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Skin Tags
Skin tags (also skin tabs) are the shapeless lumps and flaps of
skin or flesh found around the exterior of the anus. Although they
are not hemorrhoids at all, because
their blood supply is constrict instead of being over-abundant, they
are nonetheless often confused with actual hemorrhoids.
Skin tags are what remains when an infected rectal crypt (lubricating
gland) became abscessed and heals
incompletely, or a thrombus (protruding
hemorrhoid) formed and proper treatment is not given. In either
case, again the swelling will gradually diminish in size and the
acute pain subside.
But you can have a false sense that full healing has taken place. You’re
left with a tab of skin at the exterior of the anus, which may not
seem like much at first. But cleanliness becomes a real problem
and if there is more than one tab, the problem is multiplied. Itching (pruritus)
often develops to make a bad situation intolerable. If the tabs are
left unattended, they characteristically become intermittently inflamed
or engorged and very painful at times. The treatment is simply
to undergo the minor procedure of removing them.
There is one positive aspect to skin tabs -- because
they don’t occur unless there is some
acute inflammatory rectal condition to cause
them (cryptitis, papillitis, thrombosed
hemorrhoids, etc), their presence clearly spells out the need
to perform a complete rectal exam. They
are
evidence
of past inflammation, and that inflammation
may have continued or worsened. During the
exam, a more serious underlying rectal ailments
is often discovered. The
result is that the real problem that originally
caused the skin tags – and
that is usually still present – will now be addressed.
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