What are haemorrhoids?
They are basically swollen veins of the lower part of anus and rectum. Men are more likely to have them than women. 50% of population experience them. Key factors that may cause hemorrhoids include sedentary jobs, pregnancy, constipation, family history etc.
Treatment
Haemorrhoids are very unpleasant and painful. Their symptoms include bleeding when passing a stool, itching and soreness in the anal area. Yet they can be successfully treated. For treatment, you can use conservative options that include a diet to ensure soft stool. You should also wash the anal area carefully after defecation. You can apply medicinal anal creams and rectal suppositories.
Surgical management
Advanced grades of haemorrhoids can be treated with a variety of surgical procedures. Recently, Long method has proven very popular. It involves removing haemorrhoids with a special instrument called stapler. The patient is hospitalized and receives general anaesthesia for that procedure.
Modern, outpatient, less invasive and aggressive procedures have been gaining more prominence recently, though. They include using a device called HEMORON. Another procedure involves a tight rubber band that is applied to the base of haemorrhoids, known as Barron ligation.
