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Difference in hemorrhoids and anal herpes?
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Infection vs veins: Hemorrhoids are dilated veins at the anus. Sort of analogous to varicose veins. Anal herpes would be an infection with a form of herpes virus.
Answered 1/1/2021
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Major: Hemorrhoids are distended veins, an anatomic defect, while herpes is a viral infection. The two are not even close to being either physically or physiologically similar.
Answered 5/16/2021
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