The Two Types of Hemorrhoids

Experiencing hemorrhoids is not something that you would be comfortable to tell a friend.  Though the pain annoys you a lot, you might be still in doubt whether you will pay a visit to your doctor to ask for advice or medication regarding the matter. However, hemorrhoid is not a simple health issue that you can just take for granted. You have to find a Hemorrhoid Treatment immediately before everything gets worse.

Learning about hemorrhoid is important—how doctors diagnose hemorrhoids, and the symptoms that you have to watch out for. The symptoms vary according to the type of hemorrhoids that you have. Let’s find out what the two types of hemorrhoids are:

Internal Hemorrhoids

Internal hemorrhoids lie far enough inside the anal area that you can’t see them nor feel them. In severe cases, internal hemorrhoids can be big or long enough to protrude outside the anus. When it happens it is called “prolapsed” hemorrhoid. When hemorrhoids prolapse, you will able to see them or feel them as soft, moist, pink pads of skin that is more pinkish than the surrounding area. Though internal hemorrhoids do not usually hurt because there are few pain-sensing nerves inside the anal area, it may feel hurt when it prolapses. Most of the time, they usually shrink back into the anus on their own, but if they don’t, they can be gently pushed back inside to avoid more irritation.

Symptoms of internal hemorrhoids are:

• Fresh blood on the toilet paper or on the toilet bowl after a bowel movement.
• Anal bleeding even without pain or pressure.
• Lump outside the anal area that just goes back inside the rectum.
• Bleeding without itching and burning.

Internal hemorrhoids can cause you to drip some blood from the anus. When this happens, seek immediate medical attention for it can also be a cause of rectal or colon cancer.

External Hemorrhoids

External hemorrhoids lie within the anus itself or in the rectal opening. An external hemorrhoid usually prolapses on the outside due to a passing stool, so it will be easier for you to see and feel it compared to the internal one. When blood clots around the external hemorrhoid, it can cause an extremely painful condition called thrombosis.

Thrombosed hemorrhoid can look rather frightening with a purple or blue sac of skin that can bleed at any time. On the other-hand, despite its appearance, thrombosed hemorrhoids are usually not that serious but are still painful. This type of hemorrhoid often gets cured in a couple of weeks, but if the pain is unbearable, preventing you to do your normal chores, you can seek immediate medical attention to remove the thrombosed hemorrhoid.

How Doctors Diagnose Internal and External Hemorrhoids?

External hemorrhoids can be easily seen, but the internal one requires spreading of the anus or doing a digital rectal examination. Diagnosis of hemorrhoids may include;

• External examination
• Digital rectal examination
• Stool sample to see whether there is blood.
• Anoscopy or Proctoscopy
• Sigmoidoscopy