"Cancer? But I thought that I had just Piles?"
Piles are often confused with ‘other diseases’ |
The term piles is used by general public to refer to any and all diseases affecting the anal region. Sometimes even medical practitioners not specialized in surgery may use the term interchangeably for other conditions.
This loose use of the term 'piles' can cause confusions.
Example 1: Patients who have rectal bleeding due to diseases like cancer of anorectal region invariably neglect their early symptoms as “piles” & present late to their doctors resulting in poor outcome due to delay in diagnosis.
Example 2: People comparing treatment find it confusing why while one patient of “piles” (actally a perianal abscess)
is being operated while another case of “piles” ( low grade internal hemorrhoids) is not.
Instead of piles (hemorrhoids) you could be having any of these conditions:
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Fissure-in-Ano: Pain is the outstanding feature.
Perianal Abscess: A boil containing pus.
Fistula-in-ano: Repeated boil formation with pus discharge.
Cancer of anal canal or rectum: painless bleeding.
Ulcerative procto-colitis: Frequently painful and bloody motions.
Prolapse rectum: something coming out of rectum.
Fungal infection: Itching around anus.
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Created to clear confusion
