What is Hemorrhoids?
Hemorrhoids is a disorder of the rectum, where the lips of anus (spinchter ani) experienced with swelling that sometimes accompanied by bleeding.

Hemorrhoids occur because of blood vessels in the anal areas widened due to obstructed blood flow to the heart.

The dilated blood vessels will be covered with mucous membranes, skin, connective tissue or smooth muscles that gradually imprint and form a bulge.

Anatomically, hemorrhoids is not a disease, but rather a change in bearing veins in the rectum area, where in the anal area there are 3 blood vessels or arteries.

If one of them interrupted or stem the blood flow, then the blood vessels will be dilated or swollen.

Some of the things that trigger the occurrence of hemorrhoids include:

- Age factor.
- Pregnancy.
- Cramps during straining.
- Too long sitting or standing.
- Too often lift heavy loads.
- Chronic diarrhea that resulting frequent defecation.
- Too often eat chili and spices that triggered the widening of blood vessels.
- Slightly influenced by heredity.

Hemorrhoids Symptoms
Symptoms of hemorrhoids is vary, depending on severity. However, in the beginning was the complaints during defecation such as burning sensation, itching, and pain around the anal area.
Advance symptoms include soft lump in the anal and the number could be more than one. In this condition, after a bowel movement usually there are drops of fresh blood in the rectal area.

Types of Hemorrhoids
There are two types of hemorrhoids. External and Internal hemorrhoids.

In internal hemorrhoids, blood vessels are covered by a moist mucous membrane inside the anus. In the early stages, the hemorrhoids is not visible from the outside, but if it has enlarged the hermorrhoids will protrude.

Early symptoms of internal hemorrhoids is bleeding during defecation.
In internal hemorrhoids, there are several stages that should be known.

Stage 1.
At this stage, the bulge of hemorrhoids has not come out and frequent blood dripping after each bowel movement.

Stage 2.
At this stage, the bulge of hemorrhoids has come out with a medium-size. The bulge of hemorrhoids will came out after defecate, but went back after the sufferers stands.

Stage 3.
At this stage, the bulge of hemorrhoids has big enough. The bulge of hemorrhoid will still come out even the patients is standing, except the bulge is pushed by hand.

Stage 4.
At this stage, the size of hemorrhoids bulge like a tennis ball. This bulge has been unable entering the anal again even pushed by hand. No more treatment than surgery.

In external hemorrhoids, the skin has covered blood vessels and it outsides of the anus area, making easily visible.

Common symptoms of external hemorrhoids is a pain caused by a ruptured blood vessel.
The blood coming out from a ruptured blood vessel did not come out to the surface, but assemble into blood clots (thrombus).

Hemorrhoid Treatment
Many hemorrhoid treatments and medications available in the market, regardless of their effectiveness, safety, and costing.
You can use any kinds of treatments of medications, from natural and homeopathic ways, pharmaceutical products, or surgery.
It is strongly recommended that you should consult with your physician before starting any treatments.

However, if you need homeopathic and natural way, you can try with Venapro. This homeopathic remedy is extremely potent and safe in dealing with hemorrhoids. Detail ingredients and how it works, you can see here.

If you have a problem with budgeting or want to do self-medication in safe and effective ways, then the tips below may be useful for you.

1. Garlic.
Mash gently 3 to 5 of garlic, squeeze and take it fluids. Spread the fluids around your anus area every day.

2. Leaf of Snake Fruit.
Boil 3 pieces of snake fruit leaves in 1 cup of water. Strain it, then add a little of brown sugar. Drink it 2 times a day regularly.
This treatment for hemorrhoids that haven’t been severe and usually resolves within 15 days.

3. Purple leaves or garden shrub (graptophyllum pictum) with other herbs
Rinse 7 pieces of garden shrub and fenel along with bark of alyxia stellata.
Boiled in 3 cups of water, simmer until remain 1 cup of water. Then strain and drink it every morning regularly.

Note:
Purple leaves or garden shrub (graptophyllum pictum) widely known as a cure for hemorrhoids. These leaves contain flavonoids which have anti-inflammatory so that have ability to reduce inflammation, pain, and rectal bleeding.

4. Guava Leaf
Rinse the fresh or younger guava leaves and unpeeled ‘rock’ bananas. Puree and squeeze them until get the fluids.
Drink the fluids every day regularly until healing of your hemorrhoids.

5. Jelly ear (auricularia auricula)
Boil 15 gr of jelly ear and a little of sugar.
Drink this decoction results for several days.

6. Amethyst.
Boil the stems or leaves of amethyst that has been cleaned. Use as a herb for washing the anus regularly.

7. Aloe Vera.
Take the contents of 1/2 aloe vera that has been cleaned and disposed of thorns.
Grate it and add with 1/2 cup of cooking water and 2 tablespoon of honey. Stir it then filtered. Drink this mixture 3 times a day until healed.
To help the process of healing, apply juiced-aloe-vera which has been mixed with norit and a little of powdered gambier at the anal region exposed with hemorrhoids.

And many mores of natural treatments for hemorrhoids.

In addition, some of suggestions and treatments that can help reduce and treat hemorrhoids and has been known in general including consuming fresh fruits (oranges, apples, bananas, prunes, grapefruits, mangoes, watermelon, and some others), having regular physical activities (walking, running, etc.), using ice packs on affected area, and sitz bath.

Some surgery procedures to treat hemorrhoids including hemorrhoidectomy, infrared photocoagulation, and laser coagulation. All those surgery proceduress intended to treat external hemorrhoids.
For internal hemorrhoids including laser coagulation, rubber band ligation, infrared photocoagulation, and injection sclerotherapy.

Whatever your choice, choose the most convenient and safe for you to do, but have the same healing properties.

Don’t forget to consult with your doctor before taking certain actions.