Constipation and Hemorrhoids
You might not think that constipation and hemorrhoids have anything in common, so lets look at what constipation is first as it is considered to be the main culprit when a person discovers that they have hemorrhoids.
Constipation is when hard stools are formed, so when you go to the toilet it is difficult to have a bowel movement and invariably you end up straining. When you do eventually succeed in passing the stool, because it is hard, it stretches and can tear the skin around the anal area.
What straining also does is put increased pressure on the blood vessels that are in the anal area. The blood vessels then get stretched. The next time you are constipated the same thing happens again, there is increased pressure on the surrounding blood vessels, only this time having been previously stretched, they are now weakened and stretch even more. This is where you then get your hemorrhoid forming.
So what is a hemorrhoid? As we have already said it is when the blood vessels surrounding the anal area come under increased pressure, normally through straining to pass a stool and they become stretched, they are now weakened, so when they come under increase pressure at a later date they will tend to swell.
If you think of a balloon before it has been blown up for the first time, and then what it is like the next time you want to blow it up, a) it is already stretched and not the original shape and b) it is much easier to blow up a second time.
Blood vessels that have been stretched are like this, but instead of filling with air like the balloon, they fill with blood which is when you start to feel the hemorrhoid as it has now swelled and can cause itchiness and discomfort.
You can have constipation without necessarily getting hemorrhoids, but the act of straining when you have a bowel movement over an extended period of time will constantly put added pressure on the blood vessels in that area of the body. Which can lead to internal hemorrhoids or worse case external hemorrhoids.
If you get constipation often but don't have hemorrhoids, then you want to take a serious look at what you eat and introduce more fiber, fruit and vegetables into your diet. Drinking enough water every day is also important as it keeps the body hydrated and makes for softer stools.
Even if you already have hemorrhoids, in order not to aggravate and cause them to swell, you should still want to improve your diet as recommended above. That way knowing constipation is the cause of your hemorrhoids you can control the swelling and hopefully give the hemorrhoids time to heal and shrink to the point that you would not be aware of them.
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Constipation is when hard stools are formed, so when you go to the toilet it is difficult to have a bowel movement and invariably you end up straining. When you do eventually succeed in passing the stool, because it is hard, it stretches and can tear the skin around the anal area.
What straining also does is put increased pressure on the blood vessels that are in the anal area. The blood vessels then get stretched. The next time you are constipated the same thing happens again, there is increased pressure on the surrounding blood vessels, only this time having been previously stretched, they are now weakened and stretch even more. This is where you then get your hemorrhoid forming.
So what is a hemorrhoid? As we have already said it is when the blood vessels surrounding the anal area come under increased pressure, normally through straining to pass a stool and they become stretched, they are now weakened, so when they come under increase pressure at a later date they will tend to swell.
If you think of a balloon before it has been blown up for the first time, and then what it is like the next time you want to blow it up, a) it is already stretched and not the original shape and b) it is much easier to blow up a second time.
Blood vessels that have been stretched are like this, but instead of filling with air like the balloon, they fill with blood which is when you start to feel the hemorrhoid as it has now swelled and can cause itchiness and discomfort.
You can have constipation without necessarily getting hemorrhoids, but the act of straining when you have a bowel movement over an extended period of time will constantly put added pressure on the blood vessels in that area of the body. Which can lead to internal hemorrhoids or worse case external hemorrhoids.
If you get constipation often but don't have hemorrhoids, then you want to take a serious look at what you eat and introduce more fiber, fruit and vegetables into your diet. Drinking enough water every day is also important as it keeps the body hydrated and makes for softer stools.
Even if you already have hemorrhoids, in order not to aggravate and cause them to swell, you should still want to improve your diet as recommended above. That way knowing constipation is the cause of your hemorrhoids you can control the swelling and hopefully give the hemorrhoids time to heal and shrink to the point that you would not be aware of them.
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