Do i have a hemorrhoid?
I have a tendency to wipe pretty thoroughly… i guess you could say i’m pretty "anal" about my anus. Sometimes i wipe so much that it starts bleeding. This has been happening for maybe a couple years. But today when i was showering and washing, i felt a very small bump on my anus. I was wondering, could this just be a swollen cut from wiping too hard or is it a hemorrhoid?
January 16th, 2010 at 6:38 am
Aside from bringing discomfort, hemorrhoids could be an embarrassing experience. Fortunately, the condition is not life-threatening but the pain and the bleeding could cause a lot of inconvenience and could hinder a person from living a normal life. Having hemorrhoids is something that should not be taken for granted. It is best to have knowledge about the condition so you could avoid acquiring one.
Hemorrhoids are described as clumps or cushions of tissue that contain blood vessels that can be found at the rectum and anal junction. Hemorrhoids are actually present in everyone and having them is not an abnormality. Hemorrhoids are only treated as a disease when they get large and inflamed and subsequently cause problems.
Read more about this here: http://www.hemorrhoidstreatment.net/