Feb 06 2010
When getting to the toilet turns into a problem
Bloody and a lumpy feeling around the anus are two of the major indications of hemorrhoidal disease that annoys many women due to the constipation that produces it. The best way to prevent it is to maintain a healthy lifestyle, by eating fruits and vegetables and practice regular physical activity.
Hemorrhoids are veins situated around the anus that all humans have.
When a number of symptoms become evident, these veins give rise to hemorrhoidal disease symptoms. The most common symptoms are bleeding in the stool and some times palpation of painful balls in the anal area, which results from thrombus or clot formation in the external hemorrhoids.
In the opinion of Dr. Hugo Parada, Coloproctologic at the Santa Maria Clinic in Santiago Chile, the hemorrhoidal disease has a higher frecuency in women in their reproductive ages and who have had children. The main causes of of this disorder are constipation and pregnancy. Most of the female population suffers from constipation especially after their first pregnancy.
During pregnancy the uterus growscompressing the veins located in the pelvis, which then hinders proper operation, making blood return more slowly and increasing the likelihood of bleedings.
Types of hemorrhoids
there are 2 types of hemorrhoids: external and internal.
External Hemorrhoids: Are those developing around the anus and are covered with susceptible skin. Many of them host clots that grow little by little and produce pain as they stretch the overlying skin when defecating.
Internal hemorrhoids: Are those developing within the rectum and are covered by rectal mucosa. Normally, this type of hemorrhoids bleeds at stool and in some cases, prolapses, i.e. the whole hemorrhoidal package sticks out through the anus during defecation. Internal hemorrhoids are categorized into grades according to their characteristics and severity:
Grade 1: bleeds occasionally.
Grade 2: bleeds and prolapsed hemorrhoids stick out at stool, but reduce spontaneously.
Grade 3: hemorrhoids prolapse and are manually reduced, i.e., the person must enter the hemorrhoidal package inside.
Grade 4: they are always prolapsed and the anus is kept moist at all times. They look like a cauliflower outside the anus and stain underwear with serohematic fluid (serum and blood).
Mixed: internal external hemorrhoids coexist.
Medical hemroids treatment is used in 90% of the people who go to a doctor and it basically is aimed at finding out the causes that produce hemorrhoids. “First of all, constipation should be avoided. You should also avoid irritating food such as chili, pepper and mustard, cheese and chocolate. Secondly, you should also increase your fruit and vegetables ingestion, drink 2 to 3 liters of water or juice daily; thirdly stay physically active; and finally, try to defecate daily seeking to avoid staying and sitting for long minutes in the restroom.
Statistics show that 10% of all symptomatic hemorrhoids undergo surgical intervention, especially the internal hemorrhoids grade 3 and 4. Nowadays, two surgical techniques are being applied.
The classical hemorrhoidectomy: This method consists of the surgical removal of the hemorrhoids package. It is used to deal with mixed cases and when other pathology is related. This operation has the drawback of producing postoperative pain and it takes 3 to 4 weeks to heal, causing significant distress to the patient.
Stapled hemorrhoidopexy: aims to fix (staple) the internal hemorrhoids grade 3 and 4 to the rectal wall. The main advantage of this operation is that it does not leave any scars and postoperative pain is mild.
Dr. Hugo Parada confirms that the best hemroids treatment is prevention. And this can be realized by maintaining and carrying out a healthy lifestyle, which consists of drinking lots of fluids, eat plenty of fruits and vegetables, practice physical exercise and take up the habit to defecate daily without staying too long seated in the restroom.
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