How to prevent hemorrhoids?
- Exercise
Participating in a variety of sports activities can accelerate blood circulation, improve pelvic antrum hyperaemia and promote gastrointestinal motility.
- Match your diet reasonably
You can eat more vegetables, fruits, beans and other foods containing more vitamins and fiber. You should also drink more water and eat less spicy and irritating foods such as pepper, garlic, green onions, mustard and so on.
- Keep the anus and its surrounding area clean
The anus, rectum and colon sigmoideum are the places where feces is stored and excreted. Feces contains many bacteria. The anus’s surrounding area is easily infected by these bacteria and can induce anal infection.
Typical symptoms of hemorrhoid.
- Blood in the toilet
Intermittent and painless bleeding of bright red blood in the toilet, an early common symptom of internal and mixed hemorrhoids. Bleeding usually occurs before or after defecating, there are also hematochezia which mixes with stool. The blood is bright red. The bloold can be expelled by spraying, dropping, or may be discovered when wiping.
- Pain during defecation
Bleeding and rectal pain during defecation. It usually shows mild pain, stabbing pain, burning pain, swelling pain, etc.
- Goiter prolapse from the anus
Patients who have medium and terminal internal hemorrhoid often experience goiter prolapse from the anus. The internal hemorrhoid continues to increase, and then causes the separation between submucosa and anus layer. Internal hemorrhoid nodules will move down below the dentate line and become free from the anal tube, then pass the anus and prolapse. Patients with milder symptoms only have goiter prolapse from the anus during defecation, those with severe symptom have goiter prolapse when coughing, pressing the belly, and squatting
- There will be fluid excretion from the anus
There will be fluid letting out from anus. The fluid lets out from the orificium fistulae frequently, anus sometimes and skin around the anus occasionally. The rectum mucosa is often stimulated by the hemorrhoid, which increases the amount of the fluid. Patients with chronic internal hemorrhoids often have secretions from the anus due to anal sphincter relaxation. It is common for fluid to flow out during defecation, severe patients’ fluid flows out even if they are not defecating.
- Pruritus ani
Patients will have itching on the skin of the anus and its surrounding area. It is mainly because the anal secretion, hemorrhoids which prolapse and the skin around are stimulated and becomes wet all for extended periods. This causes itching symptoms and so that causes anal eczema and anal itching.
Are hemorrhoids contagious?
- Some patients ask the question- are hemorrhoid contagious?, which indicates that patients have vigilance against infectious diseases, but they lack relevant science knowledge.
- Infectious diseases have three factors, one is an infection source, the second is the route of transmission, and the third is susceptible population. Hemorrhoids do not have any of the above three points, so hemorrhoids is not an infectious disease, it is not contagious.
Do hemorrhoids all need to be treated?
- If the hemorrhoid only has partial features and no other discomfort, it can be left untreated provisionally.
- When the hemorrhoid has clinical symptoms, it should be treated as soon as possible. Otherwise, it will bring both physical and mental pain to the patient.
- If the hemorrhoid bleeds, long-term absence of treatment will lead to pernicious anemia, if hemorrhoids often prolapse, long-term absence of treatment might cause infection and necrosis.
What is the difference between internal hemorrhoid and external hemorrhoid?
- Internal hemorrhoid is hemorrhoid that most patients suffer from. Internal hemorrhoid is inside the anus, but sometimes it will prolapse. They are covered by insensitive intestinal lining, so internal hemorrhoid rarely cause pain or pruritus. We can use copper ion chemistry therapy because they are relatively insensitive. They will bleed after treatment, but thrombosis rarely generate, resulting in severe pain and swelling for several days.
- External hemorrhoids are not real hemorrhoid at all. They are mainly broken blood vessels under the skin near the anus. The external hemorrhoids are present in the skin covering the anal tube and the skin around the opening of the anus, so they are very sensitive.
How many surgical ways are there to treat hemorrhoids?
- All operative treatments might cause complications including bleeding, infection, etc. There are many treatments for internal hemorrhoid. For example:PPH(Procedure for prolapsing hemorrhoids), anorectal integrated therapeutic apparatus, copper ion therapy, etc. The most classic surgery for mixed hemorrhoids is Milling-Morgan.
Is the pre-operative examination of hemorrhoids painful?
- Checking is usually unpleasant but not painful. If it is painful, you ensure that the examination is very careful and the doctor will use the appropriate equipment to reduce discomfort if necessary.