Easy: Hemorrhoidal pain is local at your anus usually, sciatica usually radiates down your thigh to your calf/shin. Also thrombosed internal hemorrhoids are very unusual and otherwise internal hemorrhoids rarely cause pain. External thrombose often and do cause pain. You should be able to tell the difference.
Answered 7/5/2015
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Location: Hemmoroid pain will stay rectal. Sciatica pain generally starts in the back and then travels down the buttock to the toes, someimes associated with leg numbness and weakness.
Answered 8/8/2013
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If Rectal pain: then hemorrhoids likely. If in buttock area then likely spine related, only way to know about spine issues is get lumbar spine MRI.
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