Hemorrhoids: Causes, Signs and Treatment

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Although most people think hemorrhoids are abnormal, everyone has them. Hemorrhoids help control bowel movements. Hemorrhoids cause problems and can be considered abnormal or a disease only when the hemorrhoidal clumps of vessels enlarge.

Hemorrhoids occur in everyone, and an estimated 75% of people will experience enlarged hemorrhoids at some point. However only about 4% will go to a doctor because of hemorrhoid problems. Hemorrhoids that cause problems are found equally in men and women, and their prevalence peaks between 45 and 65 years of age.

Aunque la mayoría de la gente piensa que las hemorroides son anormales, todo el mundo las tiene. Las hemorroides ayudan a controlar los movimientos intestinales. Las hemorroides causan problemas y pueden considerarse anormales o una enfermedad sólo cuando los grupos de vasos hemorroidales se agrandan.

Las hemorroides se dan en todo el mundo, y se estima que el 75% de las personas experimentarán hemorroides agrandadas en algún momento. Sin embargo, sólo un 4% acude al médico por problemas de hemorroides. Las hemorroides que causan problemas se encuentran por igual en hombres y mujeres, y su prevalencia alcanza un máximo entre los 45 y los 65 años de edad.