Anal Cancer or Hemorrhoids?
I am 19.
I have had what seems like external hemorrhoids for years (3, or more…)
It itches and sometimes stings.
It is sometimes large, but usually medium in size.
Also, soft and mobile.
I know this is probably gross, but I would like advise.
Tagged with: external hemorrhoids • hemorrhoids
Filed under: Hemorrhoid Questions


if you would like proper advice, you need to go see a doctor. Without an examination, no one on here can make a sensible comment (no, that’s not an invitation to post a picture!)
It doesn’t sound like cancer, since it fluctuates in size and is external. However why have you put up with this for 3 years? Go get some medical advice and treatment…you’ll be a lot more comfortable!
Hey there brittany ,
Western medicine for the most part does not talk about the cause, prevention or curing hemorrhoids but rather treatment which in severe cases ends up being surgery. Go figure! Hemorrhoid surgery can be surgical removal, or cutting them out with a scalpel, or searing them out in a procedure called Hemorrhoid Laser Surgery. Surgical removal of hemorrhoids can be costly, painful, and result in complications for the rest of the patients life.
There is also something called rubber band ligation which involves strangling the sucker with a rubber band. That sounds comfy, doesn’t it? There is also infrared coagulation or IRC of hemorrhoids, which microwaves it to try break it up. I am sure its very reasonably priced. Not! Unfortunately, neither topical ointments, nor surgery or the others deals with the real problem, but rather only the hemorrhoid symptoms.