If you're one of the many people suffering from piles who are looking for some general information as well as good advice for effective, natural piles treatment and piles prevention, then read on.
Piles are a very common condition, especially as you begin to get older, and are nothing to be embarrassed about. Almost half of the U.S. population develops piles by the time they're 50 years old, in fact. I first discovered the joy of external piles (sarcastic, of course) about four years ago and that has prompted me to put together this piles information page. Further down the page, after the piles info., you can read what treatments keep piles painless and nearly unnoticeable.
The term piles refers to a condition, which is similar to varicose veins, in which the veins around the lower rectum or anus are either swollen or inflamed (usually both).
Piles commonly result from heavily exerting to move stool. Some other common factors that contribute to piles development are: sitting for too long, pregnancy, chronic constipation or diarrhea, age, and anal intercourse.
Piles can be either: external (under the skin around the anus) or internal (inside the anus).
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External piles-
These types of piles are usually visible, and symptoms of external piles include either painful swelling or a hard lump around the anus, which results when a blood clot forms. This one particular type of external pile is called a thrombosed external pile.
Internal piles-
The most noticeable symptom of internal piles is bright red blood covering the stool, the toilet paper, or the toilet bowl. Internal piles may also protrude through the anus until they are outside of the body, becoming irritated and painful. This internal piles condition is known as a protruding hemorrhoid.
Pregnancy piles-
The pressure of the fetus in the woman's abdomen, coupled with changes in hormone levels, causes the piles vessels to enlarge, and during actual childbirth, the pressure on these vessels keeps increasing. Pregnancy piles for most women, however, are a temporary problem. This does not mean, though, that a pregnant woman should feel compelled to ignore her piles discomfort. The symptoms for pregnancy piles are identical to those of normal internal or external piles and should be treated accordingly while you have the piles.
In addition, excessive cleaning, rubbing, or straining of the anus may cause irritation with bleeding and/or itching. Be sure that you're not causing a vicious cycle of piles recurrence and symptoms.
Prevention and treatment of piles (hemorrhoids):
Piles, not counting the discomfort of course, are not very serious problems. Often treatment can be accomplished through a few very simple and minor procedures.
There are two common measures to reduce symptoms that I use:
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