People who suffer from piles often have an itchy bottom, have a bit of bleeding on the toilet paper when they wipe themselves after opening their bowels, or perhaps feel a bit of a lump when they touch their bottom.

Your GP might or might not examine you but will listen carefully to your symptoms and decide if it sounds as if there’s anything to worry about. And then advise some treatment which usually involves a suppository that you put in your back passage.

Most kids are going to get warts or verrucas or another viral skin infection called melescum. And they will all clear by themselves if left untreated. There’s no such thing as somebody developing a verrucas at the age of five who has still got it at the