External Hemorrhoids

It has been discovered that external hemorrhoids occur more commonly in young and middle-aged adults than in older adults. The prevalence of hemorrhoids increases with age, with a peak in persons aged 45-65 years. External hemorrhoids  unfortunately, as I know too well have the symptoms of painful swelling.

For sufferers the hemorrhoid symptoms they may experience come as blood clots forming in the hemroidal tissue, a condition diagnosed as thrombosed external hemroids, which requires hemorrhoid treatment in the form of surgery. External hemorrhoids are covered by anoderm and perianal skin richly innervated with somatic pain fibers.

External hemorrhoids are seen and felt around the opening of the anus. They are tender; bleeding is usually not as brisk as with internal hemorrhoids. They are found are outside the anus and they can be very painful to the touch and also very sensitive.

These type of hemroids cause most of the symptoms we commonly hear about the  pain, burning, and itching. Because of these unpleasant symptoms, external hemorrhoids get the most treatment attention.

If an external hemorrhoid becomes strangulated (cut off from blood supply), a clot can form in it and become an excruciatingly painful thrombosed hemroid.

As already mentioned, external hemorrhoids occur more commonly in young and middle-aged adults than in older adults.   They are tender; bleeding is usually not as brisk as with internal hemorrhoids.

External hemorrhoids are very common in both men and women and about half of all people have hemorrhoids by age 50. They are not a pleasant problem to have, as I know too well.