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Hemorrhoids: All About It

Hemorrhoids have been around for as long as we can remember and yet there is not much we know about it. We feel pain and discomfort in that particular area of the rectum or we see blood in the toilet bowl or on our stool and right away, we think we've got it. Most times, if these are the symptoms, we probably do. But sometimes, it could be something else. Whatever the case may be, it is important to know what Hemorrhoids is all about and whether we actually have it, or something else.

One thing we should know off the bat: The peak age for the occurrence of hemorrhoids in both men and women, is between the ages of 45-65 years.

Hemorrhoids themselves is not the disease. They are the vascular cushions in the anus and are present in healthy individuals. TGhe physical condition referred to by most laypersons and physicians alike as "Hemorrhoids" is characterized by the enlargement, inflammation, thombosis or prolapsis of these cushions.

Most of those who have studied and written about this condition agree that it is caused with great thanks to low-fiber diets which produce in individuals small-caliber stools. Such stools result in straining the hemorrhoids upon release during defecation.

Other things that bring strain on the hemorrhoids would be pregnancy and childbirth notably due to both hormonal changes as well as direct pressure. Another, Abnormally high tension levels in the internal sphincter muscle. Activities such as prolonged sitting on a toilet is believed to be a possible cause to enlarged hemorrhoids. Aging, another, as physical depreciation brought on by the natural course of time ... wear and tear ... brings weakening to the support structures, which facilitates prolapse. Aging is considered to begin at age 30.

Portal hypertension has often been connected with hemorrhoids as well. In fact, many rectal conditions affect those suffering from portal hypertension.

At the end of the day, it is important to know this: Doctors should only treat hemorrhoids their patient complains of them. In the case of hemorrhoids, whenthere are no symptoms of which the patient complains, then there is no condition to treat.

So, no matter how bad or abnormal the hemorrhoids might appear to a practitioner, they should not be treated unless they are nbothering the patient in some way. And yet another precaution: a thorough examination before any treatment is necessary to ensure that the symptoms experienced by any patient to not point to any OTHER disease that could just resemble hemorrhoids because obviously, if it is another condition, it will not get better if it is treated as if it were hemorrhoids only.

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