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Most people throughout their life will experience piles, but it can be difficult to name. What is the pressing issue of your health? This article on piles symptoms will beam a light on what can be a minefield of health issues.
The symptoms you see will vary, some folks will have a list of symptoms (which I detail shortly) and others will have just one. Nonetheless, you should know what every symptom means.
It's also important to note that not all symptoms send a clear indication that you have piles. In that, one symptom can imply other health related issues, and some can be more severe than others.
A state like constipation can mean that you simply have bad eating habits. Maybe the problem lies in your stomach itself and you can't break down foods of one type. However, the one symptom that largely sends a clear message that you have hemorrhoids is anal discharge of blood.
I have listed the most common symptoms:
1. An impulse to scratch.
2. The feeling of a close open fire.
3. Indefinable pain.
4. Anal outflow - blood and/or mucus.
5. The feeling of hard stools - constipation
6. Bulging - possibly in the style of a lump around the anus.
8. General irritation.
Internal Piles
So what are internal hemorrhoids? This is the designation used when varicose veins stick out into the anal canal, but that stay inside the rectum. This is ordinarily known as internal haemorrhoids.
One note between internal and external is that most often you won't be aware of internal hemorrhoids. You'll know there is a concern through experiencing piles symptoms. But you won't be able to feel or see the hemorrhoid itself.
These haemorrhoids aren't irritable to start with. However, as the vein membrane is very sensitive to touch, a little friction can result in soreness and make matters even worse.
Blood may start appearing once friction develops. A normal tactic that people use to determine when they have a more serious case of piles is by looking down the toilet. Blood is a fine sign that you need to take action!
External Piles
Of course, I advise you don't leave a hemorrhoid untreated and this is why; internal piles, after a time, becomes external piles and this is when the swollen vein lapses to the point where you can see it. While this is the definition of external hemorrhoids it can also be referred to as prolapse, and this is when it becomes not just irritating, but painful.
Bleeding is not uncommon in external piles as the veins are more susceptible to rubbing, itching and burning feelings.
So although pain can begin to set in at this point, it fades in comparison to piles that result from blood clots. This very painful condition is known as a thrombosed external hemorrhoid (blood clot). Ideally, you don't want to get the point of blood loss, but you ESPECIALLY don't want to get to the point of thrombosis!
How to Grade Haemorrhoids
Piles symptoms are so diverse that they have been dissected into respective levels. Health is a convoluted subject, and unfortunately it's rarely simply a case of taking one drug/ approach and hey-presto. Then there're the side-effects you have to contest with... When in the early stages of hemorrhoids it's best to figure out what symptoms you have, and award yourself with a grade.
This gives you the peace of mind so you're in control of the situation - a lot of stress can be cured on simply understanding the situation you are in.
If you can summon the power to go and see your GP (highly recommended) she or he will reach a conclusion upon using a proctoscope to scrutinise your condition. Namely:
- How dangerous your case is
- Whether you have internal or external hemorrhoids
- And to find out whether or not surgery will be required
GRADES HEMORRHOIDAL SYMPTOMS
First Degree:
Internal Piles
Early stages of hemorrhoids - many people will be unaware they have hemorrhoids
Second Degree:
mild External Piles
Varicose vain can be seen now and then - generally when active and at rest respectively.
Third Degree:
External Piles
Stays outside but can be fed back through with little exertion
4th Degree:
Serious External Piles
The vein is sagging out with no choice to return it back
Ending
Symptoms will vary from person to person as haemorrhoids isn't always clearly defined by one or two symptoms independently.
Needless to say, I encourage you to arrange a consultation with your own GP.
If you are the one with haemorrhoids and you're in agony, it's entirely possible that you have a thrombosed external hemorrhoid. As I have already said in this article, it means that you've experienced a blood clot.
Lean more towards being safe than regretful. Depending on how long you've been experiencing extreme pain (reading articles on the internet probably wouldn't be your first port of call if you was in this amount of pain) it's generally preferred that surgery takes place no more that 48 hours after a thrombosed external hemorrhoid.
In the long run, you should'nt worry too much if you think your case is serious. It's important to take action but worrying is another problem altogether.
I want to leave you with a famed message used in World War 2 to improve people's morales. I think it's wonderful:
