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An Introduction to Natural Hemorrhoids
Treatments
Hemorrhoids are also known as piles and
they're simply swollen and inflamed veins in your anus and rectum. There are
two types of hemorrhoids: Internal and External.
Hemorrhoids are a common problem for many American adults. In fact, many
sources say at least 50% of adults have experienced hemorrhoids by the time
they reach the age of 50. Hemorrhoids have many causes, some of which include
pregnancy, weight gain and obesity, anal sex, and chronic constipation or
diarrhea.
Many pregnant women develop hemorrhoids due to the extra weight of the fetus
putting pressure on the lower rectal muscles. Childbirth itself enhances this
problem, but most women's hemorrhoids caused by pregnancy clear up after the
baby is born.
People who are overweight or obese also get hemorrhoids for the same reasons
though, that extra body weight adds pressure to the rectal muscles, and this
can cause the veins to swell and become inflamed.
Anyone who sits and stands for very long periods of time can also develop
hemorrhoids though, so changing your position frequently is one way to prevent
them.
Internal hemorrhoids can't be seen and often people have these without
realizing it. When they get bad, however, they can cause blood to show in your
stools or appear in the toilet and on the paper when you wipe.
External hemorrhoids are visible to the eye, and can be touched. These tend to
be protrusions gathered around the anus opening and often they burn, itch or
cause pain.
One of the biggest causes of internal and external hemorrhoids is
constipation and the accompanying strain involved with having a bowel
movement. Because of this, the most common
natural remedies for
hemorrhoids involve solving the constipation problems.
Constipation is often caused by a lack of fiber or water in the diet.
Sometimes both. Fiber is not able to be used by our body in any nutritive
ways, so it passes into the colon unchanged. Once there however, it works as a
broom, or cleanser, to help move the waste materials through the colon and out
of our body. The bulk of the fiber is what makes it so useful.
Water however, also plays an extremely important role in relieving or
preventing constipation. Without enough water in our system, the waste
material gets dry and hard because the colon extracts what little water there
is for use in other areas of our body. When the waste material becomes dry and
hard, it is very difficult for our bodies to pass easily, and it scratches,
scrapes and injures our tissue as it tries to pass through.
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