Explainer: why do people get haemorrhoids and how do you get rid of them?
- Written by Vincent Ho, Senior Lecturer and clinical academic gastroenterologist, Western Sydney University
Almost half of all people will experience haemorrhoids at some point.from shutterstock.com
You may think of piles as those dreaded things your mum said you’d get if you kept sitting on cold concrete. But actually, every healthy person has piles, or haemorrhoids.
They are columns of cushioned tissue and blood vessels found close to the opening...
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