Question 166 · LEK · Hemorrhoidal disease
Indicate the false statement concerning hemorrhoids:
- A. common causes of hemorrhoids are constipation as well as excessive pressure when passing stools.
- B. very often hemorrhoids appear during pregnancy, probably due to hormones affecting the loosening of connecting tissue, constipation and baby head pressure on the pelvic soft tissues.
- C. hemorrhoids may prolapse during defecation, but they spontaneously return to the anal canal - this is the example of the third stage of hemorrhoidal disease.
- D. the main hemorrhoid symptoms are bleeding and prolapse, acute complications that require surgical treatment are thrombosis or hemorrhage.
- E. all the statements are true. 57 z 117 29.06.2026, 14:15 Centrum Egzaminów Medycznych https://test.cem.edu.pl/pytcem/wyswietl_baza_pdf.php
Hint
Recall the Goligher grading: what separates spontaneous from manual reduction of prolapsed hemorrhoids?
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