Living With Piles
For Nearly A Year
The patient, a business professional in his early forties from Dhaka, had been quietly managing occasional bleeding and discomfort during bowel movements for close to eight months. Long hours at a desk job and irregular eating habits had gradually worsened the problem, but like many patients, he kept postponing a proper check-up, hoping it would settle on its own with over-the-counter creams.
By the time he visited Dr. Krishna Pada Saha's chamber, occasional prolapse during long meetings and travel had started to affect his confidence at work. A detailed history and a gentle proctoscopic examination confirmed Grade III internal haemorrhoids — the point at which conservative care alone is rarely enough, but a full surgical haemorrhoidectomy is often more than is actually needed.
