What are Hemorrhoids?
Hemorrhoids (piles) are lumps inside and around your bottom (anus). Hemorrhoids are natural cushions of tissue and veins. Along with the sphincter, this normal tissue is responsible for complete closure of the anus and prevents leakage. When hemorrhoids become larger, they may cause problems.
Hemorrhoids are swollen blood vessels. During a bowel movement, the hemorrhoidal cushions become smaller to allow stool to pass through. When hemorrhoids become larger than they can cause problems.
Things that make hemorrhoids more likely:
Symptoms of hemorrhoids include:
The anal cushions (hemorrhoids) are normally held safely in place in the sphincter region by muscles and tissue.
Your treatment will depend on the grade of hemorrhoids you have. Grade I hemorrhoids may require medication only. Higher grades may be treated with surgery. Conservative Treatment can be tried first.
If there’s no improvement to your hemorrhoids after home treatments, you may need hospital treatment and should talk to your doctor.
Instead of painful operations, the Hemorrhoidal Artery Ligation and Recto Anal Repair System (HAL-RAR) from A.M.I. offers a more gentle treatment method for all degrees of hemorrhoids.
TRILOGY is a reusable ultrasound system for detection and surgical treatment of hemorrhoidal disease. As operational technique the HAL-RAR is used.
First, a running stitch is made from the top to the bottom. Only the prolapsing tissue is caught by the needle.
The ends of the threads are pulled together and knotted at the top. This has the effect of lifting up the hemorrhoids that are hanging down.
With this “lifting” the hemorrhoids are repositioned. The tissue integrates “seamlessly” back into the anal canal.
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