Hemorrhoids are a common and frequent disease known to almost everyone, and they can develop in different people and age groups, which is why there is a folk saying that nine out of ten people have hemorrhoids. But behind the high popularity and incidence of hemorrhoids, I’ll answer the questions that patients ask in the background. 1.Can hemorrhoids be cured? Before answering this question, it is important to clarify that hemorrhoids and piles are not the same thing. Hemorrhoids are a normal physiological structure, which can play the role of an elastic pad to increase the sealing performance when the anus is closed, so as not to make feces, gas and liquid just flow out; hemorrhoids also have a very important perception function, which allows a person to remove feces, gas and liquid on the right occasion, in addition, the hemorrhoid mucosa has an important immune function. In summary, hemorrhoids are a normal physiological structure; hemorrhoid tissue is a useful organ just like our nose and eyes; nose and eyes suffer from rhinitis and ophthalmia curing their disease, while the nose and eyes are still there, there is a chance that they will suffer from the disease again. The same goes for hemorrhoids, which are treated by treating the diseased hemorrhoids and removing the hemorrhoid disease, not by removing all of the hemorrhoid tissue, with the normal hemorrhoid tissue still in place. As long as this tissue remains, hemorrhoids have the potential to recur. But not being able to cure it is not the same as not being able to control it effectively, we can prevent the re-emergence of hemorrhoids in our daily lives by adjusting our lifestyle and regular diet. 2, how to prevent hemorrhoids? The incidence of hemorrhoids is very low in people who have controlled their bowel movements for less than 2 minutes, according to foreign statistics. The longer the defecation time, the higher the incidence of hemorrhoids. Therefore, changing bad bowel habits and correcting constipation are important measures to prevent the occurrence and deterioration of hemorrhoids. In addition, it is important to note that a regular diet and a smooth bowel movement are also preventive measures that cannot be ignored. 3, the hidden secret of blood in the stool Blood in the stool is one of the common symptoms of hemorrhoids, but not only hemorrhoids have blood in the stool. Blood in the stool is a symptom of many anal diseases, hemorrhoids are bright red blood dripping all the time after the stool, sometimes there is also jet bleeding. Rectal cancer bleeding is mainly a mixture of stool and blood, stool and blood are one and the same, and rectal cancer is dark red mucus blood. That is to say, both hemorrhoids and rectal cancer have the symptom of blood in stool, but many patients think that blood in stool must be hemorrhoids. We often encounter patients who have blood in stool for more than half a year, but are late in seeking medical treatment, and when they are asked about the reason for their diagnosis, they have a common answer that they think blood in stool is hemorrhoids and they can carry it off by themselves, but as a result, they are already in the middle or late stage of rectal cancer after examination. When you encounter blood in stool, it is best to go to the hospital as soon as possible to ask your doctor to help you diagnose, through routine anorectal examination, colonoscopy or imaging examination, so that your condition can be diagnosed as soon as possible and treated in time. 4.Can hemorrhoids become cancerous? This is an issue of special concern and worry for anorectal patients. Because blood in the stool is known as a warning signal of rectal cancer, many hemorrhoid patients suspect that their hemorrhoids will not be malignant to rectal cancer, which is understandable, but lacks scientific basis. This is an understandable concern, but it is not scientifically based. So far, no domestic or foreign literature has reported that hemorrhoids are cancerous, and hemorrhoids are not included in the etiology of rectal cancer. It is common to see some hemorrhoid patients combined with rectal or colon cancer, but this is mostly due to the malignancy of the affected intestinal tube itself, not related to hemorrhoids. Therefore, patients with recurrent blood in the stool, especially those with change in bowel habits, progressive difficulty in defecation and peculiar foul-smelling stools, must seek early medical attention to clarify the diagnosis in time to avoid delaying diagnosis and treatment.