Can hemorrhoids cause positive occult blood in the stool?

Hemorrhoids are a relatively common clinical anorectal disease. Patients with hemorrhoids who do not have a bleeding nucleus will not show a positive fecal occult blood test. When a hemorrhoid patient has a nucleus or thrombosed external hemorrhoid formation, it may cause a positive result for fecal occult blood. Patients who have hemorrhoids must go to a regular anorectal hospital for a detailed examination, preferably through a proctologist’s rectal exam or colorectaloscopy for further confirmation. If you consider bleeding caused by hemorrhoids, don’t worry too much even if your stool routine appears positive for occult blood, as long as the hemorrhoid disease is completely cured, the possibility of positive occult blood in the stool will gradually disappear. Patients with hemorrhoids should apply hemorrhoid cream or anti-inflammatory ointment in the early stages, and if necessary, they can also be treated with surgical removal of hemorrhoids.