Question

Hemorrhoids are a common occurrence in healthcare. It is often very uncomfortable for a patient to discuss fecal changes, but when a patient reports that they notice bloody stool or blood spots when wiping, this can raise flags for many digestive disorders. Using your knowledge of blood vessels and the digestive system, explain to this patient what a hemorrhoid is and why this is classified a digestive disorder. What digestive symptoms they could experience?

Answer 1

Digestive system hammorhoids occur when blood vessels in the lower rectum become enlarged.Internal hammorhoids is condition that form abve junction between rectum.

Hammorhoids produce the symptoms of pruritis (itching) in rectal or anal area while rectal cancer usually do not.

Many hammorhoids usually can be palpated or seen during physical exm and are usually easy to diagnose.rectal cancer are diagnosed by biopsy.

in digestive hammorhoids blooding blooding may occur while whiping and blood spots can seen in tool and it may be because of digestive or intestinal infection.