Prognosis
If hemorrhoids are intervened in time and treated early, the prognosis is generally good.
A small number of patients may have complications such as anemia, and treatment-related complications may also occur.
Curative
After treatment by injection, ligation, surgery, etc., it is usually cured, but new hemorrhoids may still form in the future.
Harmfulness
It may cause various degrees of perianal dampness, itching, and difficulty in defecation, such as long-term bleeding, and anemia may also occur.
Severity
Hemorrhoids themselves are benign lesions. Apart from affecting the normal life and work of patients, defecation difficulties may induce the onset of chronic diseases of the circulatory system. Most of them have no major impact on human health and are not life-threatening.
complication
Perianal infection is an important complication of minimally invasive or surgical treatment. The initial symptoms can include dysuria, increased pain, or fever after treatment. If these symptoms occur, the condition needs to be evaluated in time.
Injection therapy such as sclerotherapy may cause mucosal ulcers, necrosis, or rare infectious complications, such as prostate abscess or retroperitoneal abscess. Among them, about 8% of the population will have transient bacteremia after sclerotherapy, and those with high risk factors may consider prophylactic antibiotics.
The most common complication of apron band ligation is bleeding, which usually occurs within a few days after band ligation, and may be related to ulcers caused after band ligation.
Complications rarely occur after hemorrhoidectomy. The most common is postoperative bleeding, the incidence is about 1% to 2%. The incidence of acute urinary retention is between 1% and 15%. After the amount of intravenous fluids is reduced and the use of local anesthesia, the incidence of urinary retention may decrease.
Other complications after hemorrhoidectomy include fecal incontinence, fecal impaction, anal stricture, rectal perforation, urinary tract infection, sepsis, rectovaginal fistula, retroperitoneal and pelvic abscess, submucosal abscess and delayed bleeding.