What are hemorrhoids??

Hemorrhoids are the medical condition in which an individual suffers from inflamed and swollen veins in the lowest part of anus and rectal. This medical condition is commonly known as piles by the general public. There are basically two types of hemorrhoids, internal hemorrhoids, and external hemorrhoids. Internal hemorrhoids are on the upper part inside your rectum. Whereas, external hemorrhoids are at the lowest part of your anus, under the skin around the anus. Hemorrhoids are becoming a very common disease, especially people who are in their middle age are at a high risk of suffering from the disease.

Symptoms of hemorrhoids

• Internal

Bleeding while you poop, blood droplets on the toilet paper when you wipe and also in the toilet bowl. When the extra skin comes out from your anal opening, then this condition is called prolapse. This condition is painful, especially while passing the stool.

• Prevention

Internal hemorrhoids can easily be manageable and less critical than external hemorrhoids. It can be managed within a few days by following the instructions provided by the doctors. Changing diet and stopping straining during the bowel movement will also help to cure this condition. However, if the symptoms of internal hemorrhoids still continue after following all the instructions and taking medicines, then you should definitely go for the surgical option. Minimal invasive surgery is one of the most common and successful surgeries nowadays for preventing hemorrhoids, which is performed through the endoscope.

• External

 Bleeding while passing stool, severe pain during the bowel movement, and also while sitting, itching around the areas of the anus and swelling around the anus.

The surgical treatments for curing hemorrhoids

• Sclerotherapy

During this medical procedure, the injection of a salt solution is injected into the vein of the patient. This helps in damaging the lining of the blood vessels, leading to the collapse of the hemorrhoids. 

• Rubber band ligation

In this procedure, the hemorrhoid is tied off with the help of rubber bands, which results in disconnecting the hemorrhoids with the blood flow. This leads to a reduction in the swelling of the blood vessel.

• Hemorrhoidectomy

A hemorrhoidectomy is a surgical procedure that involves removing the external and internal hemorrhoids. This surgical treatment is one of the most effective and complicated treatments available for curing severe hemorrhoids.

The use of endoscopes for the surgical treatment of hemorrhoids

All the surgical treatments for curing hemorrhoids are performed through endoscopes only. The endoscope HD camera is also used during performing the surgery so that the surgeons will get a clear view of the inside walls of anus and rectal. The endoscope HD camera is attached to the video processor for the purpose of getting the view of the moving images on the surgical monitor and also for the purpose of recording the surgery. This video system is called the endoscopy video processor.

After the minimally invasive surgery is done, the patient will take about two to three weeks to fully recover. The after-effects of the surgery are managed by following the instructions provided by the doctors and also by taking painkillers and antibiotics provided by the doctors only. Some changes into your daily diet, such as including high fiber food in your dietary plan and increasing the liquid diet and intake of water also help a lot.

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