Piles are enlarged and dilated blood vessels/veins around the end passage of your anus ring also known as haemorrhoids.
Generally piles are a condition where the veins in the anal region get swollen and start to bleed.
Do not confused piles with fissures, when you discover that your stool has traces of blood or your anal bleeds you may think that you have piles.
Actually anal bleeding could be due to fissures which is a temporary injury or cuts to the anal passage caused by hard stools.
Types of Piles
There are two types of piles, internal and external.
Internal
Internal piles occur inside your anus and causes bleeding.
External
External piles can be seen and felt on the outside ring of your anus. They are painful but you do not bleed as much.
The most common type of piles are intro-external types that combined internal and external piles.
Symptoms of Piles
Constipation
The pressure you exerted when relieving yourself during constipation affects your bowels and the surrounding veins.
Bleeding
Earliest symptom of piles is often the fresh red blood on your stool when you relieved yourself as frictions and pressure is asserted on the bowels as it opened.
Bleeding from the anus is more common with internal than external haemorrhoids.
It can occur before, during or after defecation.
You will feel incomplete even after relieving yourself because of the piles protrusion.
Discomfort and pain
Other symptoms may include rectal or anal swelling, discomfort and pain. You may also have anal skin tags and fissures.
Stages of Piles
Your piles develop in different stages,
First-grade piles
Develop inside your rectum or anal canal.
Second-grade piles
Protrude from your anus when your bowels opened, but return inwards afterwards.
Third-grade piles
Similar to second grade piles but return inside when pushed back physically.
Fourth-grade piles
Your piles hang permanently outside your anus.
Most piles infections are of the second- and third-grade variety.
Causes of Piles
Your piles takes time to develop and the most common causes of piles are inconsistent poor diet and sedentary lifestyle habits.
Diet
Hydro carbonated drinks, colas and junk foods affects your bowel movement.
Eat fibrous food such as vegetables and fruits.
Exercise
Long working hours, long hours of sitting and lack of exercise or physical activity.
Start an exercise regime for at least 30 minutes, 3 times a week.
Check with your doctor before you start.
Stress
Bowel movement is related to your mental well-being.
Stress can have an adverse effect on your regular bowel movement.
Learn to manage your stress.
Wrong bowel habits
Do not strained yourself when passing stools.
Relief yourself when you feel the urged, do not forced and do not postponed or stopped before fully completing the process.
Pile Treatments and Controls
The best way you can prevent piles is to avoid constipation.
By having regular bowel movements, your stools pass easily without pressurizing the blood vessels ring circling your anal area.
Soft stools pass easily, thus decreasing pressure and strain.
Empty your bowels when the urge occurs.
Diet control
Piles can be prevented by diet control.
Increased your fibre intake will reduce constipation thus preventing straining when relieving yourself.
Eat plenty of fibre rich foods such as vegetables and fruits.
Fibre diets produce stools that are soft, making it easier to pass.
Take fruits, instead of fruits juice as fruits contain high fibre.
Drink plenty of water, it make your bowel stool soft.
Avoid hot and spicy food and coffee.
Exercise
Exercise for at least 30 minutes a day or at least 30 minutes, 3 times a week.
As the saying goes “Prevention is better than cure”.
So, it is best to take preventive measures by improving on your own diet and lifestyle to prevent Piles.
Posted by: Mo Salle
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