Does hemorrhoids affect the shape of your stool?

Hemorrhoids generally do not cause stool shape changes, only in the late very serious hemorrhoids, will lead to repeated inflammation of local hemorrhoids stimulation leading to fibrosis anal stenosis, etc., may cause stool shape changes.

If the patient has stool characteristics changes, not accompanied by clinical symptoms of hemorrhoids, such as hematochezia anal mass prolapse, etc., it is necessary to be alert to the possibility of rectal tumors or polyps.