Contents:
- Medical Video: Hemorrhoids During Pregnancy
- Various causes of hemorrhoids, which you may experience
- 1. Pregnancy
- 2. Aging
- 3. Chronic diarrhea
- 4. Chronic constipation
- 5. Sit too long
- 6. Lift heavy items
- 7. Heredity factors
Medical Video: Hemorrhoids During Pregnancy
Anyone can get hemorrhoids. You may be more familiar with calling it hemorrhoid. Hemorrhoids occur when the veins in the anus enlarge and swell. This swelling makes the anus always itchy and painful, so you don't feel comfortable sitting for long. Hemorrhoids may also cause bloody bowel movements. Here are the various causes of hemorrhoids that you need to know.
Various causes of hemorrhoids, which you may experience
There are various common causes of hemorrhoids such as:
1. Pregnancy
Hemorrhoids are very common in pregnant women. Because the uterus stretches to accommodate babies who are also getting bigger, the veins around the large intestine become depressed. As a result, a bulge appears in the anus called hemorrhoids.
2. Aging
Hemorrhoids or hemorrhoids are also very common with age. Generally, this condition occurs in adults aged 45 to 65 years. However, it is not impossible that young adults and young people also have hemorrhoids.
3. Chronic diarrhea
Diarrhea that does not heal can be the cause of hemorrhoids that you may never realize. Especially if you go back and forth using a squat toilet.
Frequent and too long bowel movements, especially in position signed squatting, will exert excessive pressure on the walls of blood vessels around the anus and rectum.
In fact, chronic diarrhea can make existing hemorrhoids become more irritated.
4. Chronic constipation
Just like chronic diarrhea, constantly signed to try to defecate will provide considerable pressure on the area around the anus, which eventually becomes irritated and swells.
5. Sit too long
Sitting too long with the same position can cause hemorrhoids. The reason is this can exert excessive pressure on the hips which triggers swelling in the veins until eventually causing a hemorrhoid lump.
6. Lift heavy items
Too often lifting heavy items can compress the stomach and veins around the anus and rectum. Especially if you do it with the wrong technique, the risk will also increase.
7. Heredity factors
Hemorrhoid can be one of the inherited diseases. If your parents or other close family members have experienced hemorrhoids, then your risk of developing this disease will increase. For that, try to avoid other factors that can increase risk.
