Haemorrhoids
Also known as: piles, internal haemorrhoids, external haemorrhoids
Haemorrhoids, or piles as they are also known, are swellings that are a result of enlarged and distended blood vessels and veins around your anus and rectum.
What are haemorrhoids?
Haemorrhoids are swollen blood vessels in or around your bottom that can cause pain or bleed when you pass stools. You might find you get haemorrhoids if you're regularly constipated, pregnant, or as you get older.
Haemorrhoids can get better with time, and you can reduce your chances of getting haemorrhoids by drinking more water and eating enough fibre each day.
At AOA体育平台, our expert team can help treat your haemorrhoids with non-surgical or surgical options.
You can choose from non-surgical haemorrhoids treatments such as medication, banding and injections.
If your haemorrhoids need surgical treatment, we offer Rafaelo, haemorrhoidectomy, stapling or HALO.
By choosing AOA体育平台 for your haemorrhoid treatment, you鈥檒l have a complete care plan tailored to you, from start to finish.
Our expert teams will work together to give you a seamless, hassle-free experience with any tests, scans and treatments you need all under one roof.
We work with all major private medical insurance providers in the UK. Many of our treatments are available as all-inclusive package prices if you鈥檙e paying for yourself.
Be in control of your health. Start your haemorrhoids treatment journey with AOA体育平台 today.
Haemorrhoids symptoms
Sometimes haemorrhoids symptoms can be mild, and you won鈥檛 even notice you have them. But you might find haemorrhoids affect your day to day life.
You may need haemorrhoids treatment if you have these symptoms:
- Bright red blood when you go to the toilet
- A sore, itchy or swollen anus
- Thick jelly-like mucus after you pass a stool
- Swollen lumps of blood vessels inside or outside your rectum
- Haemorrhoids causes
Many factors can cause haemorrhoids, and you should get advice from a doctor if they don鈥檛 go away on their own.
You鈥檙e more likely to get haemorrhoids if you:
- Try to push hard or strain when you pass stool or are constipated, especially for a long time
- Avoid the urge to go to the toilet when you need to
- Don鈥檛 drink enough water or eat enough fibre each day, from foods like vegetables or whole grains
- Are pregnant
- Are over 50 years old
- Lift heavy objects regularly
- Have someone in your family who has haemorrhoids
Haemorrhoids complications
You may need treatment if you start to get side effects or complications from having haemorrhoids.
Our haemorrhoids treatment service at AOA体育平台 can help if you:
- Are experiencing any level of pain from your haemorrhoids
- Find it uncomfortable or hard to sit down, even on soft surfaces
- Are avoiding going to the toilet
- Are bleeding regularly after going to the toilet
- Have seen no improvement after drinking more water and eating more fibre
- Have tried using medication you鈥檝e bought from a pharmacy or otherwise
- Cannot enjoy your life as normal because of your haemorrhoids
Lifestyle changes to treat haemorrhoids
You can make easy and practical lifestyle changes to help treat haemorrhoids such as:
- Making sure you go to the toilet as soon as you feel the urge to go
- Drinking enough water to help with bowel movements
- Eating at least 30g of fibre each day from fresh or dried fruit, vegetables, beans and whole grains
- Waiting after giving birth for haemorrhoids to go away naturally
If these lifestyle changes do not help improve your haemorrhoids, your next step is to try non-surgical or surgical haemorrhoids treatments.
We can guide you through the process of picking a haemorrhoids treatment option that鈥檚 right for you at AOA体育平台.
- Non-surgical haemorrhoids treatment
- You might not need surgery straight away to treat your haemorrhoids if they are mild.
At AOA体育平台, you can try non-surgical haemorrhoids treatments, including:
- Medication, such as creams and suppositories to relieve haemorrhoid pain
- Banding, to cut off blood supply to haemorrhoids and shrink them
- Injections to block the blood supply to haemorrhoids and reduce their size
Surgical haemorrhoids treatment
Surgical haemorrhoids treatment is your next option if your haemorrhoids negatively affect how you live and they鈥檙e very painful or uncomfortable.
We offer these surgical haemorrhoids treatments and tailor them to your needs:
- Rafaelo
- Haemorrhoidectomy
- Stapling
- HALO (haemorrhoidal artery ligation operation), also known as THD (transanal haemorrhoidal dearterialisation)
Surgical haemorrhoids treatments require local anaesthetic or general anaesthetic, and you can often go home the same day.