Colorectal health articles

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Find answers about symptoms, prevention and care options. This content offers guidance; a consultation addresses your individual situation.

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Prevention

Colon and rectal cancer: how to detect it early

Screening does not mean waiting for symptoms. It considers individual risk and uses tests that can find polyps or cancer before symptoms appear.

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Information on symptoms, prevention and treatment decisions, without replacing a consultation.

Hemorrhoids

How can you prevent hemorrhoids?

Prevention focuses on keeping stools soft, reducing straining and spending less time on the toilet.

Hemorrhoids

When do hemorrhoids need surgery?

Not all hemorrhoids need surgery. But if prolapse, an external component or symptoms persist despite treatment, continuing to postpone assessment does not help either.

Hemorrhoids

Hemorrhoids in young adults: is it normal?

Being in your twenties or thirties does not rule out hemorrhoidal disease. Age offers context, but your symptoms, their duration and your bowel habits matter more.

Optical fiber used in proctological laser surgery procedures

Colorectal health

What are the risks of laser surgery?

Laser can make recovery easier after selected procedures, but choosing the right indication matters as much as the technology.

Hemorrhoids

Hemorrhoid myths and facts

Hemorrhoids are common, but symptoms and treatments are often misunderstood. Separating myths from facts helps you act sooner and make better-informed decisions.

Prevention

Colon cancer in young adults

Diagnoses before age 50 have increased in several countries. The trend is real, but no single cause explains every case.

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Anal symptoms

When should you see a colorectal surgeon?

You do not need to wait until symptoms are severe or know whether the cause is hemorrhoids, a fissure or something else. If an anal or bowel symptom recurs, persists or changes, an assessment helps replace guesswork with a decision about care.

Colorectal health

What is a colorectal surgeon, and what do they treat?

If you have bleeding, pain, a lump, bowel changes or a known colon or rectal condition, this specialist can identify the problem and guide treatment, from medical care to surgery when needed.

Anal symptoms

Anal skin tags: what they are and when to seek assessment

A soft skin fold or lump at the anal edge may be a skin tag. Recognizing it can prevent continued hemorrhoid treatment for something that may no longer be a hemorrhoid.

Hemorrhoids

Hemorrhoids during pregnancy

Constipation and pressure during pregnancy can contribute to hemorrhoids. Improving bowel habits is often the first step in prevention or symptom relief.

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Anal symptoms

Anal stenosis: symptoms, causes and assessment

True narrowing of the anal canal can make bowel movements harder or painful and cause a feeling of obstruction. Whether scarring is present and its extent can completely change treatment.

Location of the levator ani muscle within the pelvis and a view of its anatomical components

Anal symptoms

Levator ani syndrome

Lasting deep pain or pressure that worsens when sitting may arise from the pelvic floor. Recognizing the pattern helps avoid treating it as hemorrhoids, a fissure or another unrelated problem.

Anatomical illustration of an elastic band placed at the base of an internal hemorrhoid

Hemorrhoids

What is hemorrhoid banding?

Rubber band ligation treats bleeding or prolapsing internal hemorrhoids without removing external tissue. The type of hemorrhoid determines whether this option makes sense.

Anatomical cross-section of the rectum and anal canal

Anal symptoms

Anal itching or pruritus ani

When itching keeps returning, extra cleaning or trying multiple creams can make the skin worse. Finding what keeps it going allows treatment of the cause rather than further irritation.

Colorectal health

What is irritable bowel syndrome?

Recurring abdominal pain with diarrhea, constipation or changes in bowel movements may follow an irritable bowel pattern. Recognizing it and knowing when to investigate another cause are key.

Hemorrhoids

Managing hemorrhoid symptoms before your appointment

While awaiting your consultation, the aim is straightforward: less straining, less irritation and recognizing changes that need earlier attention.

Colorectal health

Myths and facts about seeing a colorectal surgeon

Embarrassment, fear of a painful examination or believing that seeing a surgeon means having surgery can delay an assessment that could clarify the problem.