A very common question that I am asked is whether everyone with hemorrhoids needs surgery. And the truth of the matter is that only a minority of patients need surgery for hemorrhoids. Many times, I am actually able to treat hemorrhoids more effectively in the office than in the operating...
Rectal bleeding is one of the more common symptoms that a colorectal surgeon sees in the office. There are many different causes of blood in the stool; some, like hemorrhoids, are benign and are easily treated. Others, like colon and rectal cancer, are more worrisome and require different treatments. Most...
Last time, I talked about hemorrhoids and how many patients who think they have hemorrhoids actually have another problem. Today, I’ll talk about what those other problems might be. Probably the most common thing that is confused with hemorrhoids is an anal fissure. The main way that I, as a colon...
Do you think you have a thrombosed hemorrhoid? They are troubling, painful, and one of the more common conditions we see. I’ll now tell you about them. There are two main types of hemorrhoids: Internal and external. Almost all thrombosed hemorrhoids are external hemorrhoids (I talk more about internal hemorrhoids...