Hemorrhoids are something many people quietly deal with for years without fully understanding why they developed. Understanding what actually causes hemorrhoids helps clarify why conservative measures have their limits and when more definitive treatment is appropriate. At Seamless Medical Centers in Port Arthur, TX, Dr. Zagum Bhatti, Board-Certified Interventional Radiologist, provides non-surgical hemorrhoid treatment for […]

Finding blood when you go to the bathroom is alarming the first time it happens. Many people experience this and hope it will go away. When it keeps happening, the question shifts from whether it’s normal to what is causing it. Rectal bleeding during or after bowel movements is most commonly caused by hemorrhoids. Internal […]

If you’ve been managing hemorrhoid symptoms and are ready to discuss definitive treatment, you don’t have to travel to Houston. Seamless Medical Centers in Port Arthur provides advanced non-surgical hemorrhoid treatment including hemorrhoid artery embolization for patients throughout the Golden Triangle and Southeast Texas. Dr. Zagum Bhatti, Board-Certified Interventional Radiologist, performs HAE for patients across […]

Finding blood in the toilet or on your stool is one of the most alarming things that can happen during a routine bathroom visit. Understanding what blood in the stool actually means depends on its appearance, location, and your symptoms. The most common cause of bright red blood visible in the stool or toilet is […]

You’ve tried the creams, increased fiber, and taken sitz baths. Months later your hemorrhoids are still there. The bleeding hasn’t stopped. You’ve been hoping they would resolve on their own, but hemorrhoids that have been persistently symptomatic for more than a few months despite conservative management are not likely to resolve without more definitive treatment. […]

Which of These Describes What You Are Seeing? Before anything else, it helps to be specific about what you actually saw, because the pattern of the bleeding is the single most useful piece of information you can bring to a doctor. Bright red blood on the toilet paper only, with nothing visible in the stool […]

Not all hemorrhoids cause noticeable symptoms. Many people have hemorrhoids they are unaware of, discovered incidentally during a routine examination. But when hemorrhoids do become symptomatic, they can significantly affect quality of life — and the symptoms are sometimes alarming enough that patients fear something more serious is happening. Understanding what hemorrhoid symptoms actually feel […]

When hemorrhoids have become severe enough that conservative management is no longer adequate, the treatment conversation often arrives at a fork in the road: hemorrhoidectomy or hemorrhoid artery embolization. Both can provide significant and lasting improvement in hemorrhoid symptoms. They differ substantially in how they work, what the procedure involves, what recovery looks like, and […]

If you have been managing hemorrhoids for months or years and conservative treatments have stopped helping, you may be facing a recommendation for hemorrhoidectomy — surgical removal of hemorrhoids. Before committing to surgery, it is worth knowing that hemorrhoid artery embolization offers a non-surgical alternative that addresses hemorrhoid bleeding through a catheter-based procedure, with significantly […]