Anal polyps and hemorrhoids are common diseases that occur near the anus and affect the patient’s health. The differences between the two include different natures, different causes, and different treatment options.
1. Different nature. Anal polyp is a raised tissue that occurs in the anal area, generally refers to the intestinal mucosa excessive division of proliferation caused by, may be benign, may also be malignant. Hemorrhoids are varicose veins that occur near the anus.
2. The etiology is different. Hemorrhoids are generally caused by vascular flexural deformities; anal polyps are a proliferative lesion, generally divided into inflammatory polyps, hyperplastic polyps, adenomatous polyps.
3. Different treatment programs. Patients with anal polyps should pay attention to timely treatment of enteritis, which can make the inflammatory polyps heal themselves. If it is adenomatous, must pay attention to review, observe the change of condition, if necessary, surgical treatment.
Hemorrhoids are usually divided into internal hemorrhoids, external hemorrhoids, and mixed hemorrhoids, which may cause pain, congestion, edema, and bleeding during flare-ups, and can be treated symptomatically with topical hemorrhoid creams or suppositories, or surgically.
Anal polyps and hemorrhoids, once found, should go to the regular hospital examination, under the guidance of professional doctors for differential diagnosis and give treatment, drugs should be applied under the guidance of the doctor.