Explainer: why do people get haemorrhoids and how do you get rid of them

The exact cause of haemorrhoids isn’t entirely clear. But they are certainly common; around 50% of people have experienced symptomatic haemorrhoids at some point in their lives.

 What's Inside Preparation H

Folk remedies for hemorrhoids include the application of clarified butter or glycerin soap to the affected area. Instead of one of those, Preparation H uses petroleum jelly as a protectant, a mixer, and a delivery medium for the other ingredients.

Everyone Has Hemorrhoids (Yes, Even You)

Much like bathroom-humor at the dinner table, hemorrhoids can be a taboo subject. The truth is, everyone has them. Their job is to protect your anal sphincter muscles (the ones that open and close your anus) and to help keep your anus closed when you have moments of increased abdominal pressure, like when you're coughing. They become a problem for us when they become inflamed

Hemorrhoids and what to do about them

In one sense, everyone has hemorrhoids (or piles), the pillow-like clusters of veins that lie just beneath the mucous membranes lining the lowest part of the rectum and the anus. The condition most of us call hemorrhoids (or piles) develops when those veins become swollen and distended, like varicose veins in the legs. Internal hemorrhoids are typically painless, even when they produce bleeding.

Approach to Hemorrhoids

Patients often mistake other anal or perianal problems for hemorrhoids, such as anal fissures, skin tags, hypertrophied anal papillae, anal cancer, and anal condylomata and other infections.

Can You Treat Haemorrhoids With Laser?

To answer this we need to know firstly if piles or haemorrhoids have any link to leg varicose veins and secondly what would be the optimal way to treat them.

Do You Need to Go to a Doctor for Hemorrhoids?

If your symptoms don't start to improve after a week, make an appointment with a gastroenterologist, who may recommend shrinking your hemorrhoids the professional way—i.e., cutting off blood supply with a rubber band, zapping them with a laser, or cutting them out.

Don’t Just Sit There!

That may sound like a bunch of Internet quackery, but there’s now some empirical evidence for the claim that defecation posture affects your body.

Dr. Oz made $1.17 million off a hemorrhoid treatment he promoted in his column

Oz also used his media platform to promote the treatment just ahead of it hitting the market. In one of his syndicated columns with co-author Dr. Mike Roizen, he doled out some advice for how people can deal with their "rhoid rage,"...

Hemorrhoid Google Searches Skyrocketed Since 2008

e number of Americans searching online for information on hemorrhoids and how to treat them seems to have skyrocketed since 2008.

Hemorrhoids And Piles: Common But No Laughing Matter

They're often the butt of ribald jokes or the subject of such motherly advice as 'Don't sit on cold cement, you'll get piles." But for anyone who suffers from hemorrhoids, there is nothing funny about having the condition or the embarrassment it can cause

Hemorrhoids: Which Treatment Should I Use?

You may want to have a say in this decision, or you may simply want to follow your doctor's recommendation. Either way, this information will help you understand what your choices are so that you can talk to your doctor about them.

I've got hemorrhoids and it's painful. What's causing it? What can I do for some relief?

First and foremost, hemorrhoids should not be embarrassing. Hemorrhoids are part of the normal anatomy and everybody has them. When people complain of “hemorrhoids”, they are referring to symptoms in the perianal area. Hemorrhoidal symptoms are one of the most common ailments affecting humans.

You Wanted to Know: Hemorrhoids

For a problem that’s so common, hemorrhoids are not often talked about (perhaps because they don’t make for very good dinner conversation). But the fact is that by age 50, nearly half of Americans will deal with one or more symptoms of hemorrhoids, including itching, discomfort and bleeding.