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This picture / diagram of hemroids, shows what external, internal and prolapsed internal hemorrhoids are.

According to the Ohio State University Medical School "Probably 95% of patients with hemorrhoid trouble can be treated without surgery".

Left untreated, a hemroid can get worse along with the pain and suffering, and once hemroids get bad, they rarely get better on their own. You see, apart from pregnancy related hemroids, and very mild cases of hemroids that tend to come and go, very rarely will hemroids get better on their own. The normal course is for hemroids to just get worse.

Hemroid treatment may be as simple as a change of diet, relieving constipation and using baby wipes instead of toilet paper, or a hemroids treatment may be as involved as going for surgery.


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1. What are hemorrhoids?

There are several types of hemorrhoids and the hemorrhoid treatment depends on the Type.

What are hemorrhoids? A video clip presented by Dr. J. Hogg - should open in your computers video player.

The hemroid picture at the top of this page was taken from The Illustrated Family Doctor of 1935 and colored, but believe me, hemroids haven't changed, a hemroid is still a haemorrhoid, and the picture is absolutely clear in conveying what the basic types of hemroids are, BUT, what I really love about this hemroid picture, is that it shows the small veins in the background - and it is when the walls of those little veins weaken and or become too pressurised, that they run the risk of turning into hemroids.

You can see Real photos pictures of hemorrhoids here. Be warned if you're squeamish - some of the pictures are very graphic!

 

What are Hemroids?

Firstly, hemroids are akin to, but not the same as, varicose veins. Hemroids only occur around the anus. A hemroid is an enlarged, dilated vein that is part of the blood supply of the anus. The medical name for these veins is the hemorrhoidal plexuses (that's the network of blood vessels of the lower rectum and anal canal, to be precise).

The veins in this area of your body are quite flexible and stretchable to coexist with the bowel expanding and contracting.  This is why a hemroid can only occur in this area of the body - no other veins in the body can stretch as much and become so huge when pressurized with blood. 

To understand hemroids, think of the hemroid as the stretchiest part of a stretchy area of blood vessels. The hemroid, as such, develops when one of the weakened veins expands under pressure - such as when straining on the toilet.  If it expands too much it is unable to return to normal size, and is then called a hemroid.

The more veins affected, the more hemroids you have.

 

 

The relevant anatomy concerning a hemroid - you may want to skip this little bit and the next, if the anatomy doesn't interest you, take up reading again at the section on hemroid treatment.

Internal hemorrhoids as found under a sigmoidoscope examination

This is a picture of internal hemroids - courtesy of Samir of Wikipedia, who graciously allows others to share his work. One hemroid is the grape like appearance just under the black implement, and there may be another just to the right of the implement as well. So there appears to be two internal hemroids in this picture.

So what is all the rest? Other web sites using this picture typically don't explain even where the hemroids are ! They just whack the picture up, and leave it to your imagination to work out what's what. Why? Because they most likely don't understand hemroids at all, don't understand what they are looking at, they don't care, they just want you to buy the product they offer to you. Some even steal my content and my photos to convince people they know what they are talking about, but I let Google know, and issue take down orders when I find out.

Anyway, what else I can tell you from this photo?

Well, all the lumps forming a type of large circle are called the "anal column or anal valves" I believe, and are perfectly normal - we are seeing the bottom edge of the anal columns/valves, and thats called the "pectinate line" or "dentate line" - the line where the inside bowel lining joins the outside skin. That diferentiates internal hemroids as seen here, from external hemroids that grow below this point. Internal hemroids can prolapse out past this point, but they are growing from above the dentate line and are therefore still internal hemroids. Hemroids growing on the dentate line are referred to as mixed or confluent hemroids. The dentate line is also important, as hemroids growing on or below it, can cause a great deal of pain, but anything above it generally not so.

The anal valves occur roughly two thirds or so of the way into the anal canal. By definition the anal canal is the canal that joins the anus (the outside hole) to the rectum (where the poop resides prior to being pooped out). The anal canal is roughly 2.5 to 4cm long, and is normally tightly closed to prevent faecal (poo) incontinence.

picture of the anatomy related to the hemorrhoid.

In the diagram of hemroids above, which was made public by WikipedianProlific, also of Wikipedia.com, you can see more clearly what I am talking about. Remember the dentate line means the same as the pectinate line. When a hemroid originates above the dentate line it's called an internal hemroid, when an internal hemroid comes through the anal canal and shows through the anus, you have a prolapsed hemroid, and if the hemroid starts its life below the dentate line, you have an external hemroid.

So thank you Samir and WikipedianProlific for providing such wonderful pictures.

Hemroid treatment

Irrespective of the type of hemroid you have, if it's small, comes and goes, or causes no discomfort , you can treat it by nothing more complex than changing your lifestyle to include some exercise, such as walking every day, eating plenty of fiber and drinking plenty of water. At the same time, avoid activities that may cause you to put strain on your bottom end. Eliminating constipation is vital to getting rid of hemroids as well.. This hemroid site has pages devoted to these topics. A good place to start is the hemroid causes, high fiber hemroids diet, and constipation pages.

If the hemroids are troubling you, for example are itchy, painful or bleeding, or you just want to get rid of the hemroids as fast as possible, then buying a commercial hemroid treatment, such as those proven to work on this web site, may be your best course of action - you also might need to follow the suggestions in the paragraph above if you don't want those hemroids to come back in a few months or years.

Hemroid pills work through the blood stream and gastrointestinal tract (intestines etc) and these pill are also reasonably safe to take, being designed for internal use to rectify all types of hemroids - however, if you have any medical condition or are on medication of any sort, it is always best to discuss the hemroid pills with your doctor.

If you DON'T KNOW what type of hemroids you have, ask your doctor. Different medications exist for internal and external hemroids, and it’s important not to use them incorrectly.

LEGEND: Images used for each hemroid treatment you can use at home:

Venapro does internal and external hemorrhoidsH-Hemorrhoids is a topical application of essential oilsNeo Healar is a topical cream with what looks like an impressive scientific study supporting it. You can read about all these hemroid treatment options on just one page, our How to treat hemorrhoids at home page, the photos may be smaller, but other than that you can compare these three products that we have tested and found suitable. We also offer a smaller, Table of hemorrhoid medications page that also includes some other products we were not able to test due to manufacturer issues.

Venapro does internal and external hemorrhoids = Venapro - Read my analysis of the ingredients in Venapro and also my assessment of its safety and effectiveness in getting rid of hemroids and in alleviating hemroid symptoms. All my product pages also show the before, during and after photos of my product testers hemroids, as well as the testers insights in using these products.

H-Hemorrhoids is a topical application of essential oils = Heal Hemorrhoids - Same topics as covered for the Venapro Hemorrhoid Treatment above, but with the focus on Heal Hemorrhoids photos and findings.

Neo Healar is a topical cream with what looks like an impressive scientific study supporting it.= NeoHealar - Same as per the Venapro page, but with the results and photos for NeoHealar.

All Purpose HEMROID TREATMENT - does all hemorrhoids.
Venapro does internal and external hemorrhoids The Venapro hemroid treatment is a great option if you don't know what sort of hemroids you have - read more about the Venapro hemroid treatment and what we have to say.

As long as a hemroid medication such as a cream or solution (which are made for external hemroids) comes with written directions for internal use, such as to how to apply it and how much to apply and comes with the manufacturers apparatus or applicator to insert the cream or solution inside of you correctly, then it should be safe to use the cream or solution in that way. It depends on how much you trust the company making the cream or solution, of course. That trust is important with any medication you use. For your information, to date of writing, not one hemroid external cream or solution has been approved by the FDA for internal use.

 

What are external hemroids?

If the engorged vein is outside the anus, but really close to it, it is described as an external hemroid.

Some doctors will even call a varicose vein on the upper part of the leg a hemroid - but this is a different way of using the term. 

Another page you may be interested in is on bleeding internal and external hemroids and their treatment.

External hemroid treatment

If you have external hemroids, or even a single external hemroid, the treatment is the same. Your external hemroids treatment options are:

1. Using essential oils or creams as an external hemroids treatment

This type of hemroid treatment is good for symptom relief, but you have to match your external hemroids symptoms to the cream, otherwise the hemroids cream may not help you. Yes, regrettably, the over the counter hemroids creams you find in a druggist or chemist, treat different kinds of symptoms. So you have to read what the hemroids cream actually does, and chose the one that mentions your symptoms.

Some online hemroids creams and essential oils are suitable as a hemroid treatment that covers all your hemroids symptoms. Some even help cure hemroids. So they may be worth checking out.

Symptom relief is pretty fast. Two choices we suggest:

EXTERNAL HEMROID TREATMENT
H-Hemorrhoids is a topical application of essential oilsNeo Healar is a topical cream with what looks like an impressive scientific study supporting it.H-Hemorrhoids and the Neo Healar hemorrhoid cream are two options that stand out for the treatment of external hemorrhoids - read more of what we found and see the photos as well.

 

2. Pills as a treatment for external hemroids

Hemroid pills taken orally, are also good as an external hemroid treatment. This type of hemroid treatment can be purchased online, or through shops that offer alternative or herbal remedies. Good oral hemroid pills work by softening your stools and by bringing active ingredients through your blood stream and gastrointestinal tract to bring beneficial healing to the external hemroids.

Symptom relief often begins immediately, but may take several days to work their wonder on the symptoms fully. Healing can take several months, depending on how bad the hemroids are, and how good you are at eliminating the causes of your hemroids. Two choices:

EXTERNAL HEMROID TREATMENT
Venapro does internal and external hemorrhoidsVenapro hemroid treatment is also an excellent option for getting rid of external hemroids - take a gander, the photos clearly show fantastic improvement.

 

3. Surgery is the last real option as an external hemroid treatment.

Hemorrhoidectomy is really the only surgical option for external hemroids. Hemorrhoidectomy means "cut the hemorrhoids away".

 

What are internal hemroids?

If the engorged vein is inside or comes from the rectum, the hemroids are referred to as internal hemroids.

Internal hemroids only occur in the last two inches (5 cm) of the anus . That's why a doctor can easily check you for internal hemroids. I mention this, as some people mistakenly believe that internal hemroids are quite long, large, massive things, that fall down from somewhere deep inside.

Two more pages you may be interested in on internal hemroids: internal hemroids symptoms, and bleeding internal hemroids.

Internal hemroid treatment

Internal hemroid treatment is similar to external hemroids treatment in some aspects, but very different in others. For example, it is not considered safe to use an hemroids cream designed for external hemroids on an internal hemroid, because internal hemroids and the rectum ( the area just inside the hole - anal canal ) absorb active ingredients much much more than external ones. If you use an external cream internally, you're effectively giving a much higher dose, which can be dangerous.

Having said that though, some creams and essential oils produced as a treatment for hemroids, come with applicators for inserting the cream or oil AND directions for doing so - This presumably makes their use with internal hemroids safer, but Dr. J. Hogg states that you should never apply an external cream to an internal hemroid.

So what is the treatment for internal hemroids?

1. Hemroid suppositories are often the first choice for internal hemroid treatment

Creams often come with a suppository equivalent, so you need to match symptoms again. The hemroid suppository is specially designed to melt once it is inside, and is made of less potent active ingredients than a cream, or different ingredients altogether. Symptom relief is often quite fast, though rather expensive.

INTERNAL HEMROID TREATMENT
Neo Healar SUPPOSITORIES:
Neo Healar is a topical cream with what looks like an impressive scientific study supporting it.When we learn how to treat internal hemroids, the suppositories are often the first to be used, and Neo healar suppositories should do the job well.

 

2. Pills are often the preferred hemroid treatment

this is both for convenience and because they work on all hemroids. This hemroid treatment may take several days to work to achieve full hemroids symptom relief - it's sort of like going from a whimpering dog to a happy dog in about three days. An option to think about:

INTERNAL HEMROID TREATMENT
Venapro does internal and external hemorrhoidsThe Venapro hemroids treatment works through the blood stream and the digestive system to bring an outstanding result with internal hemroids.

 

3. Hemroid treatment via surgery are both many and varied

There are so many hemroids surgeries around, that to list them all here is rather difficult. So you may want to check out the hemroid surgery page to gain a better understanding of this type of hemroids treatment.

Generally, banding of hemroids is the preferred option when suitable - as it is relatively cheap, performed as an outpatient in the doctors rooms, and has few complications.

 

What are prolapsed hemroids?

If the engorged vein is internal, but hangs outside where you can see it or feel it, it is referred to as a hemroid prolapse or a prolapsed haemorrhoid.

Prolapsed hemroid treatment

The treatment of prolapsed hemorrhoids is the same as for INTERNAL hemroids. Just because they are outside the body does not make them external hemroids - they are internal ones that have prolapsed, so readily absorb active ingredients and so on much better than external hemroids can. Two options to consider:

TREATMENT OF HEMROIDS PROLAPSED
Venapro does internal and external hemorrhoidsNeo Healar is a topical cream with what looks like an impressive scientific study supporting it.Venapro and Neo Healar suppositories are both highly suitable for prolapsed hemroids.

 

What are bleeding hemroids?

Any kind of hemroid can bleed. The bleeding hemroids are mostly caused by the hemroid being scratched in some way - hard stool or wiping too hard. Blood loss is normally only no more than a teaspoon, though it may look a lot more. Some peoples bleeding hemroids are so severe that it can cause them to become anaemic - iron deficient.

Bleeding hemroid Treatment

Usually the bleeding quickly stops of its own accord. If it’s bad, the treatment mainly revolves around finding the source and fixing it, then preventing the hemroid from being damaged further so that natural healing of the scratch can take place. There are some essential oils for bleeding hemroids, than can be used. Several options to choose from:

INTERNAL BLEEDING HEMROID TREATMENT
Venapro does internal and external hemorrhoidsNeo Healar suppositories can be inserted to treat internal bleeding hemorrhoids.Once again, the choice appears to be between choosing either the Venapro Hemroid treatment or the Neo-Healar suppositories, and you can certainly read more about what we say about them here.
EXTERNAL BLEEDING HEMROID TREATMENT
Amoils ESSENTIAL OILS: Here's what we have to say about Amoils H-Bleeding Hemorrhoids
Neo Healar CREAM: See the photos, read testimonials and look at what we have to say about Neo Healar hemroid cream
Venapro could be used for external bleeding hemroids, but for presumed initial speed, I prefer to suggest the two above.

 

What are thrombosed hemroids?

Finally, the last type of hemroids you'll likely need to know about are hemroids called thrombosed hemroids. Thrombosed hemroids are hemroids that have a blood clot in them, and they are exquisitely painful.

These pages on thrombosed hemroids may also be of interest: Thrombosed external hemroids and why and how do hemroids thrombose?

Thrombosed hemroids treatment

Normally you have to see a doctor, as the pain is so severe, and the thrombosed hemroids treatment normally involves slicing the hemroid open under local anaesthesea, and having the blood clot squeezed out. Sometimes the doctor will see the clot as being too small to worry about, and advise you to use sitz baths and so on.

A topical application of cream or essential oils, with strong pain killing abilities, are suggested:

THROMBOSED HEMROID TREATMENT
H-Hemorrhoids is a topical application of essential oilsNeo Healar is a topical cream with what looks like an impressive scientific study supporting it.Although creams and essential oils are generally frowned upon for use on prolapsed hemroids, the fact is that the pain can be so severe from thrombosed hemroids that even surgeons sometimes suggest using strong pain killing hemroid creams when you normally wouldn't use them. Although Venapro could be used for thrombosed hemroids, you are better off applying the Neo Healar cream or the H-Hemorrhoids solution for speed of pain relief I think. Possibly a better option would be to combine the Neo Healar cream or H-Hemorrhoids with Venapro. Due to the high level of pain involved, I would also suggest paying for the fastest postage possible.

 

Confluent hemroids

So, you now realize that there are two basic types of hemroids - internal and external - and that they can also be referred to as thrombosed, or bleeding, and that internal ones can prolapse. Confluent hemroids are rather rare, and not well known about, but the term confluent hemroid means a hemroid that has developed across the dentate line, rather than on either side of it. In other words, a hemroid that is partly growing internally, and partly growing externally. It grows across the internal / external hemroid border.

Confluent Hemroids treatment

A difficult one to call, but I believe the most appropraite option is Venapro:

CONFLUENT HEMROID TREATMENT
Venapro does confluent hemorrhoidsThe Venapro hemroid treatment was chosen for confluent hemroids, as how could you be sure that you weren't putting the cream or essential oil on the internal parts of the hemroids?

Feel free to email me if you have, or have had, a confluent hemroid with what worked for you. Certainly an interesting one.

 

Mixed Hemroids

Mixed hemroids can refer to people who have both internal and external hemroids at the same time. Confluent hemroids can also be referred to as being mixed hemroids, as confluent hemroids have an internal and external hemroid component.

Mixed hemroid treatment

Mixed hemroid treatment needs to be focused on treating the internal and external haemorrhoids separately with the relevant medicines or surgery.

MIXED HEMROID TREATMENT
Venapro does internal and external hemorrhoidsThe Venapro hemroid treatment is an excellent option for dealing with all types of hemroids, including mixed hemroids

 

Are Hemroids Tumors?

No, definitely not!

An alternative definition for external hemroids - one encyclopedia I read referred to them as non-cancerous tumors! Medical jargon, enough to scare anyone silly I think. Technically, the word ‘tumour’ is the medical term that just means ‘lump’, but that’s not what most people understand by it. You’re unlikely to hear a doctor use it when talking about haemorrhoids.

 

2. Hemorrhoids and Hemorrhoidal Cushions - A Point of Clarification and Great Understanding:

(No, not the hemorrhoid donut shaped cushions you sit on)

First lets clear up some misunderstandings:

The Ohio State University Medical Center states "Everyone has hemorrhoids, but not everyone is bothered by them." (cmis.ohio-state.edu/8871.cfm)

Also, an alternative definition of internal hemorrhoids that I have come across states that hemorrhoids are normal and helpful, as they protect and cushion the rectum. It is only when they become troublesome that we have to worry - To quote "In one sense, everyone has hemorrhoids, the pillow-like clusters of veins that lie just beneath the mucous membranes lining the lowest part of the rectum and the anus." July, 2004, Harvard Women's Health Watch, The Harvard Medical School.

  Although these hemorrhoids definition are a little wrong, they do have some merit, as I'll explain below:

Everyone has hemorrhoidal cushions, all the time, but these hemorrhoidal cushions are NOT hemorrhoids. Hemorrhoidal cushions are cushions of tissue within the anal canal that are fed from a rich blood supply. These cushions exist to help provide anal sphincter control, and without them people would have a hard time knowing "when to go." When one of the many blood vessels in this area irreversibly enlarges, which also swells some of the supporting tissue (which can include hemorrhoidal cushion tissue), then you have a hemorrhoid / haemorrhoid.

When this process takes place below the dentate line, which is the line where internal mucus membrane transitions to external skin, then you have an external hemorrhoid. While there are no hemorrhoidal cushions on the outside of the body, many of the veins that supply those cushions with blood drain down to the outside before going back up to empty into larger veins. It is from this "dip" in the anal veins that external hemorrhoids develop.

The large blood vessels of the hemorrhoidal cushions enlarge from a variety of reasons, not least of which is pressure on the blood vessels. This pressure can come from sitting too long on the toilet, at a desk, or on a car seat, constipation, pregnancy, or even a heart condition that prevents the blood from returning fast enough from the veins. The blood vessel walls can also weaken with age, which makes the elderly population particularly prone to hemorrhoids.

So how can such professional people be wrong in defining hemorrhoids?

They're not wrong, but they use the words differently to ordinary folk like you and me. We use the word "hemroids" or "hemorrhoids" to mean the abnormal swelling, mostly professionals mean that too when they talk to us, but amongst themselves, they define a hemorrhoidal cushion as a hemorrhoid, whether swollen or not. See the section on the 'Origin of the condition "hemorrhoids"', if you need further clarrification.

2. Symptoms of Hemroids:

What do hemorrhoids look like? The common appearances of real hemorrhoids

The most obvious symptom of Hemroids is that they are often seen (for example, by using a mirror) as a cluster of tiny grapes arising from the anus - the classic appearance of prolapsed internal hemroids. Although an internal hemroid may bleed, they are seldom painful unless infected or thrombosed. 

An external hemroid grows near the edge of the anus and looks more like a small bulge or lump. Specifically, external hemorrhoids have three main symptoms: They are seen as little bleeding areas that occur under the skin near the anus, which can be felt as little lumps. They also do not show through the opening, but develop more on the rim, just outside and, because external hemorrhoids develop in the often darkened area of skin near the opening, they are often brownish in color.

The size, shape and number of hemorrhoids varies from one person to another.

A hemorrhoid can be larger than a grape, even walnut size, but typically hemorrhoids are the size of a pea.

Sometimes there is only one hemorrhoid, while some people can have many hemorrhoids - normally a small cluster of them is found.

Hemorrhoids can look like flattened grapes, some look like full grapes, while others may look wrinkly.

Hemorrhoids may protrude or come out of the anus, other times the hemorrhoids remain inside the anus out of view. Some hemorrhoids develop on the skin outside of the anus - this latter type of hemorrhoids are called "external hemorrhoids" and they often appear as a solitary bump in the skin near the anal opening.

Another typical symptom is that hemorrhoids often cover the anus, stopping the anal opening from being seen.

 

An important symptom of hemorrhoids is their color

External haemorrhoids are often a brownish colour.

Internal hemorrhoids that are sticking out are usually a reddish pink colour, and might be shiny on the surface like the inside of your bowel is.

Purplish blue or dark reddish colours on a haemorrhoid might mean the blood inside them has become clotted or thrombosed.

 

The emotional symptoms of hemorrhoids YOU can control

Hemorrhoids have been agony to people throughout recorded history, and hemorrhoids have played their part in changing history as well, by their ability to cause us to be grumpy, irritable and quick to anger, to lose focus and to make errors.

Hemorrhoids can be so distressing to a person, that even the horrific hemorrhoids operations of bygone centuries were considered worthwhile by sufferers, just to try and stop the distress the hemorrhoids were causing.

To read just how devastating hemorrhoids can be, just read the bit about Napoleon further on. Some historians say his hemorrhoids affected him so badly he lost his war! So you could easily lose your job or lose your business or an important client, even lose out in a relationship. Hemorrhoids, as you are aware, can be really bad news when they decide to get your attention.

For some people, lumps in the anal region is a common sign / symptom of hemorrhoids. It may scare you at first, and cause much fear and concern (is it cancer? Do I have to go for surgery?), as it did me. But the lump is normally only internal hemorrhoids acting up. An anal prolapse literally refers to the internal lining of the anus appearing outside the anal aperture opening. Hence if an internal hemorrhoid appears outside the anal opening, it could be, by definition, described as a prolapse! However, prolapsinghemorrhoids is not normally the medical emergency that a full anal prolapse can be.

Guilt is an emotion sometimes linked to hemorrhoids. People can feel they are being punished for their behavior - eg for having anal sex. Hemorrhoids can make you feel that you are unclean in some way - but hemorrhoids aren't contagious, you can’t catch hemorrhoids off someone.. See the section further below on embarrassment for more information on this aspect of guilt and hemorrhoids.

 

The Sensation Symptoms of Hemorrhoids - What do Hemorrhoids feel like?

When you touch the hemorrhoid with your fingers:

An external hemorrhoid normally feels like a small, hard lump on the outside of the anal opening, but close to it - pretty much growing on the rim itself. A prolapsed internal hemorrhoid feels soft, unless its blood supply has been affected, in which case it may feel very hard. An internal hemorrhoid when felt with fingers, feels like it is coming through the anal hole.

The sensation of having hemorrhoids

A very annoying symptom of hemorrhoids is that they can cause one's bottom to become itchy, particularly round the anal opening. However, this symptom could also be a symptom of worms and or parasites. One guy sent me a photo complaining of the terrible itch he had had for months, when I looked, to my trained eye, I could see the poor bloke was infected with pubic lice. That's one of the reasons why I put up pages to tell you about other conditions that may imitate symptoms of hemorrhoids.

Hemorrhoids can also cause a burning sensation, pain or discomfort around the anal opening.

Hemorrhoids can also cause a feeling of incomplete evacuation of the bowel - you don't feel like you've emptied your bowel, even though you have. This hemorrhoid symptom is a particularly nasty one, as trying to get a stool out that isn't there can aggravate or cause hemorrhoids in its own right. I think the bowel is interpreting large hemorrhoids or clusters of hemorrhoids as a bowel motion that hasn't passed.

When hemorrhoids can’t be felt and can’t be seen

Generally this type of hemorrhoid is an internal hemorrhoid that has NOT prolapsed. You are aware of it only because of some spots of bright red blood in the stool or toilet bowel or your doctor has told you you have them.

Other distressing hemorrhoid symptoms

Soiling of underwear can be a common symptom with hemorrhoids as well. This hemorrhoids symptom can cause the other symptoms of itching and burning - akin to nappy rash.

 

3. Some symptoms of internal hemorrhoids are used as the basis of medically classifying internal hemorrhoids into Grades:

  • Grade 1 hemorrhoids do not prolapse, may bleed.
  • Grade 2 hemorrhoids prolapse - pop out - when straining, but the hemorrhoids go back in of their own accord; they may bleed.
  • Grade 3 hemorrhoids pop out when straining, tend to bleed more and have to be gently pushed back in.
  • Grade 4 hemorrhoids are showing all the time and bleed much more.

So, if your doctor starts to talking about your hemorrhoids as a specific grade, you'll have an idea of what he is on about, as well as the hemorrhoid symptoms he used to make the grading. Grading hemorrhoids is important to your doctor, as it allows him to suggest which medical treatment may be best.

External hemorrhoids are not graded. If the external hemorrhoids are small and or do not cause any symptoms, your doctor will mostly just prefer to leave them alone. If they are troublesome to you, he will opt to remove the hemorrhoid symptoms via dietary suggestions and creams. If that doesn’t work, there are surgical options that you can consider – have a look at hemorrhoid surgery.

 

4. The Effect of Hemorrhoid Symptoms on a Sufferer

So you think Hemorrhoids are NO big deal? Wrong.

A case study of the devastating effects hemorrhoids symptoms can have on someone's career, and on an entire country, is just below.

 

Napoleon Bonaparte and his fight with Hemorrhoids.

It has been identified by Dr. Paul Wolf, 2001, that Napoleon Bonaparte could have won the Battle of Waterloo by attacking earlier in the day, but Napoleon Bonaparte delayed his attack because he suffered greatly from hemorrhoid pain that morning. By the time the afternoon came, the weather and troop disposition advantaged the British.

Napoleon Bonaparte suffered greatly from hemorrhoid pain during many of his battles, as the tension of battle apparently caused his sphincter muscles to tighten horrendously on his hemorrhoids, thereby generating massive pain and discomfort for him.

Napoleon Bonaparte used bathing to help control his hemorrhoid pain, but during the battle of Waterloo he was constipated which made his discomfort much worse. So he left the battlefield, left his army in the command of a subordinate, and sat in a bath to ease his miserable state, then went back to the battlefield later in the day, resumed his command. By that time, he’d lost the battle, and thus the war!

An interesting bit of hemorrhoid history there, one I think many of us can understand and sympathize with, as well as be warned from!

I have also heard of another version, where the battle was lost because Napoleon was unable to survey the battlefield properly, as his hemorrhoids caused him too much distress at the time. Without this surveillance information, it is argued he lost the battle.

The lesson to be learned:

Imagine what your hemorrhoid symptoms may be doing to you and your loved ones - you get grumpy, they get hurt - you want to ease your situation, they want a family activity. You may snap at your boss, or at a customer and what price do you pay then? You get the idea.

Hemorrhoid symptoms, especially the burning, itching and pain, can be soul destroying if not controlled, may destroy your marriage and family, and constant pain and agony can lead to other significant health issues, depression being just one.

So take your hemorrhoids very seriously and deal with them, before they perhaps have the time to ruin you.

 

5. Some Interesting History of Hemroid Treatment - Start Screaming so they can Cut more out!

HEMROIDS - An 11th century picture of a hemroid operation

Left is an extract from a picture which depicted an 11th century hemorrhoids operation. This hemorrhoid treatment was probably horrendously feared in it's day and the agony of it must have been unbearable.

In fact, go back 2,500 years, to the time of Hipprocates, and you find hemorrhoids were treated by burning them away with a hot poker, or cutting them off with a sharp implement.

Screaming from the patient was encouraged, as it caused more of the hemorrhoids to come out, thereby allowing more of the hemorrhoids to be cut off!

So, as can be seen from the hemorrhoids picture - and a bit of interesting history on hemorrhoids treatment - hemorrhoids are not just an affliction of a modern life style, even though some have argued just that.

However, hemroids still remain basically unheard of in most nonindustrialized areas of the world today. Yet many, many, millions of people in industrial nations, do actually have hemroids - it's normally only when the hemroids show themselves, or bleed, or become painful, that the hemroid sufferer becomes aware of their existence.

"What is the hemroids life style?". Essentially, it's sitting down most of the day and eating processed foods.

So, the best long term hemroids treatment in the industrialized world, is getting enough fiber in your diet, and doing more physical activity - and finding hemroids relief until that works. It takes about 6 months for the body to heal itself of hemroids, so long as you're helping it along, and provided your hemroids aren't too bad.

Why can't I just use a hemroids cream and not change anything? I like my life style just fine!

Well, you may be able to, hemroids can be caused by many things, not just diet and lack of exercise. Tend to the causes of your hemroids, and you may be able to treat your hemroids yourself, which is what HemorrhoidsHemroids.com is here to help you do.

Education is always one of the best defenses against hemroids and therefore the best hemroids treatment - without, you will most likely end up with hemroids again and again, treating every hemroids outbreak, hoping it will be your last, even having one hemroid operation after another. I know, I use to suffer from hemroids myself.

 

6. Diagnosis Hemorrhoids - The Big Embarrassment

How Common are Hemorrhoids?

Normally, everyone has internal hemorrhoids at some time in their life, but they are not normally noticeable - they typically remain out of sight and show no signs nor symptoms.  Believe it or not, about 10 million people in the world are afflicted by troublesome hemorrhoids every year.

So, if you have hemorrhoids you are not alone!

 

Normal Reaction to Finding Those Things we call Hemorrhoids

When the hemorrhoids do initially show themselves, the common reaction is one of shock, fear and concern.

All of a sudden, one's nice looking bottom has the insides look like they are falling out of it and the hemorrhoids may also pain, itch and burn like nothing ever experienced before!

For some it's the shock of seeing lots of blood suddenly coming out or severe excruciating pain from a hemorrhoid thrombosis.

These hemroids symptoms are enough to get any ones attention real fast.

What are hemroids? Fortunately, all hemorrhoids are just swollen blood vessels, which for most people, are easily cured or relieved.

 

But having the problem of hemorrhoids is an embarrassing one.

We are trained about how dirty and unmentionable that area of our anatomy is, so when hemorrhoids drop out to say "Hi, I'm down here.", as in pregnancy, the last thing you want to do is talk to people about them. Even talking to doctors about the hemorrhoids can be embarrassing for those of us who just don't like to talk about such things.

 

Why do I need to see a doctor about hemorrhoids? It's so embarrassing!

Dealing with the embarrassment of hemorrhoids in the doctors surgery

The problem of shame may be exasperated even more with hemorrhoids, if you believe you caused the hemorrhoids through a sexual act. You might feel that the doctor will pursue a too personal line of questioning with the hemorrhoids. From my experience in discussing hemorrhoids and hemorrhoid treatments with doctors and surgeons, they haven't asked questions of a too personal nature - they're more interested in telling me what to do.

In fact, the problem of hemorrhoids is so widespread in the community, that doctors will often be sufficiently skilled to perform a simple banding or injection hemorrhoids treatment while you are there in the office, or any type of hemorrhoids medical treatment for that matter. They possibly see people suffering with hemorrhoids every day and are not typically embarrassed by it from my experience. So, once you get over the feeling of shame and embarrassment, realizing that the doctor wont likely get too personal in their questioning about your hemorrhoids, you might feel a sense of relief about seeing them, and finding out about the hemorrhoids treatment they feel is the best for you - most likely a dietary change to begin with.

Another good idea, is to write down the hemorrhoid symptoms you have, so that when you go to discuss your hemorrhoid symptoms with the doctor, it's just a matter of you reading the symptoms out. So, even if you were to get a bit flustered, all the hemorrhoid symptoms can be conveyed without the feeling at the end of walking out of the appointment, "Jeez, I forget to say that. Would that change his diagnosis? Or the hermoids treatment I am having? "

Think about me and my hemorrhoids. When I saw doctors, most of whom were males, they would have a look, some inside.

Yes, that was embarrassing, but it was better for me to get the correct diagnosis and the piles treatment options, than not.

 

Self diagnosis of hemorrhoids is difficult.

A non-medical person may confuse hemorrhoids with warts, abscess, anal fissure, anal prolapse, cancer or other conditions. A picture of hemorrhoids, actually many hemorrhoid pictures, are included here to assist you, but medical assessment is strongly suggested.

 

Using this web site to diagnose, get relief, get rid of and prevent hemorrhoids is our goal: The treatment of hemorrhoids / hemroids is vital.

To this end informative photos are provided and fully discussed, and we cover and fully explain the causes and symptoms of hemroids, as well as how to attain fast hemroid relief.

Hemroids treatment, cures, home remedies, surgery and medical types of hemroids are also fully covered in depth.

We try to look after every aspect of your needs related to hemroids, by providing this well written, comprehensive, and informative material in an easy to read, understandable way.

There are also alternative treatments for hemroids available, as well as the online hemroids treatments that we have described above. The online ones bring fast relief.

 

7.. Hemroids, hemorrhoids, haemorrhoids - The Name and it's history

a.. Alternative SPELLINGS AND NAMES for hemroids

Alternative spellings for hemorrhoids : Hemroids and haemorrhoids. Hemorrhoids is the most common spelling and hemorrhoids is also the modern label in medical circles. Next in popularity comes hemroids, which is the way I and many others naturally spell it, but it is a laymans spelling of it. Haemorrhoids is a term seldom used now - haemorrhoids is an older label that you will still find occasionally used in medical journals and texts, but is also used by the Brittish a fair bit.

Alternative names for hemorrhoids : Piles. The term piles has been used to describe hemorrhoids for more than a century. In one of my medical texts from the 1833's, the term piles was evidently in common usage along with haemorroids. From what I can tell, piles was the term used by ordinary folk, while haemorroids may have been more restricted to use by doctors. The spelling hemorrhoids and hemroids don't appear to have been used back then.

Common misspellings (? - may change from country to country) of the word hemorrhoids: Hemmroids, hemoroids, hemeroids, hemorids, hemerroids, hameroids, hammeroids, hemorroids, haemorroids, hemmoroids, hemmeroids, hemmorhoids, hemroides and hemorhoids. Of these apparent misspellings, hemorroids comes at the top of the list - I guess people forget about the silent h in the middle of hemorroids.

The USA stats breakdown - spelt "hemorrhoids" - about 55%. Spelt "hemroids" - around 40%. All the other spellings account for around 5%. Stats are based on a survey I did some time ago.

 

b.. Origin of the condition "hemorrhoid":  How the name became linked to the condition.

"Hemorrhoid" is actually an anatomical term for the cushions of tissue rich in blood vessels that naturally occur at the junction of the rectum and the anus, but, seeing as most people don't have to think about anorectal anatomy that often, the name got passed on to the annoying as heck swellings that occur around that area, even when the varicosity and swelling does not occur on the hemorrhoidal cushions themselves.

The lay person use of the word hemorrhoids appears to be slowly becoming shortened to "hemroids", but recent changes over the last ten years, has seen "hemroids" slowly drop out of usage. It may be that the internet is improving the spelling abilities of people?

Some trivia information on hemroids, which you may or may not, have found interesting.

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Anal sex can cause piles / hemroids / hemorrhoids, but there are safer ways of doing anal sex to minimize hemroids.

Vaginal Hemorrhoids is a case of misdiagnosis. Anal warts are nothing like hemroids, neither is herpes, but hemroids can easily be confused with some anal skin tags, sometimes, and some anal skin tags can evolve into hemroids or be a warning of other health problems.

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Updated Home Remedies The latter includes many home remedies for hemorrhoid relief. A complete guide to stop bleeding hemorrhoids, a hemorrhoids cure page includes vitamins, foods and herbs that help prevent and possibly cure them

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The home treatment of hemorrhoids:

There are three pages on this site that you should read before leaving:

1... To treat your existing hemorrhoids, the page on how to treat hemorrhoids offers some wonderful treatments that should bring you relief and help heal you of those existing hemorrhoids. It offers you hope. So why not check out the page and see the before and after photos and then make your own mind up?

2... The page on hemorrhoid causes is likely the most important page we have to offer you, as it truely allows you to see what may be causing your hemorrhoids. Yes, you can go for an operation, but there is a good chance you will need another and another. So what's the point of that? Isn't it better to learn a little about your hemorrhoids and prevent them instead?

3... The page on hemorrhoids diet will give you a wealth of information and recipes to help resolve your hemorrhoids and might I add a 4th page on foods to avoid with hemorrhoids? Yes, there are foods that if consumed do definitely run you the risk of hemorrhoid flare ups and constipation.

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