Hemorrhoids - a disease common to the adult population of all countries. According to statistical data, this diagnosis is 20-25% of the adult population. The most prone to hemorrhoids are people aged 25-50 years, that is, people of working age. Although hemorrhoids are more common in men, most women seek help from a doctor at the first sign of the disease.

In medicine, the term "hemorrhoids" refers to enlarged hemorrhoidal nodes.

The main symptoms of the disease:.

itching;.

periodic bleeding during defecation;.

feeling of a foreign body in the rectum;.

unpleasant sensations;.

dropout of nodes.

Hemorrhoids can occur due to constipation, sedentary lifestyle, alcohol consumption, pregnancy and other factors.

Although hemorrhoids are not a serious illness, one should not take lightly of his treatment. Symptoms of colon cancer may resemble early hemorrhoid development. This is a great danger to miss the most effective time for the treatment of such a terrible disease. Therefore, in case of the onset of the first symptoms, you should immediately consult a doctor.

The discharge of blood during the stool can be both significant and insignificant and lasts not a month or a year, until the hemorrhoids become heavier. But then it will be more difficult to treat it. Feeling some discomfort in the rectum, and noticing the discharge of blood, people, especially men, postpone the visit to the doctor.

This may be due to the patient's fear of being seriously ill, and even when the symptoms noticeably progress, when blood loss becomes plentiful, constipation increases and appetite disappears, many patients hope that the disease will pass by itself.

Treatment of hemorrhoids Thanks to modern medicines and medical devices, hemorrhoids can be treated in virtually all four stages of the disease.

Even some 15 years ago, hemorrhoids were treated exclusively surgically, that is, surgical treatment was used. Today, except for operations, in the arsenal of doctors a whole set of minimally invasive (non-surgical) methods of treatment.

The most common among them is the compression. With this method, hemorrhoidal nodes are treated with latex rings. The device, by evacuation draws the hemorrhoidal node into the chamber, and throws on it a latex ring. Within 7-10 days, this ring is rejected with the hemorrhoidal node. The procedure is not complicated and takes only 1.5-2 minutes. Usually, several similar procedures are performed at an interval of two weeks, since under the external hemorrhoidal node, three internal. Treatment does not require a sick leave sheet and proceeds easily with minor pain after the procedure for 1-3 days.

This method at first glance seems to be the most acceptable, but its effectiveness, like other minimally invasive techniques, is lower than with surgical removal. With radical methods of treatment, hemorrhoids are eliminated for life or, in the worst case, for decades. When treating non-surgically, hemorrhoids may appear again after 3-4 years.

Minimally invasive treatment affects only internal hemorrhoids, leaving the external, so there is a risk of acute thrombosis of external hemorrhoids.

In connection with the above reasons, radical methods are still widely used - operations. The essence of the operation is reduced to the surgical removal of all internal hemorrhoids. The patient is under epidural-sacral anesthesia.

Internal hemorrhoidal nodes are the cause of secretions of scarlet blood during emptying, prolapse of nodes during defecation, staining of lingerie, the appearance of itching and the sensation of a foreign body in the rectum.

Surgical treatment allows you to remove all external nodes. On the one hand, this excludes exacerbation (thrombosis) of external hemorrhoids, and on the other removes external signs and gives the prianal zone a stable appearance.

Conservative methods of treatment (hygiene, baths, candles, diets) and traditional medicine methods help only at the earliest stages of the disease. They do not relieve the cause of hemorrhoids - hemorrhoids (nodes), which under the influence of herbs, candles and other non-traditional methods can neither disappear nor decrease.

A huge influence on the treatment process is the stage of the disease. That is, the earlier you go to the doctor, the easier it will be.

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