Symptoms of hemorrhoids in women

What are the symptoms of hemorrhoids in women? We all know that hemorrhoids are a very common disease and are very harmful to the body. One of my best friends once had hemorrhoids. She told us that at first she didn't know she had hemorrhoids, she just felt that the area around her anus was very painful, especially when she was defecating. Sometimes she felt that her anus was about to be broken and torn. One time, she even had blood when she had a bowel movement, which made her very panicked, so she rushed to the hospital for a check-up. Only then did she realize that she had hemorrhoids, so she sought treatment immediately. Many people don’t know that they have hemorrhoids and don’t understand the symptoms of hemorrhoids. Here, I will talk to you about the symptoms of female hemorrhoids so that more people can understand hemorrhoids and treat them as soon as possible.

1. The main symptom of internal hemorrhoids is blood in the stool. Larger internal hemorrhoids are accompanied by prolapse. Due to the different duration of the disease, it can be divided into the following stages.

Early stage: Hemorrhoids are small, soft, and bright red in color. They often bleed due to abrasion by stool. The blood may be in the form of a line like an arrow or in small drops. There is no pain and the hemorrhoids do not prolapse. The characteristic feature is bleeding during bowel movements.

Middle stage: Hemorrhoids are larger and soft, with bright red or purple surface. Hemorrhoids may protrude from the anus during bowel movements and retract on their own after bowel movements. Bleeding may be more or less after bowel movements.

Late stage: Hemorrhoids are larger, harder in texture, and slightly grayish white in surface (i.e. fibrous internal hemorrhoids). Hemorrhoids may protrude outside the anus during defecation, or even when walking, coughing, sneezing, or standing. They cannot be retracted on their own and must be pushed back by hand, or by lying flat or applying hot compresses. There will be less blood in the stool or no bleeding.

Complications: Patients in the middle and late stages may experience anal swelling and itching. If hemorrhoids are acutely thrombotic, they may cause swelling, pain, erosion, necrosis, and even suppuration, followed by anal fistula and other symptoms. Long-term bloody stools can cause anemia.

2. External hemorrhoids occur below the dentate line of the anal canal. They are caused by enlargement, varicose veins or repeated inflammation of the external hemorrhoidal venous plexus. Their surface is covered by skin, is not easy to bleed, and have irregular shapes and sizes.

The main symptoms of external hemorrhoids are heaviness, pain, and a foreign body sensation. According to their development process, they can be divided into skin hemorrhoids, venous hemorrhoids and thrombosed external hemorrhoids.

The above are the symptoms of female hemorrhoids. In fact, there is not much difference between the symptoms of female hemorrhoids and male hemorrhoids, but the harm to the human body is obvious. Therefore, in daily life, you must pay attention to the hygiene of your private parts, exercise, drink more boiled water and eat more foods that are conducive to defecation. This will make the bowel movement smoother and prevent the occurrence of hemorrhoids.