Soiling
Third and fourth-degree haemorrhoids can present occasionally with soiling of the perineum. They do this by 'splinting' open a passageway for stool from the rectum to anus. Discharge from the surface of a prolapsed haemorrhoid may be mistaken for soiling.
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