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When To Seek Help
People come to us after having put up with their symptoms for years,
because they don't know where to go for help. They’re
afraid, either that there’s no hope for improvement, or that
treatment will actually make it worse (fears
shared even by patients who work in the medical field). A
lot of people will self-diagnose and stay
dedicated to OTC (over the counter) medication
for a long period of time.
But after seeing thousands of cases, I'm of the opinion that when
you have a symptom, there's a reason, and
you should at least find out what's wrong. If it’s
a mild symptom, there is a list of causes
that can be low-level before they become
very serious actual pathology. That
means that before you start having actual
pain, any kind of ano-rectal pain, stop
relying on self-medication and have your situation
looked at seriously.
The problem might be something as simple as just something in your
diet, or some medicine you're consuming,
maybe causing some small amount of irritation
and a skin tag or something minor, or it
could be something quite serious. That's
why bowel tumors, colorectal cancer, are
called the silent killer, because there are
basically no symptoms, you don't get a lot
of pain or discomfort until it’s developed. So if get
pain, bleeding, discharge
and/or any kind of change in bowel habits,
that's when you want to seek help right away. You
at least want to find out what's wrong.
In talking with patients about their histories, I discover quite
often that the OTC medication they were taking for however long,
and their faith in it, is really what delayed them seeking help,
to the point where they had severe pain.
{From an interview with Dr. Cranford}
…..the result is tissue damage, like the kid today, he's
had burning and itching for three years. Well the skin starts
to break down, ulcerate, he had a fissure on the left anterior quadrant
because he delayed care. If he'd seen me three years ago when
it started, had it treated, taken the right medication, changed his
diet, he would have been good. Now it’s an ulcer, another
ulcer, big skin tags, severe itching, bad hemorrhoids – he
just neglected it. See what I mean?
Both practitioners and patients have, over the years, maintained
a shroud of secrecy about addressing rectal
symptoms. That’s
due to modesty and embarrassment of course,
but also what plays into it is ignorance
of proper care, and more importantly, ignorance
of the dangers involved in letting symptoms
go untreated. So
often, patients would just rather deny what’s going on with
them and that leads to pain, suffering and
ultimately it can be deadly.
The average doctor has a strong natural dislike for treating or
even examining disorders of the rectum. Combined with the patient’s
modesty and timidity, it slows education and keeps people from getting
the timely treatment they need.
And again, many rectal ailments are mostly or entirely free of
pain. These are the ones which progress insidiously,
often becoming something serious not long
after the first symptoms arrive. Hemorrhoids
(piles), for example, are generally painless
unless they protrude (come
out), or are strangulated (stay
out), or become ulcerated or abscessed.
The only indication of something wrong may be a vague uncomfortable
feeling in the general area of the rectum.
Even this is absent at times. Hemorrhoids
may be in the process of development in the
rectum for a period of from 3 to 10 years
before the person becomes aware of them.
The first sign is often a slight trace of blood in the stool. This
is the time to do something about it. Read about the
examinations we offer.
The price of procrastination is often much too high. The simple
fact is that rectal diseases rarely get better on their own once
they are well established. With early treatment, most of the
suffering can be avoided, and the earlier the better.
As to the cost of treatment here, it is much less than
hospital surgery. Most major
health insurance covers it, either partly or entirely.
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