What are the misconceptions about anorectal diseases? The incidence of anorectal diseases in China is 80-95%. Anal and intestinal diseases at the beginning of the symptoms are not obvious, not be taken seriously, often developed to blood in the stool, perianal abscess, fistula formation, rectal cancer period patients only to seek medical treatment, at this time the patient pain, more money and lost the opportunity for treatment. Understand the misconceptions of anal and intestinal diseases, grasp the timing of treatment, improve health care awareness is fundamental. Myth 1: bleeding stool is hemorrhoids Hemorrhoids are unique and highly prevalent anorectal diseases, 60% -70% of the population suffers from varying degrees of hemorrhoids, the proverbial “ten people nine hemorrhoids” is the meaning. Because of the high incidence of hemorrhoids, coupled with most of the accompanying bleeding stool, some people mistakenly believe that bleeding stool is hemorrhoids. In fact, in addition to hemorrhoids, there are many diseases that can cause blood in the stool. Diseases like anal fissure, colitis, intestinal polyps, bowel cancer, etc. can be accompanied by different types of blood in the stool. Therefore, once you find that you have bleeding in the stool, you should pay enough attention to it and go to the hospital in time for diagnosis and treatment. However, there is no need to be overly nervous and on edge. Hemorrhoids have three most typical symptoms, which are blood in stool, hemorrhoidal prolapse, anal swelling and pain, and these three symptoms should be combined together to judge dialectically. Just in terms of blood in the stool, hemorrhoids have their own characteristics, and their bleeding is usually in the form of dripping blood, the color of the blood is bright red, and most of them bleed before the stool. If the blood is bleeding after the stool, the blood color is dark, it may be intestinal polyps, intestinal ulcers and other conditions, special attention should be paid to the blood after the stool is black, jelly-like and has a bad smell, most likely intestinal cancer, must immediately go to the hospital for diagnosis and treatment. Myth two: anal pain is anal fissure Anal pain, stool pain is the obvious symptoms of anal fissure, but it does not mean that the pain is anal fissure. Hemorrhoids in the external hemorrhoids, as well as anal swelling will cause pain in the stool, slightly different is that anal abscess is mostly embedded pain. Anal fissure will also be accompanied by hemorrhoids at the same time, the combined symptoms of anal fissure and hemorrhoids, for this kind of anal fissure, surgical treatment. Myth three: go to the drugstore to buy some medicine can cure hemorrhoids At present, there are a number of drugs on the market for the treatment of hemorrhoids, mainly divided into suppositories, ointments and patches of three. Patch is through the Chinese medicine meridian principle of treatment of hemorrhoids, suppository is direct contact with the affected area, the effect is more direct. However, regardless of ointment, suppository or patch, the basis of treating hemorrhoids is symptomatic treatment. If you can’t treat the symptoms, even the best medicine is useless. Therefore, suffering from hemorrhoids must go to the hospital to be diagnosed by a doctor, and then symptomatic treatment. Because of the existence of these misunderstandings, so, a lot of people will be a small disease into a big disease, and finally too late to regret, so the expert tips, pay attention to the treatment of anorectal diseases.