How to reduce hemorrhoids and vaginal swelling during pregnancy

Contents:

• Medical Video: Hemorrhoids During Pregnancy
  
• 1. Modified knee-chest exercise
  
• 2. Kegel Gymnastics
  
• 3. Passive leg lifting exercises
  

Medical Video: Hemorrhoids During Pregnancy

If the area around the rectum is itchy and painful, even bleeding, you certainly suffer from hemorrhoids during the pregnancy period. Hemorrhoids are blood vessels that swell and poke up in the rectum due to varicose veins and vaginal swelling. During pregnancy, generally up to 50% of pregnant women experience hemorrhoids. Blood volume increases dramatically, which makes blood vessels grow bigger. Enlarged uterus also suppresses blood vessels in the rectum. After all, constipation can make hemorrhoids worse. Hemorrhoids usually improve after giving birth.

The simple ways to relieve the discomfort you experience are as follows:

• You have to drink lots of water and eat foods high in fiber with whole grains, raw green vegetables, and fruits. Fluids and fiber-rich foods will help you keep defecating smoothly and reduce the amount of constipation you experience during pregnancy. Hemorrhoids are often caused by constipation. The best way to prevent it is to defecate regularly during pregnancy. You might even have to drink a glass of plum juice every day to help with bowel movements.
• You should not try to overload the intestine and sit too long in the toilet because it will pressure the area.
• You can also exercise. The following are three types of exercises to facilitate circulation in the legs and reduce discomfort from varicose vessels:

1. Modified knee-chest exercise

1. Kneel, keep the distance between your knees as far as 45 cm ..
2. Place the forearm (from the elbow to the palm of the hand) on the floor. The pelvis will be higher than other body parts.
3. Slightly tighten the abdominal muscles to relieve pressure on the baby on the abdominal wall.
4. Keep your back a bit not curved. The thigh must remain perpendicular. Maintain this position for 2 minutes, or up to 5 minutes if you can.
5. Relax your body. Slowly get up and keep balance.
6. Repeat all day as needed.

In addition, to strengthen and relax the lower body muscles, there is no better exercise than the famous Kegel exercises.

2. Kegel Gymnastics

1. To feel where the muscles that must be contracted in Kegel exercises, when urinating try to hold urine from the urine, start again, hold it again, start again. It is roughly like this kegel gymnastic process. Practice moving and tightening and loosening the vaginal muscles when you are sitting, standing, walking, driving, and watching TV.
2. Try to tighten the vaginal muscles longer and faster, and hold longer as strong as you can.
3. Try to tighten the muscles from the front to the back including the rectum (rectum) like the exercise above. Do this exercise every morning, afternoon, and evening (3 times a day). Start with each 5 times and slowly up to 20-30 each time.

Finally, you can rest by raising your hips.

3. Passive leg lifting exercises

1. Lying on the left side, lift both legs above the pelvis by holding them using a pillow.
2. Do it every night for approximately 1 hour and if possible, at each interval during the day.

In addition, you can talk to your doctor about using products such as hepatic ointment to relieve hemorrhoids.

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