Hemorrhoid Definitions:
- Grade 1: Internal hemorrhoids that bleed
- Grade 2: Internal hemorrhoids that bleed, prolapse, spontaneously reduce
- Grade 3: Internal hemorrhoids that bleed, prolapse, require manual reduction
- Grade 4: Complicated to explain, essentially chronic prolapse that is not reducible with or without bleeding
Hemorrhoidal Procedures:
Sclerotherapy- chemical cauterization of the hemorrhoids (very similar to treatment of spider veins)
Rubber Band ligation- for bleeding and shrinking larger hemorrhoids (Grade 2-3 hemorrhoids)
HET - uses heat energy to cauterize hemorrhoids to stop bleeding and decrease the size of hemorrhoids
Suture ligation - A treatment for resistant hemorrhoidal bleeding
Hemorrhoidectomy- surgical treatment of hemorrhoids, can be modified based on need and combined with other procedures to lessen the recovery