0 US spelling of haemorrhoids UK specialized --
1 swollen veins (= tubes carrying blood) at or near the anus (= the hole where solid waste is excreted), a condition that can be painful --
Hemorrhoids and constipation are sometimes found to be the cause.
Some of these instances were, perhaps, of the nature of compensatory hemorrhage, substituting the menses or periodic hemorrhoids, hemoptysis, epistaxis, etc., or possibly purpura.
The dried flowers, finely powdered and mixed with oil or lard make a useful ointment for acute hemorrhoids.
A fifth objection is made by those who have as a symptom of proctitis a large development of pile tumors or hemorrhoids (distended mucous membrane).
Cold sitz-baths are useful in the treatment of hemorrhoids.
Although the development of hemorrhoids cannot always be prevented, it is a well-known fact that constipation renders the chance of their appearance much greater.
Medical compounds were derived from them and used to treat such diseases as cirrhosis of the liver, cancers, kidney ailments, arthritis, hemorrhoids, and blood clots.
If you have hemorrhoids, that goes octuple.
