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Hemorrhoids

How common are hemorrhoids?

Hemorrhoids are common. Lots of people have trouble with them at some time in their life.

We couldn't find much information to tell us exactly how common hemorrhoids are. Many people don't see a doctor when they get them, so it's hard to know.

At any one time, about 10 million people in the United States have hemorrhoids.

Source:
Johanson JF, Sonnenberg A.
The prevalence of hemorrhoids and chronic constipation: an epidemiologic study.
Gastroenterology. 1990; 98: 380-386.

¹ That's about 1 in 20 people.

Sources for the information on this page:

Johanson JF, Sonnenberg A.The prevalence of hemorrhoids and chronic constipation: an epidemiologic study.Gastroenterology. 1990; 98: 380-386.

This information was last updated on Apr 01, 2009

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