We are all at risk. Hemorrhoids do not discriminate, afflicting the mighty as well as the humble. They have tormented people for centuries and have even altered history as Napoleon Bonaparte had hemorrhoids which, it is said, played an important role in his defeat at Waterloo. First of all, hemorrhoids are not cancer and never turn to cancer. Rather, they are simply varicose veins that just happen to be located at the wrong place at the wrong time.
Hemorrhoids only occur in the last inch of the rectum called the anal canal.
They are never found further within the colon. All of us normally have many small veins in this area to allow circulation of blood. Repeated straining causes them to remain swollen. Then they are termed hemorrhoids. Outside vs Inside Hemorrhoid come in two types, classified by location.