What is the best treatment of hemorrhoids?
Hemorrhoids Hemorrhoids are varicose veins of the anus. The lump at the external opening is a distended vein. The cause of hemorrhoids has not been truly established, but there are a number of associated considerations. They are probably related to the upright posture; four legged animals do not get this disease, although it is seen in baboons. Hemorrhoids often appear temporarily with the increased intra abdominal pressure of pregnancy and in some very constipated individuals who strain at stool. Yet many individuals in these categories don't get them. There is definitely a familial inherited predisposition to them, as there is in varicose veins of the legs. The patient usually comes in aware of protrusion and has often made his own correct diagnosis. Where the patient's judgment is wrong and he waited a long time for spontaneous recovery, the delay can be of consequence. Not all lumps about the anus are hemorrhoids, and hemorrhoids are not the only cause of bright red...