Can children get hemorrhoids?

Many people say that hemorrhoids only cause trouble to adults, and they have never seen any children suffering from hemorrhoids. In fact, there are indeed children with hemorrhoids in real life. When encountering such a situation, the children’s parents are very anxious and take their children to seek medical treatment everywhere. You know, it is very difficult to cure hemorrhoids. So, are children really more likely to develop hemorrhoids? What is performance?

The incidence of hemorrhoids in children is low. Generally, children have internal hemorrhoids, while external hemorrhoids and mixed hemorrhoids are relatively rare. The general symptom is that a purple-red nodule is seen at the anus of the child when defecating, coughing or crying. Treatment should include simple and painless methods such as physical therapy and external treatment of traditional Chinese medicine.

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Symptoms of hemorrhoids in children - abnormal bowel movements

Babies often have dry stools due to formula feeding, breastfeeding disorders, or picky eating. Over time, constipation will gradually develop. The stool will not only be dry and hard, but also black and thick. If the baby has difficulty defecating, he will definitely cry and make a fuss, and will not stop for a moment. Mothers must not think that the child is throwing a tantrum. If you find this situation, you must carefully observe the baby's abdomen to see if there is any hardness, and whether the anus is congested, red, or swollen due to difficulty in defecation, or has other characteristics.

Symptoms of hemorrhoids in children - blood in stool

There are many reasons for babies to have bloody stools, such as intestinal diseases such as polyps, anal fissures, internal hemorrhoids, anal foreign body injury, etc. The most obvious symptom of hemorrhoids in children is blood in the stool caused by internal hemorrhoids. Internal hemorrhoids are caused by varicose veins of the local submucosal rectum. The characteristic is that there is a purple-red nodule at the anus when defecating, coughing or crying. There is no pain at first, but there is just an itching or foreign body sensation in the anus, and children will often scratch their anus with their hands. During bowel movements, the purple-red nodule at the anus becomes larger, and blood in the stool occurs due to wear and tear or rupture. Some are simple anal bleeding, some are accompanied by bowel movements. The blood is bright red and the amount of blood is relatively large. It is in the form of drops or sometimes in the form of sprays. It is generally painless. If incarceration occurs, it will be painful. Internal hemorrhoids in children are mostly simple internal hemorrhoids, and mixed hemorrhoids are rare.

Symptoms of hemorrhoids in children - pain

Young children's skin is delicate and very sensitive, and they react greatly, especially to pain. If the hemorrhoidal veins are ruptured due to excessive force and thrombosed external hemorrhoids are formed, the anus will be very painful and the child will be afraid to defecate or will cry when defecating. Moreover, hemorrhoids are usually caused by long-term constipation, which leads to dry and hard stools, abrasions of the hemorrhoidal mucosa or skin, and defecation may be accompanied by pain. It must be distinguished from rectal polyps and anal fissures.