Is this a haemorrhoid (photos)?

MISTAKE - It's the third photo that is non-straining. 

They do look like haemoroids Sue but you could also, like me, be suffering with a fissure (skin tear). Your haemoroids aren't filled with blood so should disappear back in over time. Try over the counter pile treatments but may be worth getting checked to see if you have a fissure which could have been caused by undue straining. Fissures can be painful, as can piles. To be sure, worth getting checked out.

Hi Sue , looks to me like soft internal haemhorrhoids , so close to the opening that they become external for a short period . Might be worth looking at a couple of the less invasive treatments now , rather than wait for them to become an issue requiring more invasive surgery . Might be worth looking at bandings , even though they are not the most succesful , but easy and relatively painless ( for most ) , or a THD procedure . Once those piles start to become harder and fuller , they wont retract as quickly after a BM. Good luck .

hi sue they look like mine ive had piles for years they are soft to the touch and they never go unless you have them banded ive bleed for 5 yrs when i have bm hard my gp sent me to have a colon investergation and found a bleeding polps that was the cause so had it femoved 2 wks ago plles may bleed also im sure mine are as still getting a bit of blood with a hard bm but not like i was get it checked its not a great prosedure but maybe your problem to good luck.

I don't know why mine have become so big in just 3 days.it started on the side of the opening but now it's all around and painful.I'm even scared to go to the loo.just used an anusol(first time).I'm waiting to see the result in the morning.(I feel like taking a dump but I have the anusol inside and don't know what to do)

Just today a haemorrhoid appeared, I think I have had internal ones that may have popped out and gone back in again. I have applied some prescription cream to help ease pain/discomfort (hence the wetness look). I think the haemorrhoid appears to have increased in size bit (only been an hour) or the cream is helping it appear larger. I dislike any kind of illness / discomfort and I'm a bit scared. I hope it has gone down a lot or completley disappeared for tomorrow morning as I am likely to empty my bowels again. My doc has said I have anal tears which is why now and again I have bright red blood on my toilet paper.

It's hard to tell I guess, but the vein is very close to anus opening on my left side.

they do look like haemorrhoids.mine had swollen on both sides and were bigger(and painful) but now they are the same size as yours but less painful.i also still have some inside but they aren't painful.I used suppositories and sitz baths(they were recommended).of they are painful do not wipe using a tissue.instead,try a sitz bath after a BM.it lessens the pain.I hope u get well soon

thank you @sue18123. Just an update, went to the docs and saw a trainee/new doc. He did not positively state it was a hemorrhoid, (nor did he say itbwas not), he said did not seem to oroginate from anus and suggests I take some cream. One thing I did say to him though was that occasionally (might even be once/twice every week) when I first wipe I can feel a pea size lump just oustide my anus only on left side, then on the second wipe the lump is gone, maybe back inside anus wall? He got some advice from fellow docs, and hesuggested would be good idea to get a referrel with colon people. I've had a gastroscopy and colonoscopy before serveral years ago and it was awful, so I said I did not want to do that jusy yet. I am going to keep an eye on things, see how often the pea lump appears then go on from there.