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Tag Archives: hemorrhoids
Had Your Butt Checked Out Lately?
Topics on my website: Proctalgia fugax and Hemorrhoids.
Anal Itch Can Drive you Embarrassingly Crazy
Anal itch or some people may call it rectal itch is also known as pruritus ani (proo-rí-tus a-ní). It is a fairly common condition. Most people think that the reason they cannot stop scratching their butt is because of hemorrhoids. … Continue reading
There Are Good Ways to Treat Hemorrhoids
The earliest writings on the subject of symptomatic hemorrhoids occurred in 400 BC by Hippocrates. Red-hot iron was used to cauterize the hemorrhoids. In 1815, at the Battle of Waterloo, Napoleon was defeated by the British because he was too … Continue reading
Had Your Butt Checked Out Lately?
There are more jokes and humorous videos on the internet about colonoscopy than about mammography or cervical cancer screening. The reason is quite obvious. Most people do not like the idea of people inserting long tubes and cameras in the … Continue reading
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Tagged colonoscopy, flexible sigmoidoscopy, hemorrhoids, prostate
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Dr. B talks about Hemorrhoids
This is my third video blog! Hemorrhoids are a problem which I deal with in my office. Some articles I have written about hemorrhoids: Hemorrhoids Instructions For Hemorrhoidal Banding (a procedure which I do in my office) …for more of … Continue reading
Hemorrhoids
My doctor says I have hemorrhoids. Can you please tell me more about this subject? What is the treatment for hemorrhoids? Answer: We all have hemorrhoids. Hemorrhoids are vascular cushions in the anal canal. External hemorrhoids are in the margins … Continue reading
Instructions For Hemorrhoidal Banding
INSTRUCTIONS FOR HEMORRHOIDAL BANDING You have been booked to have internal hemorrhoids banded in my office on________________at ________________. No anesthetic is required for this procedure. It is very important that you keep this appointment. We reserve the right to bill … Continue reading
Hemorrhoids
Whats up, Dave? You dont look happy! Doc, its my hemorrhoids again! Dave has had symptoms of haemorrhoids for sometime. His main complaints have been bright rectal bleeding on the toilet paper and itching. About five years ago he was … Continue reading
Rectal Bleeding and Hemorrhoids
Hello doctor, I am Maggie, Susans mother. I have been passing blood in my stool. Do you think it is hemorrhoids? Dave and Susan think it could be cancer. Maggie is sixty seven. She has been bleeding rectally for the … Continue reading