The following are the signs and symptoms of hemorrhoids that you should look out for:

1. Bleeding happens when too much pressure is exerted on the anus. Usually, bleeding occurs during bowel movement where traces of blood are found in the stool. However, there are also other diseases and conditions that result to blood in stools and in such case, you cannot therefore conclude if you are indeed suffering from hemorrhoids as the bleeding may be caused by some other reason. In any case, once there is bleeding, the safest thing to do next is to consult a doctor who can best diagnose if you have hemorrhoids or not.

One driving factor why one should see a doctor right away is the discomfort and embarrassment brought by bleeding. Bleeding from the behind can stain your clothes which will probably result to humiliation especially if it happens that you are in a public place.

2. Another sign of hemorrhoids is the unusual change in how your stool looks like. A sudden change in the size, shape and color of the stools might indicate of hemorrhoids. A blockage or a narrow passage (due to congestion) can be a reason for thin-sized stools (not-so ordinarily thin). Atypically dark-colored stools also indicate certain blockages in the passage.

3. Any pain from the rectal area that is not caused by a physical injury can be another sign of hemorrhoids. Unusual intense pain in the anus which does not subside easily is something that should be consulted to a doctor. External hemorrhoids are more prone to so much pain than internal hemorrhoids because it is the one that gets easily touch or irritated from the outside. Pain is sometimes being accompanied with bleeding.

4. Any unusual types of discharges from the anus also indicates presence of hemorrhoids. Discharges might be brought by irritation or swelling inside the anus. This is usually symptoms of internal hemorrhoids.

5. Mysterious lumps, bulges, swellings or sore spots in the anal canal or rectum are something that should also be looked into because this can also be another sign of hemorrhoids. Any sac-like protrusion in the anus can be a cause of swelling due to too much pressure in the blood vessels at the hemorrhoids. Lumps brought by hemorrhoids vary in sizes - there are small-medium sizes of lumps, while there are other protrusions that are large enough that it tangles. Unusual bulging tissue from the anus that does not disappear or return to its normal size can be a signal that it is something as serious as hemorrhoids. To sum it all up, there are four different degrees (or grades) of hemorrhoids. Symptoms and treatments will depend on the kind of grade where the hemorrhoids belong:

- First Grade Hemorrhoids: This stage may occur in the internal or external anus. Oftentimes, a first grade hemorrhoids is characterized by bleeding.

- Second Grade Hemorrhoids: At this grade, the hemorrhoids can draw back into its own towards the anal canal. In some cases, second grade hemorrhoids don’t experience bleeding.

- Third Grade Hemorrhoids: Hemorrhoids that protrude from the opening of the anus due to too much pressure exerted in the anus. Hemorrhoids however may be easily pushed back into the canal.

- Fourth Grade Hemorrhoids: These are hemorrhoids that protrude out of the anal opening and needs medical intervention in order to push it back into the anal canal.

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