Hemorrhoids Facts

What are Hemorrhoids?

Hemorrhoids are enlarged veins inside and/or outside the rectum and/or anus. Straining to have a bowel movement makes them stretch and swell, causing itching, pain, and sometimes bleeding.

When bulging hemorrhoidal veins are irritated, they cause surrounding membranes to swell, burn, itch, become very painful, and bleed. Hemorrhoids are caused by too much pressure in the rectum, forcing blood to stretch and bulge the walls of the veins, sometimes rupturing them.

Causes and Risk Factors of Hemorrhoids

• The causes of hemorrhoids include:
• habitually straining (due to constipation)
• diarrhea
• coughing
• sneezing
• vomiting
• prolonged sitting
• pregnancy (pressure on the lower abdomen caused by the uterus)
• sedentary lifestyle
• eating a low-fiber diet
• overweight
• standing or lifting too much
• cirrhosis of the liver
• anal intercourse
• anal or rectal infection

Do You Have Hemorrhoids?

As mentioned above, hemorrhoids can be caused by multiple things.  This includes habitually straining (due to constipation), diarrhea, coughing , sneezing , vomiting , prolonged sitting , pregnancy (pressure on the lower abdomen caused by the uterus), sedentary lifestyle, eating a low-fiber diet, overweight, standing or lifting too much, cirrhosis of the liver, anal sex, anal or rectal infection.

If you feel you have hemorrhoids, the symptoms you might experience are symptoms are, bowel movement is painful, your anus us itchy, tender and fleshy anus, blood in your stool and blood in your underwear.

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