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Piles, fissure, and fistula show up in the same small stretch of anatomy, which is exactly why patients confuse one for the other. But they aren't the same problem wearing different names. Piles form when blood vessels swell. A fissure is simply a tear in the lining....

A perianal abscess is a sudden, painful pocket of pus, formed when an infected anal gland flares up fast. A fistula is different. It's the tunnel left behind, running from that same gland out to an opening on the skin. Often just two stages of one disease, not two...

Bleeding during a bowel movement, persistent itching around the anus, or a sensation that something is protruding are often the first signs of piles. According to Dr. Dipesh Thacker, a piles doctor in Bhuj, Gujarat, these symptoms are commonly ignored or mistaken for...