Hemorrhoid Symptoms – What Are They?
Many people will experience hemorrhoids at some point in their life: about half the population of developed countries will get them by the age of 50. Your likelihood of developing hemorrhoids increases as you get older, and many women get them during pregnancy, although in this case, the hemorrhoids often disappear again naturally once the pregnancy is over. Hemorrhoids is therefore a very common condition, but fortunately not usually a dangerous or life-threatening one. They are simply swollen and inflamed small veins in the wall of the anus. The symptoms of hemorrhoids depend a lot on exactly where in the anus they develop: inside or outside of the pectinate line, which divides the anus approximately into two halves. This line is significant because there are no pain receptors on the inside of it, only on the outside. External Hemorrhoids One of the primary symptoms of external hemorrhoids, those that develop below, or outside of the line, is therefore pain, itchiness and discomfort
