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Bleeding Hemorrhoids
Hemroids is the medical condition in which the blood vessels in the lower rectal area become swollen and cause discomfort, pain, itching, and irritation. Sometimes, they also cause bleeding from the rectal area while the patient is sitting on a toilet, passing stool. Such a condition is called bleeding hemroids. A number of causes underlie bleeding hemorrhoids and different treatment methods are available for providing relief from this discomforting condition.Nature of the Condition
Bleeding hemroids are actually a particular case of internal hemorrhoids; blood does not come out as a result of external hemroids. Bleeding may, however, result from anal fissure i.e. a crack or tear in the skin of anus. But when blood comes at the time of passing stool (end of a bowel movement or seen in the toilet bowl), and not at other times, it is a case of internal bleeding hemorrhoids. A special case of bleeding associated with hemroids is thrombosed bleeding hemroids in which blood becomes clotted (thrombosed) in a swollen vein in the anal area and then comes out from the anus. Besides swelling, symptoms associated with this condition include pain and itching/irritation. The bleeding itself is a result of friction due to rubbing or passing hard stool (constipation). Only very rarely does the patient experience excessive bleeding that might lead to anemia. In any such case, the patient must seek immediate medical intervention such as hemorrhoid surgery.
Detecting Bleeding Hemroids
The most obvious symptom of hemorrhoids of the bleeding variety is the color of the blood seen in stool or toilet. Bright red blood is indicative of bleeding hemorrhoids while dark red, dark brown, or black blood points to some other medical problem. Thus, only seeing blood issuing from the anus does not mean that a person has got internal hemroids or even a case of an irritated external hemroid. Rectal bleeding may be a sign of some other, very serious conditions like rectal tissue infections or rectal cancer. To correctly diagnose the condition as bleeding hemroids, the patient is usually required to undergo certain diagnostic procedures like sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy. The doctor may need to do examination of the internal anal tissues by inserting a small testing device inside the rectum.
Bleeding Hemorrhoids Treatment
Various treatment methods are employed to provide hemorrhoid
relief from the bleeding type variety of hemorrhoids. Sclerotherapy
is often useful in providing symptomatic relief. This method of
treatment involves the injection of a chemical like phenol, mixed
with an adequate proportion of vegetable oil, into the anal canal.
The solution works by lowering the blood flow in the affected tissues
and thus reducing or stopping the bleeding. Only in severe
cases, surgery is performed to provide relief from the condition.
Many herbal remedies and extracts of natural plants have also been
found helpful in stopping the bleeding from hemroidal tissues.
