Acute hemorrhoids

When someone suffers from a disease called acute hemorrhoids, this means that the blood vessels in the lower rectum are swollen and lumps may appear in the anus. This is an external hemorrhoids. A person may also have internal hemorrhoids. It does not usually cause pain. However, the anus of the victim may bleed. Loss of hemorrhoids occurs from the inside, but in the end they reach the anal area. They can be painless, but can cause itching or pain, depending on the individual symptoms. Read more on acute hemorrhoids.

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Why does acute hemorrhoids develop?

This is a serious problem for human health. Hemorrhoids in acute form tend to develop against the background of the chronic form of hemorrhoids, which can last for quite a long time. He can remain untreated and disturb a person for months or even years. And suddenly a person's condition may deteriorate sharply. This is a characteristic sign of acute hemorrhoids.

The brightest symptom of acute hemorrhoids is pain in the anus and perineum, very severe pain. Its appearance can be a big surprise for a person who, until then, considered himself to be absolutely healthy. Or almost healthy. This means that a person either did not pay attention to the manifestations of external hemorrhoids, which we mentioned above, or the internal hemorrhoids proceeded imperceptibly, asymptomatically.

Risk factors for acute external hemorrhoids

With regard to risk factors, people with a family history of the disease (heredity) are more likely to develop this disease.

Another risk factor is weight. Overweight people tend to suffer from acute hemorrhoids more often than others. This circumstance is very common among pregnant women. This is due to the weight of the child, which increases the pressure on the intestines. There are non-prescription drugs and exercises that can be used to treat this condition.

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Risk groups for acute hemorrhoids

Acute hemorrhoids, according to reviews of doctors, occur more often in those people who have noticed symptoms of chronic hemorrhoids, but tried not to pay attention to this and even more so - not to go to doctors. This aggravated their situation and the course of the disease, which eventually became acute. In order not to put yourself at risk, it is never too late to go to a doctor for a checkup and change your lifestyle.

So, who is in risk groups, except for sloppy patients who forget to consult a doctor?

Those at risk for acute hemorrhoids

• Those who have heavy physical exertion, sports or workers, for example, have movers, excavators, porters
• Those who often drive in cars
• Those who often ride motorcycles and bicycles
• Those who enjoy horse riding

Such trips need to be alternated with walking, exercise. Otherwise, hemorrhoids can be aggravated and instead of chronic spilling over into the acute form.

Acute form of external hemorrhoids

External hemorrhoids are usually very painful. The bumps are formed in the veins that are outside the anus. They can often crack and bleed. This is due to a number of factors. One of the reasons is the tension that occurs when a person tries to defecate. Another cause is constipation or diarrhea. Constipation or diarrhea can be the cause of the disease, and this can contribute to acute pain.

Another reason - people have the habit of sitting for long periods of time.

The condition of acute hemorrhoids is also due to anal intercourse, as well as various infections.

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Types of acute hemorrhoids

Doctors distinguish two types of acute hemorrhoids: one type arises because internal hemorrhoidal lumps (nodes) have fallen out and are injured by the anal ring, and the other because blood clots of internal nodes or external ones occur, that is, vein blockage, affected by hemorrhoidal blood clots.

Acute Hemorrhoids Pain

When a person has acute hemorrhoids, it can immediately be seen by the nature of the pain. These pains are simply impossible to feel when an act of defecation. When a person has such pain, he may even stop taking food in fear of an act of defecation. With hard work, sports, running pain may increase. From this person becomes nervous, irritable, aggressive. It so happens that a person's temperature rises, he has a chill.

Nodes for acute hemorrhoids

Nodes for hemorrhoids, which protrude out of the anus, tend to swell, become larger, their color changes to bluish or purple. These nodes may not flatten at all or flatten with great pain. If you touch your knots even lightly, it can be very painful, especially when examined by a doctor.

Regardless of whether it is a chronic or acute form of hemorrhoids, blood circulation is impaired in the hemorrhoid nodes. And if you do not treat these nodes, they can become covered with sores, sometimes they are very deep and painful. If ulcers do not heal over time, the tissues may even die off. This is called tissue necrosis.

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Bacteria in hemorrhoids

When ulcers appear on the nodes, bacteria and disease-causing organisms can penetrate into these ulcers — the affected tissue. They have the ability to penetrate the damaged hemorrhoidal tissue in the anal zone, where they multiply very quickly. Therefore, there are inflammatory processes in the anus, often with the release of pus.

If a person remembered in time and began to be treated, then these symptoms and unpleasant situations can be avoided. Even preventive measures, when a person has changed the types of his occupations, physical exertion and diet, can help to avoid the development of hemorrhoids and injuries to the rectum.

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Complications after acute hemorrhoids

These complications can be very dangerous and painful. Most often, untreated hemorrhoids lead to pus and inflammation of the anus and even the perineum. It is very difficult to endure these pains and discomfort from such a condition. The person becomes inoperative. Pain is often impossible to endure. He can neither eat nor sleep, nor work, nor go to the toilet. The skin of the perineum becomes bright red. It is hot on palpation and very painful.

In this state, the defecation cannot take place, and then the body is poisoned - that is, it is filled and becomes infected with toxins. In this case, the patient's body temperature can be from 38 to 40 degrees, the person simply burns, while experiencing more and excruciating pain. The heart starts to work unevenly, heartbeats become too fast and frequent. Breathing is also frequent and difficult. A person becomes weak, his energy and life force from pain is exhausted. He needs extra energy just to get up and walk.

This energy can be obtained from food, but a person cannot eat, because his appetite is zero. And then comes the depletion of the body, which deprives a person of all his life forces. It happens that this exhaustion comes quickly, and sometimes it takes months, and all this time a person is deprived of the opportunity to live fully.

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Sepsis

Sepsis occurs as a result of complicated acute hemorrhoids. When pathogens penetrate into the affected tissues of hemorrhoids, they are not limited to this. The protective barriers of a person are broken, and the pathogens are very quickly in the blood. Patients. Which are weakened by the disease. Also, the elderly are most susceptible to sepsis.

In case of sepsis (purulent infection, severe condition of the body), a patient becomes intoxicated, which is very difficult to endure. This condition is characteristic of hemorrhoids when running situations.

Surgical treatment is most often used to cure sepsis. We need intravenous injections, droppers, as well as antibiotics, for treatment requires a lot of time and effort.

To cope with such a dangerous disease as sepsis, the efforts of one doctor are often not enough. Therapists, proctologists, surgeons, cardiologists, and nephrologists are involved in saving the patient's life. Yet often the patient cannot be saved. His life is under great threat and can be interrupted at any time, despite the best efforts of doctors.

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Consequences of acute hemorrhoids

Sepsis acute hemorrhoids can not be limited, even if his life was saved. Sometimes complications can lead to recurrence of this disease, leading to fistulas of the anus and vagina. They can often be removed only with the help of surgery. And even then the activity of the rectum may not be fully restored. Therefore, in the event of the slightest signs. Indicating hemorrhoids, it is necessary to consult a doctor for the diagnosis of hemorrhoids, in order to further avoid negative consequences with health.

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How to handle it?

A simple home remedy for acute hemorrhoids is to sit for 10 minutes. Ice packs can also be applied to the affected area. Painkillers such as aspirin can be very helpful. There are also various corticosteroid creams that can be used to reduce swelling and relieve pain.

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Why go to a doctor?

If you have failed to protect yourself from risk factors and your health has worsened, then you need to know what symptoms indicate the presence of acute hemorrhoids. This may be general weakness, more severe pain in the anus. A period of soothing pain may come temporarily if you start using candles, pills, ointments, sitz baths. But this does not mean that you do not need to seek help from a doctor, because if you stop the symptoms of hemorrhoids (temporary), it may occur again.

Prevention

Acute hemorrhoids can be avoided by following a balanced diet that is high in fiber. And always drink plenty of fluids. This is a good remedy because a combination of high fiber and water can prevent constipation, which is the cause of acute hemorrhoids.

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