Piles: Understanding The 4 Stages of Piles
There are 4 stages of piles, the first stage being mildly serious, while the fourth one involving a prolapsed hemorrhoid.
Piles, often known as Hemorrhoids, are engorged veins that hang down and emerge from the anus. This is a fairly common disease that affects millions of people around the world. It causes excruciating pain and burning when passing feces. There may also be blood streaks in the stools. Diet and lifestyle modifications can help with piles. Your surgeon may recommend non-surgical treatment methods such as sclerotherapy, banding treatment, and coagulation, or surgical treatment options such as hemorrhoidectomy, depending on the piles' size and grade.
Hemorrhoids, or piles, are swollen veins that are formed inside and outside your anus and rectum. The veins around the anus are present to provide better sphincter control. They ensure that there is no involuntary passage of stools. With age, these veins become lax and lose their tone leading to dilatation and pooling of blood. These heavy, engorged veins hang out through the anus and are called piles. Lifestyle factors such as obesity, lack of physical activity, eating a lot of processed food, and not drinking enough water are some causes of piles.
Piles appear as small, discolored lumpy structures. In severe cases, you can see them hanging from your anus. Piles are prominent and visible after a bowel movement. Most of the time, they can be pushed back inside. If they cannot be pushed back, you need to visit your doctor and get them treated. Piles cause extreme pain, discomfort, and burning during and after stools. Blood streaks on the stools are also a common symptom of people having piles.
Piles can be of two types External and internal.
Fourth Degree piles do not recede. They always hang out of the anus and can cause complications.
Piles happen when the veins around your anus and rectum are dilated. This dilation leads to the veins hanging out from the anus. The dilation of the veins can happen due to several reasons-
Internal piles do not cause many symptoms except when they prolapse. You might occasionally see streaks of fresh blood on the stools or the toilet paper.
If you have external piles, you will notice the following-
Piles are diagnosed based on the history you provide and the tests that your doctor performs. These include:
Blood tests: These are suggested mainly to check for anemia resulting from blood loss due to piles.
Piles can be treated at home with a few changes in diet and lifestyle. Some medicines help you with the symptoms of piles. When these methods fail, you may need to seek medical help. Piles are initially treated with non-surgical procedures. Surgery is used in severe cases of piles.
Self-help At Home: A few changes in your diet and lifestyle can help you deal with piles.
Medications For Piles: Some medications help you deal with the symptoms of piles. These must be purchased upon a doctor’s prescription only.
The medications for piles include.
Non-surgical Treatment Of Piles: These are minor procedures that are done on an outpatient basis. You can go home the same day after the procedure. These include.
Surgical Treatment Of Piles: Surgery is recommended in fourth-degree external piles that are extremely painful. Complications like strangulation and necrosis also call for surgery.
Laser Piles Surgery- This is a minimally invasive laparoscopic procedure that uses laser beams to cut off the piles. The surrounding healthy area is not affected. The procedure can be done in under 30 minutes. Surgeons and patients prefer this method as it is relatively painless and has a faster recovery time.
Chronic piles that have been ignored and not treated can lead to the following complications-
Piles can be prevented by lifestyle and dietary changes. The goal is to avoid constipation and keep the stool soft so that it is passed without pain. Here is what you can do to prevent piles-
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Piles feel like small, hard, painful lumps on the anal area. You might feel them more when you are sitting. They appear as round, discolored lumps that project outside your anus.
Skin Tags are seen in cases of external piles. When the piles under the skin of your anus heal, they heal from within and leave behind the skin, known as a skin tag. Skin tags sometimes are formed even when there are no piles.
Piles are formed in the anal canal. The piles formed higher up inside the canal are internal piles. Those formed closer to the anus are external piles. Most of the piles that are protruding are external piles.
Also, the common symptoms associated with piles, i.e., pain, bleeding, itching, and burning, are all seen in cases of external piles. Internal piles rarely cause symptoms except for the occasional bleeding.
Having piles is not a serious, life-threatening condition. However, they can cause a lot of discomfort in your life. So getting them treated should take priority.
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