External hemorrhoids are fairly easy to identify, they're painful swollen lumps located around the anus.
Identifying the internal hemorrhoids symptoms aren't quite as easy.
Hemorrhoids may or may not be painful, and without the right treatment they can take a long time to heal, or they may not even heal at all.
If you're concerned that you may have internal hemorrhoids here are a few symptoms you can look out for: an itchy feeling inside the anus, bleeding before, during, or after a bowel movement, which can be accompanied by pain inside the anus.
It's important to remember that only a doctor can examine you to see if you have internal hemorrhoids, so if you suspect you have them you should go to the doctor immediately.
Internal hemorrhoids occur when the tissue that supports the veins in the anal canal weaken, eventually they start to swell and end up bulging into the anal canal.
The severity of these hemorrhoids varies, some people may never even know they have them.
But if you do have them it's important to start treating them right away so they don't get any worse.
The less aggravation that the hemorrhoids undergoes the faster it's going to heal.
Straining during bowel movements will prevent the hemorrhoids from healing.
Increasing the fiber in your diet can prevent this from happening, your bowel movements should not require much strain and they shouldn't take too long.
Try remaining active, moving around will increase blood flow thus helping to heal the hemorrhoids and keep others from forming.