Diseases

Hemorrhoids

Swollen veins in the lower part of the RECTUM or ANUS. Hemorrhoids can be inside the anus (internal), under the skin around the anus (external), or protruding from inside to outside of the anus. People with hemorrhoids may or may not exhibit symptoms which include bleeding, itching, and pain.

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Abstract

Swollen veins in the lower part of the RECTUM or ANUS. Hemorrhoids can be inside the anus (internal), under the skin around the anus (external), or protruding from inside to outside of the anus. People with hemorrhoids may or may not exhibit symptoms which include bleeding, itching, and pain.

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  • Hemorrhoid

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35 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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/surg : consider also HEMORRHOIDECTOMY

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  1. C06w.405w.469w.860.401w
  2. C14w.907w.449w

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WI 605

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Hemorrhoids. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D006484. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D006484
  2. Hemorrhoids. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemorrhoid
  3. Hemorrhoids. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q41478