Health experts advise discomfort when passing stools, itchy red lumps and spotting or bleeding from the back passage are common signs of haemorrhoids, which are also known as piles.
She'd been experiencing bleeding from the back passage -- a very common ailment, which always needs to be checked but usually turns out to be haemorrhoids.
Symptoms can include changes in bowel habits, i.e. from constipation to diarrhoea, pain or bleeding from the back passage or what might be thought to be piles or haemorrhoids.
For years cutting away the haemorrhoids (swollen tissue and blood vessels in the back passage) under general anaesthetic was the only way to treat more severe cases.