haemmorhoids

[Iamcazzy]

Bit of an unsavoury question this, but i don't know who else to ask.
Is there a risk of blood poisoning if someone has bleeding piles? Can the bacteria from the stuff that passes alongside enter the bloodstream? If not, why not?
I can't find anything about this on the internet.

[Sqad]

Very, very, very rare, I have never seen it, but theoretically it could happen.

If the piles are bleeding, then any faecal bacteria, usually B. coli is washed away by the blood.

[whifffey]

Sqad, also doesn't the bum area secrete natural anti-bacterials? Plus they're your "own" bugs.

[Sqad]

Not sure about that whiffey....maybe.

You own B.Coli can make a nasty infection if you don't wash your hands after going to the toilet, even if they are your "own"

[andy-hughes]

Bleeding haemerhoids should always be investigated by your GP in case they are a sign of an underlying problem.

If necessary, your GP can send you to the Outpatients, and they will check more thoroughly. If they decide its appropriate, they will tranquilise you, and attach small elastic bands which will strangle the aemerhoids - they fall off, with the band, in a few days, and pare passed as part of your motion.

The proceedure is painless, and it will set your mind at rest.

[Sqad]

andy....good answer, but that wasn't the question.

[Iamcazzy]

Thank you all for your help - I'm very grateful. If anyone can add anything to this seemingly taboo topic, I'd appreciate it.

Thanks again.

[jeanette1976]

Everything you need to know about them.

http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/Haemorrhoids/Page s/What-is-it-page.aspx