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Piles is a potentially painful condition that doesn't show itself in simple diagnosis. What is the real issue of your health? This article on piles symptoms will beam a light on what can be a mountain of health problems.
Don't believe that your symptoms will be the same as everyone else. It may be that you have a solitary symptom, but you can quite often have more - as will be explained in this article. But it's very important that you know what every symptom really means.
It's also good to recognize that symptoms can be ambiguous, as you will see in just a moment.
While the feeling of constipation is a symptom of hemorrhoids it may just convey that you have an imbalanced diet. And not all stomachs are made equal, I have a couple of friends who can't eat bananas since their stomachs don't get on with them for whatever reason! Now the one common symptom that invariably means you have hemorrhoids is anal leakage of blood - not healthy.
See below, the most common haemorrhoidal symptoms:
1. An impulse to scratch.
2. The feeling of sitting on an open fire - ouch!
3. Pain.
4. Discharge of mucus and/or blood
5. A feeling of constipation - trouble in using the lavatory.
6. Tumescence - A protrusion on the anus.
8. Feeling uncomfortable.
Internal Piles
So what are internal hemorrhoids? This is the label used when varicose veins stick out into the anal canal, but that stay within the rectum. This is referred to as internal piles.
internal haemorrhoids can linger in the background of your normal life BEFORE you become aware of their presence. This is why it's suggested you know all of the piles symptoms - knowledge here, is power. When you aren't aware of the 'source' (internal piles) it's important to educate yourself so you can put the puzzle together.
These hemorrhoids aren't irritable to start off with. Internal piles can change, however, when there is friction of any kind on the sensitve veins. This, of course, is when you become mindful.
This is when bleeding can start. It's not good, but I recommend peering down the toilet once you've been. The sight of blood in the toilet is a significant motivation to take action and rid yourself of hemorrhoid.
External Piles
If internal piles are left untreated the case may intensify to external piles - when the vein becomes visible without touching the infected region. 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.
When you are this far into the condition it's very likely that you'll experience bloodloss.
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!
Grading Piles
By separating piles symptoms into categories it's easy to determine how critical your condition is. Health is a convoluted subject, and unfortunately it's infrequently simply a case of taking one drug/ approach and hey-presto. Then there're the side-effects you have to deal with... The symptoms you experience place you into a category, which then determines what your next course of action is.
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 muster the power to go and see your GP (highly recommended) she or he will reach a conclusion upon using a proctoscope to examine your condition. Namely:
- The severity of your case
- Whether it's internal / external
- And to find out whether or not an operation will be needed
GRADES SYMPTOMS OF HAEMORRHOIDS
First Degree:
Internal Piles
Swelling is not visually evident to the eye and there is no painful irritation
Second Degree:
mild External Piles
Hangs down at times and 'springs' back at times of rest
3rd Degree:
External Piles
Sticks out and remains out but can be encouraged back inside
4th Degree:
Serious External Piles
Perpetually sticks out and appears to have lost it's elasticity
Finally...
As hemorrhoids manifests in many ways it's recommended that you have a private consultation - so that your unique condition can be catered towards.
And with that I completely recommend you see your doctor.
If you are in a lot of pain you may have a thrombosed external hemorrhoid. Thrombosis is dangerous and you don't want to hang around before mending them.
Don't take chances, play extra safe. 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.
