Anal area diseases are among the most common diseases in our country. Many benign and malignant diseases can occur in the anal area.
One of the common conditions among benign anal diseases is Hemorrhoids (piles).
Hemorrhoidal disease (Hemorrhoid disease)
It is a very common disease in our country, some sources claim that eight out of ten people have hemorrhoid disease.
Hemorrhoids; It is the name of the condition that occurs as a result of the expansion and sagging of the vascular cushions normally found in the inner and outer parts of the anus. If it is inside, it is called internal hemorrhoids, and if it is outside the anus, it is called external hemorrhoids. There are 4 degrees of internal hemorrhoid disease. The third and fourth stages indicate that the hemorrhoid disease is progressing.
What causes hemorrhoidal disease?
The triple trivet theory should be kept in mind for the formation of hemorrhoids. These are:
1. Genetic predisposition,
2. Stress,
3. We can count it as encountering the factors that cause the disease.
To protect against hemorrhoidal disease, there is nothing that can be done for genetic predisposition, but avoiding stress and the factors that cause the disease is necessary to protect from the disease. If we talk about the factors that cause the disease here, some of them are bad eating habits, low water consumption, irregular toilet habits and sedentary life.
Treatment of hemorrhoidal diseases; There are three treatment methods: medical treatment, minor intervention and surgical treatment.
Medical treatment:
Hemorrhoid ointments, vascular strengthening pills, Hygiene, hot water baths, changes in nutrition and toilet habits are medical treatment methods.
Minor intervention:
These are interventions performed without using cutting tools such as scalpels or staplers. is in the group. Methods such as rubber band smothering, sclerotherapy (dryer needle application), infrared coagulation (laser burning), cryotherapy (freezing treatment), simple and complex ligation can be performed without using a scalpel or making any incisions.
Surgical methods. :
Open� Open and closed hemorrhoidectomy surgery, laser hemorrhoid surgery and stapler hemorrhoidopexy technique are the surgical treatment methods of hemorrhoids.
Post-operative pain:
The biggest problem in the treatment of hemorrhoidal diseases. The problem is the pain felt after surgery. Patients avoid surgery due to pain.
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