According to experts from the Yangzhou Armed Police Hospital's Anorectal Center, anorectal fistula disease, commonly known as hemorrhoids, is a common and frequent illness unique to humans. According to relevant literature, the incidence rate of anorectal diseases is 59.1%, with hemorrhoids accounting for 87.25% of all anorectal diseases, among which internal hemorrhoids are the most common, accounting for 52.19% of all anorectal diseases.
Both men and women can get the disease, with a female incidence rate of 67% and a male incidence rate of 53.9%. The incidence rate is higher in females; people of any age can get the disease, but it is more common in people aged 20-40, and can worsen with age. Hence the saying "nine out of ten people have hemorrhoids."
Hemorrhoids are formed by the dilation of veins under the mucosa at the end of the rectum and under the skin, forming soft venous masses. Clinically, they are divided into three types: internal hemorrhoids, external hemorrhoids, and mixed hemorrhoids, based on the dentate line of the anus. The main characteristics of external hemorrhoids are pain and itching, while internal hemorrhoids are mainly characterized by bleeding and prolapse.
In the early stages of hemorrhoids, the only symptom may be blood in the stool, with bright red blood. The bleeding may occur throughout the defecation process. In mild cases, there may only be blood streaks in the stool or blood on the toilet paper; in severe cases, there may be dripping blood or jet-like bleeding from a certain position.
Be careful not to let hemorrhoids delay the diagnosis of rectal cancer. Mr. Li, 39 years old, is a taxi driver who was diagnosed with mixed hemorrhoids 3 years ago, with intermittent bloody stools that required surgical treatment. Due to fear of surgery, Mr. Li only used medication to control the condition. Recently, his symptoms worsened and the medication was ineffective, so after being persuaded by his family, he went to the hospital for another check-up, which resulted in a diagnosis of "rectal cancer."
Experts from the Yangzhou Armed Police Hospital's Anorectal Center pointed out that such cases frequently occur in clinical practice. Hemorrhoids generally do not become cancerous, but their presence can easily lead to misdiagnosis of other diseases. Clinically, it has been found that rectal cancer can continue to "grow and develop" under the "cover" of hemorrhoids until significant obstruction symptoms occur, at which point it is confirmed, but by then the optimal treatment time for rectal cancer has been missed. Therefore, patients with hemorrhoids and their families must enhance their awareness of cancer prevention and health care, and must not let the symptom-similar hemorrhoids mask rectal cancer.
There are multiple methods to treat hemorrhoids. For early-stage hemorrhoid patients, simply changing lifestyle and dietary habits, improving bowel movements, applying ointments, or using suppositories can achieve therapeutic effects.
Typically, the treatment of hemorrhoids is divided into the following four categories:
1. Dietary treatment: This involves improving diet, eating more fiber-rich vegetables and fruits, drinking adequate water, eating less fried or spicy food, and maintaining sufficient sleep.
2. Medication treatment: Local external drug treatment, including suppositories, creams, and washes. Oral drug treatment, including vein enhancers, blood circulation promoting drugs, and anti-inflammatory analgesics. However, no medication should be used long-term or as a preventive measure.
3. Physical treatment: Including laser treatment, cryotherapy, copper ion electrochemical therapy, microwave thermal coagulation therapy, infrared coagulation treatment, etc.
4. Surgical excision: Suitable for internal hemorrhoids that have progressed to stage III or IV, or stage II internal hemorrhoids with severe bleeding; acute strangulated hemorrhoids, necrotic hemorrhoids, mixed hemorrhoids, and external hemorrhoids with significant symptoms and signs; conservative treatment failure.
Experts from the Yangzhou Armed Police Hospital's Anorectal Center remind that when hemorrhoids first appear, they can heal through conservative treatment; for middle and late-stage hemorrhoids, detailed examinations should be conducted at professional hospitals before appropriate treatment can be administered.
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