Why are hemorrhoids called "hemorrhoids" instead of "assteroids"?

Well....um....yeah, that was my day, exciting, huh?
Nothing worth mentioning happened today, seriously, it was either boring or for various reasons, I can't place it in the journal, so you've all just wasted your time:P
But, I'm a nice guy, so here's something to look at so the journey from homepage to my journal wasn't totally pointless: