Hemorrhoids Symptoms
Symptoms of hemorrhoids are often similar to the symptoms of other problems, some that can be much more serious than hemorrhoids.
Diagnosing your Symptoms
Doing this without professional help yourself is never a good idea. You should always seek the advise of a licensed healthcare professional to make sure that your symptoms indicate hemorrhoids and not something more serious. This is not something you do want to take any chances with. The risks for a making a mistake is just too great.
If you have any of the symptoms of hemorrhoids listed on this page you absolutely should seek the advise of a qualified healthcare professional before you make your decision about what will be the best hemorrhoids treatment for your particular circumstance. There are effective treatments that can in many cases can relieve and even cure hemorrhoids.
Common Symptoms of Hemorrhoids
- Bright red bloodon toilet paper and on your stool and in the toilet bowl can indicate be an indication of hemorrhoids, but if the blood is dark red in color it could be caused by something more serious. In any case you should contact your healthcare provider immediately if you are having bleeding symptoms, please do not take a chance seek qualified advice to make sure that your symptoms are in fact hemorrhoids.
- Pain in the rectal area can indicate many problems including hemorrhoids.
- Itching and burning in the rectal area, usually caused by inability to clean the rectal area because of hemorrhoids.
- Painful lump protruding outside of the anus, many times caused by a blood clot in an external hemorrhoid.
Although internal hemorrhoids originate inside the anal canal they can also sometimes protrude externally outside the anus and become very painful. The types of hemorrhoids are in the type 4 category.
External hemorrhoids are usually indicated by swelling or an enlarged area around the exterior of the anus. This is usually caused by blood clots forming in one of the enlarged veins which can be extremely painful.
Symptoms of external hemorrhoids can also be caused by a worsening of internal hemorrhoids to the point that they protrude outside of the anus.
Extreme cases can look similar to a small bunch of grapes protruding from the rectum. If your condition has progressed to this stage your hemorrhoid treatment options may be limited.
Any pain or discomfort in the anal area can be symptoms of hemorrhoids and other problems, some can be much more serious than hemorrhoids. It is up to you to consult your healthcare professional first and make sure.