Concise history of hemorrhoids

Abstract

Hemorrhoids are the most common pathology of anorectal benign diseases, which are treated by gastroenterologists and surgeons with special training in proctology, which is a branch of specialized medicine in the diagnosis and treatment of the anus and rectum diseases, its name derived from the Greek Haema (blood) and rhoos (flow). Among all the human ailments, undoubtedly hemorrhoidal disease plays an important role in human life because of bothersome symptoms it causes-which limits social and cultural performance of human in society, also the decisive influence, that this disease has had in history of mankind, hemorrhoids have affected at different times kings, rulers, leaders and thinkers of first world countries, because of their painful symptoms or complications in one way or another have decided the future of their nations and the world. Likewise its diagnosis and treatment implied the necessary development of folk unscientific medicine and perhaps painful in its early beginning to modern medicine nourished of current knowledge and technological advances many times painless as It`s usually today. Therefore we believe that the knowledge of the history of hemorrhoids is necessary for doctors, nurses, historians, students and common people.