What are the top 10 misconceptions about hemorrhoids?

Hemorrhoids are a common anorectal disease. As the saying goes, “ten people nine hemorrhoids”, due to the variety of hemorrhoids, different causes, different symptoms, its treatment methods are also varied, coupled with inaccurate advertising, so that the majority of hemorrhoid patients in the health care and treatment choices in the passive and confused, and then like to buy their own medicine treatment. In fact, other diseases can also be accompanied by blood in the stool, such as colorectal polyps, rectal cancer, ulcerative colitis, proctitis and so on. Many patients have misconceptions about hemorrhoids, so understand the disease, recognize the disease, out of the misconceptions, the correct treatment, in order to achieve the best therapeutic results. Myth one: ten people nine hemorrhoids, no need to cure Hemorrhoids is a “small disease”, often due to early symptoms are not obvious, do not pay attention. If the bleeding is more than, it must be treated. If the hemorrhoids paralysis or embarrassed is likely to delay the condition. Because, some hemorrhoids will be jet bleeding, the patient does not feel, some patients are repeatedly bleeding for half a year, and finally lead to pallor, general weakness, severe anemia. We have encountered several cases of bleeding obviously up to about one month patients, and finally appeared severe anemia fainted to the post-120 emergency to the hospital. If the hemorrhoids prolapse, can not be reset in time, can also occur inlaid, hemorrhoidal necrosis, infection with severe pain and so on. Myth two: doctors check private parts, embarrassed Some people think, let the doctor to check private parts, is a very shy thing, so can delay, the longer the delay, the greater the difficulty of treatment. Moreover, some of the blood in the stool is not necessarily caused by hemorrhoids, but may also be rectal tumor blood in the stool. In recent years, the incidence of rectal cancer in young people increased, especially found bleeding in the stool, accompanied by stool regularity, shape change, like diarrhea with mucus blood stool, should be immediately consult a doctor. Myth three: hemorrhoids easy to recur, surgery is useless “Some people do hemorrhoid surgery soon after the recurrence, issued a desperate argument: hemorrhoids can not be cured.” In fact, hemorrhoids can achieve a complete cure, but be reminded that different hemorrhoids should be treated in different ways. According to recent years by professionals generally accepted “anal cushion” doctrine: hemorrhoids are pathologically hypertrophied “anal cushion”, anal cushion is the normal anatomical structure of the human body, innate, there is no so-called “cure”! The problem of “root cure” does not exist. As long as the doctor succeeded in the hemorrhoidal body completely excision, postoperative patients self-maintenance method, can solve the “after” worries, on the relative “cure”. Therefore, after the operation, pay attention to life conditioning is the key to prevent recurrence. In addition, many patients have a history of one or two surgeries, which are often done in outpatient clinics or private clinics to remove simple external hemorrhoids, but did not deal with internal hemorrhoids, so there is a recurrence of symptoms after surgery. Myth four: an injection, never recur This is some irresponsible advertising words often appear, said the use of internal hemorrhoid sclerotherapy injection treatment, will not recur. The fact is not so, internal hemorrhoid sclerotherapy injection therapy, mainly for internal hemorrhoids caused by bleeding effect is better, on average, effective for about two years, but the second three injections and words, the effect is significantly worse, generally half a year or a few months. The so-called never relapse is a lie. Myth 5: I hope there is a way to cure all hemorrhoids Do not expect a method to treat all hemorrhoids. Different types of hemorrhoids should use different treatment methods. Simple internal hemorrhoids can choose medication, injection ligation, etc.; external hemorrhoids can choose fumigation, compresses, surgery, etc.. Bleeding internal hemorrhoids, but believe that some kind of cream external, the efficacy is certainly not good, on the symptoms of recurrent and conservative invalid, or to choose surgical treatment, the most effective method of surgery or mixed hemorrhoid external peeling ligation, PPH therapy is more popular, but there is a certain suitable range, carry out twenty years after the recurrence rate is still higher than the effect. Currently foreign applications have been reduced, but the domestic advertising “minimally invasive”, the use of excessive. Myth six: hemorrhoid surgery can cause fecal incontinence and anal stenosis This is unfounded rumors. Surgical treatment of hemorrhoids, does not injure the sphincter, generally does not cause fecal incontinence. Severe hemorrhoids after surgery, injection surgery will have varying degrees of anal stenosis phenomenon, the key is surgery, injection to formal operation, advance precautions, generally can be avoided. Myth 7: daily work is busy, can not find time for treatment In the diagnosis and treatment of anorectal disease, many patients will believe in some advertisements “no hospitalization, with the treatment,” the statement. In fact, not all of the anorectal diseases can be cured without hospitalization, patients gullibly believe in false advertisements and go to the treatment, it is likely to aggravate the condition, and even produce serious consequences. Myth 8: Surgical treatment of hemorrhoids is very painful, it is best to use laser and other instruments. In fact, laser, freezing and other physical therapy is not what high-tech can not completely replace the surgical treatment. And in the clinic, laser treatment also has certain indications and complications. With the development of minimally invasive technology and analgesic technology, the degree of pain caused by surgical treatment of hemorrhoids has been greatly reduced compared with the past. Through the retention of long-lasting pain pumps, long-lasting pain injections, basically can be achieved after surgery without pain or no pain. Myth 9: Hemorrhoids will become cancerous Hemorrhoids are a benign lesion and are generally not cancerous. Worthy of vigilance is a number of hemorrhoid patients combined with anorectal cancer, in the clinical common doctors and patients ignore the latter lesions, losing the opportunity for early treatment. Remind patients with hemorrhoids to go to the regular hospital when necessary, fingerprinting, electronic rectal colonoscopy and other tests to rule out other pathologies. Myth ten: anal disease that is hemorrhoids Anal diseases are many kinds, not necessarily hemorrhoids, common that is hemorrhoids, anal fissure, anal fistula, anal papillary fibroma, anal warts, anal eczema and so on. The clinical manifestations of these diseases such as blood in the stool, pain, anal moisture, itching, etc. and hemorrhoids symptoms do have similarities, but their diagnosis and treatment is completely different, especially if the wrong rectal cancer, sexually transmitted diseases, etc. as hemorrhoids, the consequences are unimaginable.