoid will report a large mass of extremely sensitive tissue protruding from the anus. Because of the nature of the hemorrhoid’s [...]

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Hemorrhoid Surgery – Hemorrhoidolysis

Hemorrhoidolysis is a non-invasive procedure in which the hemorrhoid is shrunk using an electrical current that is manually applied to the actual site of inflammation, using a tool that is known as an electrode, or small probe. The electrode transmits a low-grade electrical current onto the hemorrhoid itself, which in turn causes a chemical reaction [...]

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“The Sweet Disease” Diabetes Mellitus

Have you wanted to eat more often than a normal person would do? Are you always thirsty? Do you feel like you are urinating more than a litre every time to you go to the bathroom? Do you always feel tired more than the usual? If the answers to these questions are “yes”, then maybe [...]

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Preparation H: What is it?

Preparation H is primarily used as a temporary treatment to acquire immediate relief from the symptoms associated with hemorrhoidal flair-ups. Preparation H is not indicated for prolonged use, and does not treat the underlying causes of hemorrhoids, nor is it useful as a preventative medication. Because of the nature of the relief that Preparation H [...]

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Friendly Bacteria: A Help or All Hype?

Friendly-bacteria products are they a help or are they all hype? If you watch TV or read health magazines, you probably have seen ads for “friendly bacteria” or “probiotics” sold in yogurt, fermented or unfermented milk, soy products, or other foods. Evidently, these ads are working because spending for bacteria-ladened products has tripled in the [...]

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Warning Signs of Hemorrhoids

Warning Signs of Hemorrhoids are usually characterized by the variety of hemorrhoid that is developing. Hemorrhoids manifest as either internal hemorrhoids, or external hemorrhoids, with each scenario presenting a particular set of symptoms and remedies. Also known as piles or emerods, hemorrhoids occur when veins in the anus enlarge and breach the anal wall.

Hemorrhoids develop [...]

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Fiber: Helps Hemorrhoids Heal

Your mother probably told you to eat more fiber, but you still remain somewhat in the dark about what fiber is and what it can do for you, especially if you have hemorrhoids. Dietary fiber or roughage is defined as a complex carbohydrate which comes from plants, and it cannot be broken down by the [...]

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External Hemorrhoids: symptoms and treatment

External Hemorrhoids occur when the hemorrhoidal veins in the rectum breach the wall of the anus to distend outside of the anal canal. Any hemorrhoid that extends beyond the anus is considered to be external, with the exception of what is called a prolapsed hemorrhoid, which occurs initially inside of the anus but as it [...]

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Infrared Coagulation Treatment Method

Infrared Coagulation is a non-surgical procedure used to treat internal hemorrhoids. Infrared Coagulation is known as a fixative treatment, and is similar to other fixative treatments such as Rubber Band Ligation and Sclerotherapy, in that its objective is it reduce hemorrhoidal symptoms by eliminating hemorrhoids through obstruction of blood-flow to the infected region. Individuals can suffer from a variety of hemorrhoids, each case presenting its own symptoms and necessitating different courses of treatment.

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Sclerotherapy – Hemorrhoid Treatment

Sclerotherapy is a fixative procedure typically prescribed for treating small, internal, first or second degree hemorrhoids. The procedure employs a hardening chemical that scars the inflamed tissue, reducing the hemorrhoid’s blood-flow and thereby alleviating both the cause of the hemorrhoid and its symptoms. The conditions that warrant the use of the procedure is specific. For [...]

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Hemorrhoid Surgery – Minimally Invasive Procedures

Many medical techniques have been developed in recent years to alleviate the pain and suffering of patients with hemorrhoids. These methods are a vast improvement over the traditional hemorrhoidectomy surgery which required hospitalization and a lengthy recuperation period. Although the success rate is not as high with these treatments, they have many advantages over invasive [...]

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Treating Hemorrhoids with Squat Toilets

The impact of the western toilet or porcelain throne, which was invented about 150 years ago, forced unsuspecting users to change from squatting to sitting on a toilet. This change has led to great distress, pain and suffering in some individuals. Two-thirds of the planet still uses the squat position, and for the most part, [...]

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Hemorrhoid Symptoms

Hemorrhoid symptoms result when the growing pressure in the pelvic region has caused the rectal veins to enlarge and become inflamed. There are two types of hemorrhoids: internal and external. Internal hemorrhoids are veins in the lower rectum and anal canal which have swollen and protruded from the wall lining. You can have internal hemorrhoids [...]

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Bleeding Hemorrhoids—How to Find Solutions

Bleeding Hemorrhoids can be a frightening experience. The sight of blood on toilet tissue or in the toilet bowl usually sends alarm bells ringing in your head. The first thought will probably be that you have a dreadful disease. If you have any kind of rectal bleeding, the first thing you need to do is [...]

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What are Hemorrhoids?

Hemorrhoids are one of the most common ailments known to man. The majority of the worlds population will suffer from hemorrhoids at some point in their lives. By the time a person is fifty they will have a sixty five percent chance of developing some form of hemorrhoids. The older we are, the more [...]

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Hemorrhoids – Relieving the Pain – Two Methods

The two most effective ways of relieving the pain of hemorrhoids, which give prompt relief and have gratifying results, are the most simple. They are the use of the elevated-pelvis position and the ordinary hot sitz-bath. If you have a comfortable position to start with, there is usually a better outcome in reducing the pain [...]

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Rectal Cancer and Hemorrhoids

Rectal Cancer occurs when a malignant tumor forms in the posterior region of the large intestines, which is called the rectum. There are many risk factors regarding Rectal Cancer, including heredity, Ulcerative Colitis, and colorectal polyps.
Rectal Cancer is similar to Colon Cancer, but with several distinguishing traits. The most common trait being its tendency to [...]

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Rubber Band Ligation: Treating Hemorrhoids with RBL

Rubber Band Ligation is one of several treatments known as Fixative procedures. The treatment itself dates back to ancient Greece, and was first attributed to Hippocrates, who in 460 B.C. referred to a practice that consisted of tying off the hemorrhoid using a piece of thread. In the 19th century a primitive form of the [...]

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Bleeding from the rectum in females

Bleeding from the rectum in females after a bowel movement can be a scary experience. At first we may panic and think the worst has happened because blood in our stool is not a natural occurrence and should be furthur looked into. Usually it is something simple, like anal fissures which are cuts or scrapes [...]

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