When an internal hemorrhoid prolapses it brings along mucus that can irritate the sensitive area around the anus causing itching. If the hemorrhoid stays prolapsed, mucus production continues and so does the itching. If stool mixes with the mucus, that combination can make the irritation, and thus the itching, greater.

What are the symptoms of a healing hemorrhoid?

bleeding during or after a bowel movement (especially if the stool was hard, dry, or large), apparent from bright red blood on the toilet paper, streaking the surface of the stool, or coloring the toilet bowl water. a soft, grape-like mass protruding from the anus—a prolapsed hemorrhoid—that may discharge mucus.

How do you stop hemorrhoids from itching?