I've been offered an operation to remove a prolapsed haemorrhoid but I'm worried it will be painful and leave me incontinent. Robert Cherry, Bedford. Dr Scurr replies: Haemorrhoids, or piles ...

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Almost as though it was planned from a singular source, a flurry of questions arose over the past several days, demanding to know in nearly identical terms how long this condition actually lasts.