Hemorrhoids aren’t exactly dinner-party conversation, but you or someone you know has likely dealt with them. In fact, there’s a good chance they’re sitting beside you at that proverbial dinner table: ...

Piles, or hemorrhoids, are enlarged veins found either externally or internally around the anus. They are caused by increased pressure on the pelvic and rectal veins and are often related to ...

Dr. Sameer Islam is a functional gastroenterologist in Lubbock and is a West Texas native growing up in Odessa, TX. He specializes in the comprehensive treatment of all digestive symptoms and ...

Hemorrhoids are incredibly common, even if most people don’t want to talk about them. Symptomatic hemorrhoids affect about 1 in 20 Americans and about half of adults older than age 50, the National ...

Most people have at least heard of hemorrhoids before—and know they're no spring picnic. They're also super common: Hemorrhoids impact about 1 in 20 American men and women, and roughly half of adults ...

Have you ever been in the middle of getting a manicure when your nose starts to itch? Not scratching it can feel like torture. But when your rear is feeling itchy from hemorrhoids, stopping in your ...

More often than not, the presence of blood in tissue or the toilet bowl after defecating can be a worrying site. The good and bad of it is, it may not be that serious. Although it is always to good to ...

“I’ve been with pile for over 15 years. Because I was afraid of losing blood on treating it. Now, the protrusion after toilet is as large as my folded palm and it takes up to an hour to go in.

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As the name suggests, perianal skin tags are soft growths that occur around the anus. They are quite common and don't cause harm. They may happen after hemorrhoids heal or cleaning that area too ...