How to tell if you have hemorrhoids?

Under normal circumstances, people are prone to hemorrhoidal diseases or anorectal diseases, so many people have no symptoms in the early stages of hemorrhoids for the first time, but most of them will have blood in the stool and feel anal itching. More serious cases may suffer from anal prolapse and severe cases may also have painful bowel movements.

Stage I: no pain, with symptoms mainly blood in stool, heavy secretions, and itching;

Stage II: There is blood in the stool, and the hemorrhoids prolapse with defecation, but they can retract on their own;

In stage III (also known as the late stage), internal hemorrhoids prolapse outside the anus, or fall out of the anus during each bowel movement and cannot be retracted on their own and must be pushed back in by hand.

Hemorrhoids can cause inconvenience to a person's normal life in mild cases, and can affect health in severe cases. If blood in the stool persists for a long time, it can cause varying degrees of anemia, or even hemorrhagic shock, which is life-threatening. When hemorrhoids are necrotic or severely infected, they can cause systemic infection through the blood system, with serious consequences. Therefore, if you suffer from hemorrhoids, you should take proactive measures.

Hemorrhoidal prolapse: This is often a symptom of late-stage hemorrhoids, with blood in the stool occurring first and then prolapse. In the late stage, the hemorrhoids enlarge and gradually separate from the muscle layer, and are pushed out of the anus during defecation.

Connective tissue external hemorrhoids: Connective tissue external hemorrhoids, also known as skin hemorrhoids or skin tags. Hemorrhoids basically present as connective tissue changes, without obvious varicose veins, very few blood vessels, with a wide base and long tip, and are yellowish-brown or brown-black in color. They are prominent and easy to see, and vary in size and shape. Sometimes there is only one, located behind the anus or in the front center, and sometimes there are several surrounding the anus.

Varicose external hemorrhoids: Varicose external hemorrhoids are the varicose veins of the external hemorrhoidal plexus below the dentate line, forming round, oval or prismatic soft lumps at the edge of the anus. If there is edema, the shape will become larger.

Inflammatory external hemorrhoids: Inflammatory external hemorrhoids are caused by inflammation of connective tissue external hemorrhoids and varicose external hemorrhoids, and can also be seen in the acute inflammatory stage of thrombosed external hemorrhoids.