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When Piles Won’t Stop Bleeding: What You Should Know and How the NHS Can Help
Bleeding piles — also known as haemorrhoids — can cause pain, embarrassment, and daily discomfort. Yet many people in the UK who seek medical help are told their condition isn’t “serious enough” for NHS treatment. So what exactly does that mean, and what can patients do if they’re still suffering? Understanding Haemorrhoids Haemorrhoids are swollen…
Read MoreHow Sugar-Burning Cells Might Be Fueling Your Hemorrhoids
How Our Cells’ Sugar Use May Play a Role in Piles — And Why Immune Cells Matter Too Piles, also known as hemorrhoids, aren’t just about swollen veins or pain when you sit. A new paper titled “Role of glycolysis related genes in the pathogenesis of hemorrhoids and immune cell infiltration analysis” (2025) explores deeper,…
Read MoreHemorrhoids, Depression & Anxiety: A New Study Reveals the Surprising Connection
Depression & Anxiety Symptom Networks in Hemorrhoid Patients: What the UK Biobank Study Reveals If you’re managing hemorrhoids, mental health might not appear on your radar first—but it should. A new open‑access study titled “Depression and anxiety symptom networks in hemorrhoid patients: evidence from the UK Biobank” (2025) sheds important light on how depressive and…
Read MoreHemorrhoids Go Viral: How Taboo Turned into Talk
Campaign Kickoff: Daring to Speak Up French pharmaceutical group Innothera, alongside creative agency Synthesis, launched a bold new campaign under the slogan “Got Hemorrhoids?” Their mission: to take something people usually avoid and make it impossible to ignore. Hemorrhoids isn’t just a condition—it becomes a character. A real face. Something to talk about. This campaign…
Read MoreWhat Your Hemorrhoids Could Be Telling You About Cognitive Decline
Hemorrhoids and Dimentia A new study out of South Korea is turning heads—and not just among neurologists. According to recent research published in Frontiers in Neurology, there may be a link between hemorrhoidal disease and an increased risk of dementia. Yes, you read that right. The condition we usually associate with pain during bowel movements…
Read MoreWhy Hemorrhoid Cases May Be Climbing: Lifestyle at the Root
The Digital Stretch: Sitting Gets Too Comfortable Today’s world keeps us glued to screens—whether at desks, behind the wheel, or buried in our phones. Unfortunately, prolonged sitting increases pressure on the anal and rectal veins, which over time can lead to or worsen hemorrhoids (prima-care.com), (PMC). How Modern Life Triggers Hemorrhoid The number of people…
Read MoreASCRS 2024 Hemorrhoid Guidelines: Evaluation, Office Procedures, and Surgery
TL;DR (Fast Facts) History/physical first; don’t blame every rectal bleed on hemorrhoids—scope selected patients. Start with dietary fiber + behavior; strong recommendation, moderate evidence. Rubber band ligation (RBL) = most effective office treatment for grade I–II and some grade III after conservative care. Excisional hemorrhoidectomy (EH) for external or combined internal+external (grades III–IV); strong, high-quality…
Read MoreBreaking Down Hemorrhoid Classification: Insights from Wang and Colleagues
As of 12:00 PM PST on Saturday, August 9, 2025, a significant study by Wang and colleagues, published in Frontiers in Medicine on October 11, 2023, is making waves in the medical community. Titled “Time to change? Present and prospects of hemorrhoidal classification,” this research dives deep into improving how we categorize hemorrhoids—a common condition…
Read MoreLatest Hemorrhoid Management Research
As of 12:04 PM PST on Saturday, August 9, 2025, a notable study by Sung Il Kang, published in the Journal of the Anus, Rectum and Colon (Volume 9, Issue 2, Pages 179-191, 2025), sheds new light on the evolving landscape of hemorrhoid treatment. Titled “Latest Research Trends on the Management of Hemorrhoids,” this review…
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