Conditions
Haemorrhoids
“The grapes of wrath” is both a classic John Steinbeck novel and a name for haemorrhoids, which can be an uncomfortable and often painful condition. Otherwise known as piles, this is when blood vessels in and around the anus become swollen and inflamed, which is both an inconvenient and embarrassing location on the body to be affected. It is, however, a very common condition. Around 50% of people experience the condition at some time in their life, with pregnant women and the elderly most susceptible. Treatment will depend on the severity of the piles, but the symptoms may often disappear on their own after a few days.
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I have felt the need to poo and I felt I've something was stuck. Whenevr I squeezed, it felt to go back up inside of me. I thought "I'll push it with toilet paper" and discoveredI was bleeding. Is this piles? What can I do? I'm 14
i have haemorrhoids because i have constipation all the time and last week its was quite flared up and felt wired. Then after 2days it went down.i touch it and it felt like their was a hard spot inside my pile it was a abit painful. and now its been a week the hard spot is still there but its not painful..im just worried about the hard spot in my pile. do you think it could be cancer or im just worrrying too much
Im struggling to poo and have an itchy anus mainly at night , I constantly feel like I need to push something out but nothing happens , I also find I am bleeding is this piles ?
Hi, I have a small lump sticking out of my anus, it is skin colour, it doesn't hurt, itch or bleed but I can feel it when I shower or go to the toilets. I am a 23 year old girl and I am often constipated, can you tell me what it can be?
I'm 16 and had noticed a small red lump, i never used to bleed but now everytime I go to the toilet there's blood on the tissue, sometimes alot and sometimes a small amount, im too embarrassed to go to the doctors and its getting me worried because I'm too embarrassed to have sex with my boyfriend incase he notices, I've considered using anusol but I don't want to make it worse :/ suggestions?
hi there, i have afew small spots around my anus, they are not red just white and when even touched etc bleed quite a bit of blood ? any ideas of what is wrong and why and how to get rid of ? cheers
I have noticed for the last couple of days a small bubble like lump just around the entrance to my back passage and it hurts to sit down and its very sore and is painful to use the loo and finds small spots of blood on the tissue after........ Can someone help as to embarrased to discuss it with my partener and I just want some advice on how to get rid of it with out having to see my GP if possible :) thanks
Hi im 29 and i have piles ive had them a few times on and off since my early 20's they've always gone on there own or with a little help from salt baths or putting ice cubes on them!but this time is different ive had my piles for months ive tried ice salt baths and creams nothing is working im in so much pain and discomfort and when i go to the toilet from my back passage i wipe it clean i sit for ages sometimes to make sure and im gentle but then i feel discomfort and go to the toilet again to check it and when i wipe i have excrament still there its got to the piont where its getting me down its worse at night ichy and sore and its embarrassing i cant show my partner even though they want to help but i wont show it not like there could do anything!!! how can i get rid of it???? thank you
Maybe worth a trip to the doctor? They may be geting worse, hence the leakage? It may be time to have them treated by banding? But in any case, sounds like a trip to the doc may help you.
hi i am 26 and 8 weeks pregnant and after reading all these comments and watching the video i have realised that i may have pile.. but i have small itcy spots not just around my anus but on the insides of my bum cheeks and at the top of the crack of my bum too is this normal as no one else has said that tha have this... helpppppppppppp me please!
I have almost constant burning pain in my back passage - no lumps, bumps or bleeding - just constant burning. I now find that this pain completely dominates my life. I had piles years ago and had these banded. Following the banding 12 years ago, things got much worse (I now understand that this may have been placed too high?) and I became very aware of my diet. I eat a very high fibre diet (bran cereal, 5 pieces of fruit, potatoes, raw carrots, oatmeal bread, vegetarian main meal, gallons of water) and go to the loo usually 3 times a day. I now seldom eat anything that I enjoy but still have this burning sensation. I regularly suffer from IBS. Creams, suppositories do not work. I was a very keen and regular hillwalker (210 Scottish Munros before giving into this problem!) and love my garden. I can now no longer go hillwalking and need to be very careful what I do in the garden. I have stopped going on holiday because our holidays were always active and this problem caused us to cancel the last one. I took early retirement in June this year and was looking forward to hopefully getting things settled and back into some exercise. This hasn't worked and I am now absolutely demented with this problem. To make matters worse, I do not confide in my wife and she is constantly on at me to get out and take more exercise, etc., making me feel like a lazy so-and so. I am not sure that I am looking for any solutions here, maybe just a bit of a rant to get it out of my system?
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