How many types of hemorrhoids are there? There are three types of hemorrhoids: internal, external and mixed. If hemorrhoids occur above the dentate line of the anus, they are called internal hemorrhoids; below that, they are external hemorrhoids; and if they are found both above and below, they are mixed hemorrhoids. Long-term high abdominal pressure people, such as constipation; and long-term standing workers, such as teachers, salesmen; and long-term sitting and exertion of people, such as drivers, etc., these people are prone to hemorrhoidal vascular pressure, long-term, hemorrhoids on the formation of. How many degrees of severity are hemorrhoids? What are the methods of treatment? Hemorrhoids are divided into four degrees, according to the light to heavy 1 degree: fresh blood, hemorrhoids do not prolapse outside the anus, bleeding stops after stool; 2 degrees: fresh blood, accompanied by internal hemorrhoid prolapse, self-returned after stool; 3 degrees: the blood in the stool is reduced, exertion or intra-abdominal pressure increases internal hemorrhoid prolapse, need to be returned by hand back to the anus; 4 degrees: the internal hemorrhoid can not be returned back to the prolapse. Prolapse heavy, does not mean that the disease is heavy, because there are individual differences, the length of the anal canal is not the same, will affect the degree of prolapse. Whether treatment is needed depends on the symptoms. Generally speaking, 1 degree, 2 degrees and a small number of patients with 3 degrees of hemorrhoids, you can use conservative treatment, for example, change lifestyle, diet to ease the condition, local application of ointment, etc.; part of the 3 degrees and 4 degrees of patients and the effect of conservative treatment is not good patients, should be taken to surgical treatment.