hemorrhoid
Let an agent explain haemorrhoids in general terms, relay causes, symptoms and treatment principles from clinical guidelines, identify warning signs that require assessment, and route personal symptoms to clinicians.
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled
4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Understand What haemorrhoids are.
Definition
Definition and kinds.
Definition
Definition.
- What are haemorrhoids, and what kinds and grades exist? definition
- Is the user describing bleeding or symptoms, which need assessment by a clinician? boundary
Causes
Causes and risk factors.
Causes
Causes.
- What causes haemorrhoids, and who is at risk? definition
- Which entry fits the specific kind? action
Clinical Assessment and treatment.
Assessment
Assessment.
Assessment
Assessment.
- How are haemorrhoids assessed, and why is rectal bleeding investigated? provenance
- Is the presentation free of personal medical advice? boundary
Treatment
Treatment principles.
Treatment
Treatment.
- What treatment principles do guidelines describe, from diet to procedures, in general terms? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Prevent Prevention.
Prevention
Prevention.
Prevention
Prevention.
- What prevention measures do health sources recommend? provenance
- Which entry fits constipation? action
Special
Pregnancy and other groups.
Special
Special.
- How are haemorrhoids managed in pregnancy and other groups, in general terms? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Context Burden and history.
Burden
Burden.
Burden
Burden.
- How common are haemorrhoids, and what do studies report, with sources? measurement
- Which entry fits colorectal health? action
History
History.
History
History.
- How were haemorrhoids treated historically? provenance
- Which entry fits the history of surgery? action
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Cross-cutting context
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- XCT
- Domain
- XCT.STA
- Other names and narrower kinds
- mixed hemorrhoid, perianal hematoma, internal hemorrhoid
What it is Filled
Haemorrhoids are normal vascular structures in the anal canal that contribute to continence; haemorrhoidal disease occurs when these structures become pathologically enlarged or otherwise symptomatic, potentially causing bleeding, itching, discomfort or prolapse, and rectal bleeding can also have other causes.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain haemorrhoids in general terms, relay causes, symptoms and treatment principles from clinical guidelines, identify warning signs that require assessment, and route personal symptoms to clinicians.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Vascular cushions
- Internal grades I to IV
- Common and usually benign
- Bleeding needs assessment
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Tell a person their bleeding is just haemorrhoids without clinical assessment.
- Recommend procedures or home treatments beyond general, sourced advice.
- Mock or shame people about the condition.
- Share a person's condition with others without consent.
Only with a human decision
- Decisions about treatment beyond simple self-care.
- Assessing rectal bleeding, which may signal serious disease.
May
- Explain what haemorrhoids are and common factors associated with them, citing medical sources.
- Encourage people with rectal bleeding to see a clinician to rule out other causes.
- Discuss the condition plainly and without embarrassment.
Moral aspects Filled
- Embarrassment delays care, and bowel cancer can hide behind symptoms blamed on haemorrhoids.
- Intimate conditions call for dignity and privacy.
Who is affected
- Patients
- Clinicians
Owners Filled
Steward
The patient's treating clinician; the record belongs in the patient's health record.
Master systems
- Patient health records
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q18558211 - registry parent class
- Q56603543 - registry parent class
- Q949302 - registry parent class
related
- anal disease - in registry terms
- pelvic varices - in registry terms
- colorectal surgery - when needed
- anal fissure - another cause of symptoms
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.hemorrhoid
- Wikidata: Q41478 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q41478)
- ICD-10: K64 haemorrhoids
- ICD-11: DB60
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
- lifetime prevalence: about 40-50 percent - estimates vary
Plane XCT: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Enlarged anal vascular cushions
- Internal, external and mixed kinds
- Perianal haematoma, fissures and rectal cancer are other causes of similar symptoms
- Not a visible object in general; external haemorrhoids appear as swellings at the anus.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain the condition and kinds
- relay causes and treatment principles
- identify warning signs
- route personal symptoms to clinicians
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Missed serious causes of bleeding
- Agents giving personal medical advice
- Embarrassment delaying care
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Clinical guidelines from colorectal societies
- Regulation of over-the-counter treatments
Context of use required Filled
- Not applicable; a condition.
- internal haemorrhoids graded I to IV
- external haemorrhoids
- mixed haemorrhoids
- thrombosed haemorrhoids
- perianal haematoma as a related condition
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q41478: hemorrhoid - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Hemorrhoid - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should perianal haematoma be a separate entry?
- How should guidelines be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming kinds and a related condition; should they be split off?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q41478/spec.json