title: Haemorrhoids. Essentials of clinical management.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Haemorrhoids are a frequent and familiar concern of patients in the GP surgery setting.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  In this article, practical guidelines regarding the diagnosis and treatment of haemorrhoidal disease will be discussed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Careful diagnostic skills are required to recognise the differences between internal and external haemorrhoids and other significant anorectal pathology. With appropriate diagnosis, most haemorrhoids can be treated successfully nonsurgically in an office setting.
authors.affiliation: Cooktown Hospital, Queensland. jhussain@alum.mit.edu
authors.forename: J N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Hussain
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D003113:Colonoscopy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005194:Family Practice / Q000592:standards*; D005260:Female; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006484:Hemorrhoids / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis; D012002:Rectal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012307:Risk Factors; D012720:Severity of Illness Index