Hemorrhoids are a common disease, but many patients are reluctant to go to the anorectal clinic for examination, and usually only have to go to the hospital after their symptoms are very severe. A hospital in Japan conducted a questionnaire survey of 1,000 patients, and the results showed that the average time it took to go to the hospital was 7 years from the time they realized they had hemorrhoids. There are several reasons for delaying a visit to the hospital: Sorry to be examined. Hemorrhoids are not dangerous, and going to the hospital is too much trouble. You may be asked to have surgery if you go to the hospital. I heard that it is painful to have hemorrhoid surgery. You must be hospitalized to have hemorrhoid surgery. Even if you have hemorrhoid surgery, it can recur. This is also very much in line with the current psychological situation of patients with hemorrhoids in our country. Thus, it seems that even if patients do not mind exposing their buttocks to the doctor, they feel uneasy about the possibility of being asked to have hemorrhoid surgery, which is the main reason for delaying the visit. In contrast, patients in some Western countries usually go to the hospital as soon as they suspect they have hemorrhoids, thus keeping the disease at the least symptomatic stage. In fact, what patients don’t realize is that the vast majority of hemorrhoid patients can be cured of almost any type of hemorrhoid without surgery if they are examined and treated in the early stages of the disease. The data shows that in some developed countries, the percentage of hemorrhoid patients who have surgery is 7% in Germany, 5% in the UK and 4% in the US, while in our hospital, the percentage of patients who need surgery is as high as 80% of those who come to the outpatient clinic. If patients can receive treatment at an early stage, the percentage of surgery will definitely decrease. Therefore, going to the hospital as early as possible to be examined by a specialist is a shortcut to cure hemorrhoids.