Hemroids are veins around the anus which are constricted and not able to remove the blood inside.  It swells up and becomes inflamed and often painful.  Hemorrhoids are often known in England as “piles”.  There are often times when a person will not know they have hemroids until blood appears on their toilet tissue whilst cleaning up, or within the stool itself.  This can be very distressing, as it is a well-known fact that colon cancer causes blood in the stool.  Upon discovering blood on your tissue or in your stool, you should head off to see your doctor as you will most likely that you have internal hemroids.

Internal hemroids happen when the veins inside the anus become inflamed due to an increased amount of pressure.  If this pressure persists then the veins may burst and bleed.  The difference between external hemroids is that internal hemroids are not as painful, and sometimes are hardly felt by a person.  Internal hemroids treatment is often applied when the situation becomes either painful, or if there is enough blood to cause distress to the sufferer.  They are usually an indicator of a factor in the sufferers’ life that they should change.  Normally this is poor diet and little exercise, however it can be signs of other conditions such as hypotension and a lack of vital vitamins and minerals; known as being deficient.

There are plenty of pain receptors around the anus, however further into the rectum and colon there are far far fewer pain receptors.  This is the reason that pain is not often a symptom of internal hemorrhoids.  Normally, internal hemroids treatment happens when the hemorrhoids are agitated.

Internal hemroids are known as “Strangulated” and “Prolapsed”.  Internal hemorrhoids which are prolapsed will protrude through the anus, normally whilst passing stool.  In most cases it will disappear back up inside, although on occasion the sufferer may have to deal with pushing it back inside themselves, usually in a great deal of pain. A strangulated hemorrhoid(s) is the same as a prolapsed one, except for that it has not been pushed back inside in a swift fashion.  As a result it becomes trapped whilst protruding out of the anus and can cut off the blood supply.  In extreme cases, older gentlemen have referred to this as “hanging grapes” syndrome.

 If a hemroids has become strangulated, it may form a clot.  This is known as thrombosed hemorrhoid.  In these cases the internal hemroids treatment tends to be surgery.  Whereas, if the hemorrhoids has simply prolapsed, it may be eased to a large extent and (even self-healed), by a change in diet.  Eating more fruit and soft foods, drinking more water as well as moderate exercise will all help the body heal itself.  It is often worth trying multiple internal hemorrhoids treatments before resorting to surgery as it has been known to be very painful.  Consult your doctor for a structured internal hemroids treatment plan and stick to it, as prevention may be better than cure in this case.