The More You Know: Piles

If a painful itch and burning sensation are making everyday life uncomfortable, you may be suffering from piles.

Piles are nothing to be embarrassed about and talking about them can help you understand the causes and symptoms and provide you with the remedies that free you up to live your life again. 

Piles are swollen blood vessels found inside or around the bottom (the rectum and anus) ¹. They are a result of continuous pressure on the pelvic blood vessels in the anal canal, which causes the blood vessels to swell up and stretch out of shape, causing pain, irritation, itching and sometimes bleeding¹.