The same symptoms can easily be misdiagnosed as other diseases, which can cause delays in the treatment of this disease, if it is a simple disease is okay, if it is cancer is often too late, so we need to understand and master these misconceptions, timely identification, life is also the existence of anorectal disease misconceptions, the following is introduced. What are the misunderstandings of anorectal diseases? The incidence of anorectal disease in China is 80-95%. The symptoms of anorectal disease are not obvious at first and are not taken seriously, often developing into blood in the stool, perianal abscess, fistula formation, rectal cancer period before patients come to the doctor, when patients suffer a lot, spend more money and lose the opportunity to treat. The experts pointed out that it is fundamental to understand the misconceptions of anal diseases, grasp the timing of treatment, and improve health care awareness. Myth 1: Anal pain is anal fissure Anal pain and stool pain are obvious symptoms of anal fissure, but it does not mean that the pain is anal fissure. External hemorrhoids, as well as anal swelling, can cause painful stools, with the slight difference that anal abscesses tend to be painful in an embedded manner. Anal fissures can also be accompanied by hemorrhoids at the same time, showing the combined symptoms of anal fissures and hemorrhoids, for which surgical treatment is required. The second misconception is that bleeding stools are hemorrhoids. Hemorrhoids are a unique and highly prevalent anorectal disease, with 60-70 percent of the population suffering from varying degrees of hemorrhoids. Because of the high incidence of hemorrhoids and the fact that most of them are accompanied by bleeding stools, some people mistake bleeding stools for hemorrhoids. In fact, there are many diseases that can cause blood in the stool other than hemorrhoids. Diseases like anal fissure, colitis, intestinal polyps, and intestinal cancer can be accompanied by different types of blood in the stool. Therefore, once you find yourself bleeding in the stool, you should pay enough attention to it and go to the hospital for timely treatment. However, there is no need to be overly nervous and terrified. The three most typical symptoms of hemorrhoids are blood in the stool, hemorrhoid prolapse, and anal swelling and pain, which should be judged dialectically together. In terms of blood in the stool alone, hemorrhoids have their own characteristics, and the bleeding is usually in the form of dripping blood, which is bright red in color, mostly before the stool. If the bleeding is after the stool and the blood is dark in color, it may be intestinal polyps, intestinal ulcers and other conditions. It is especially important to note that if the blood after the stool is black, jelly-like and has a foul odor, it is most likely intestinal cancer and must be treated immediately at a hospital. Myth 3: You can cure hemorrhoids by going to the pharmacy and buying some drugs There are some drugs for hemorrhoids on the market, mainly divided into two types of patches and suppositories. The patch is through the principle of Chinese medicine meridian treatment hemorrhoids, suppositories are direct contact with the affected part, the effect is more direct. But regardless of whether it’s a patch or a suppository, the basis for treating hemorrhoids is symptomatic treatment. If you can’t treat the symptoms, the best medicine is also in vain. Therefore, after suffering from hemorrhoids must go to the hospital to be diagnosed by a doctor, and then to carry out symptomatic treatment. These above introductions, we should be able to understand well, is also good to understand the reason, in the appearance of these symptoms, the best way is to promptly seek medical attention to identify the cause of the disease, which can be smaller misdiagnosis.