Haemorrhoids (Piles)

Hemorrhoids are swollen, enlarged veins that form inside and outside of your anus and rectum. They can be painful and uncomfortable and cause rectal bleeding. Hemorrhoids are also called piles.

What are the types of hemorrhoids?

Hemorrhoids can happen inside or outside of your rectum. The type depends on where the swollen vein develops. Types include:

External: Swollen veins form underneath the skin around your anus. Your anus is the canal where your poop comes out. External hemorrhoids can be itchy and painful. Occasionally, they bleed. Sometimes, they fil with blood that can clot. This isn’t dangerous, but can result in pain and swelling.
Internal: Swollen veins form inside your rectum. Your rectum is the part of your digestive system that connects your colon (large intestine) to your anus. Internal hemorrhoids may bleed, but they usually aren’t painful.
Prolapsed: Both internal and external hemorrhoids can prolapse, meaning they stretch and bulge outside of your anus. These hemorrhoids may bleed or cause pain.

Causes

Straining puts pressure on veins in your anus or rectum, causing hemorrhoids. You might think of them as varicose veins that affect your bottom.

Any sort of straining that increases pressure on your belly or lower extremities can cause anal and rectal veins to become swollen and inflamed. Hemorrhoids may develop due to:

Pelvic pressure from weight gain, especially during pregnancy.
Pushing hard to have a bowel movement (poop) because of constipation.
Straining to lift heavy objects or weightlifting.

Symptoms

Internal hemorrhoids rarely cause pain (and typically can’t be felt) unless they prolapse. Many people with internal hemorrhoids don’t know they have them because they don’t have symptoms.

If you have symptoms of internal hemorrhoids, you might see blood on toilet paper, in your stool or in the toilet bowl. These are signs of rectal bleeding.

Signs of external hemorrhoids include:

Itchy anus.
Hard lumps near your anus that feel sore or tender.
Pain or ache in your anus, especially when you sit.
Rectal bleeding.

Prolapsed hemorrhoids can be painful and uncomfortable. You may be able to feel them bulging outside of your anus and gently push them back inside.

Treatments

Haemorrhoids are due to enlarged veins at anal and rectal area. Homeopathy works very strongly on veins and rectal area and thus helps in curing haemorrhoids completely. Its symptoms also get go away completely. Even if haemorrhoids are external or internal, acute or chronic both can be cured with homeopathy.

Few homeopathy medicines which help in haemorrhoids are sulphur, ratanhia, muriatic acid etc

Haemorrhoids (Piles)