The word haemorrhoids is derived from the Haima, which means blood, and Rhoos, which means flowering. It is a downward sliding of the anal cushions. Piles may be mucosal or vascular, and are common in ...

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A mum was told she was too young to have cancer, and doctors said blood in the toilet was from haemorrhoids. Amber Kissell, now 45, was suffering with fatigue, bowel issues, and unexplained weight ...

Haemorrhoids affect about 4.4 per cent of people globally. [iStockphoto] According to Dr Abdullahi Ibrahim, haemorrhoids are one of the leading gastrointestinal diagnoses in our outpatient hospitals. ...

Do you use your smartphone while you sit on the toilet? If so, you are probably spending longer there than you would do otherwise – and that could be increasing your risk of haemorrhoids by nearly 50 ...

So, what’s the link? How can time on your phone lead to these painful lumps in and around your anus? Here’s what we know. Every healthy person has haemorrhoids, sometimes called piles. They are ...