Learn About The Stages Of Hemorrhoids

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Though not a severe medical condition, but hemorrhoids can interfere with the lives of its victims. The disease is characterized by a pain especially when defecating. Less fiber diet can aggravate the condition of hemorrhoids so progressed to an advanced stage. Hemorrhoids are enlarged blood vessels behind the bunch (vein) in the anus, directly below the limiting membranes of the rectum and anus. In medical terms, hemorrhoids is actually a group of blood vessels are veins. Dr. Ari Fahrial Sham from the Division of Gastroenterology Department of Pathology in the University of Indonesia's Faculty of medicine said, the severity of the hemorrhoids are divided into four stages, as follow. 

Stage 1: From going enlargement of the veins in the anus. Its size is still small so it is usually not cause any symptoms. New be detected when examined with an endoscope. But sometimes had started to cause any discomfort during defecation. 

Stage 2: The enlargement of the vein can be palpated, had started to get out of the anus and go back spontaneously, but there has not been any bleeding. Sometimes an infection resulting in a sense of heat and itching in the anal. The possibility of increased heat when sitting too long. 

Stage 3: Enlargement of the vein more often out of the anus, even have been unable to put back spontaneously. Then to put it needed the help of a finger. May cause a sense of heat when sitting too long. At the time of contraction, an enlarged veins can rupture and cause bleeding. 

Stage 4: Enlargement of the vein cannot be entered again, though with the help of the fingers. Bleeding occurred more frequently due to the enlarged vein, so it may make patients blood deficiency or drop in hemoglobin. 

The fourth stage of the hemorrhoid, said Ari, need care and treatment. But in General, the treatments of hemorrhoids consist of injecting, the binding, and operations. njecting aims to turn off blood vessels so as not to continue to grow. While the binding in question is the binding enlargement of blood vessels out of the anus. Purpose is to make the blood no longer able to flow and blood vessels will die by itself. While the surgery aims to remove an enlarged blood vessels. At this stage of the mild complaints, hemorrhoids can be reduced by soaking warm water per day and consume enough liquids and fibrous foods to soften the stool.

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