Hemorrhoids Five Simple Home Remedies
In order to understand why these simple home remedies can help, we need to look first at the possible causes of the hemorrhoids.
Some of the known contributing factors are pregnancy, straining when emptying the bowels, obesity, chronic constipation. Ironically, frequent diarrhea is also known to contribute.
Hemorrhoids can be either internal or external and are most common in people over 40 as well as pregnant women. It’s said that over half of the population over the age of fifty has them.
With that introduction, let’s now look at the simple home remedies. While they are not a substitute for a proper medical advice, they are based in common sense and are more than likely to bring relief.
1. Get more fiber in your diet.
This can be accomplished by eating more fresh fruit, rolled oats, oat bran, whole grains and other foods high in fiber.
2. Get regular.
Avoiding constipation by regular visits to the toilet is usually a big help. Not only will it help relieve the discomfort associated with hemorrhoids, but it will also put less strain on the affected areas, allowing the body to repair some of the damage.
One way to train your body to empty the bowels regularly is to sit on the toilet seat around the same time each day. Make a habit of it and your body will follow.
Keeping your stools loose and avoiding constipation will go a long way towards a long term relief from hemorrhoids. It will also be healthier for you for other reasons, beyond the hemorrhoidal discomfort.
3. Lose weight.
Obesity is said to be a contributing factor, and it’s not just because of weight. Obese people tend to be more constipated as well. Anyhow, losing weight will have many other benefits for your health.
4. Drink plenty of plain water.
Water has many benefits. Amongst other things it will help to clean the toxins out of your body as well as it may help to empty the bowels regularly.
Drink plenty of plain, clean water. Also, try to get into a habit of drinking at least one glass of water on empty stomach.
5. Go for regular walks.
This will not only help you lose weight in the long run, but will also help you become more regular in the toilet.
If you follow these five common-sense tips, you should experience at least some relief. And it will also be beneficial for your general health.
Hemorrhoids and Enlarged Rectal Veins
Hemorrhoids, in the rectum, occur when the veins are not returning enough blood back to the heart. When this happens, the vein walls do not receive enough oxygen and release a substance into the blood that causes them swell and become inflamed. This swelling weakens them and their more likely to break when they are rubbed, like during a bowel movement.
If your stools are hard, you have a higher chance of breaking a swelling vein. For this reason getting your stools softer is one step in clearing your hemorrhoids. You can do this by eating a diet and using remedies that help relieve constipation.
Hemorrhoids, which are enlarged or swelling can exist,
On the inside just above the muscle that closes the anus and into to the rectum. They are near the surface of the rectum mucus membrane
On the outside, they occur on the skin that surround the anus and protrude or hang outward.
In a way, hemorrhoids can be considered varicose veins of the rectum. Just like varicose veins in the legs, the rectum veins become enlarged and come to the skin surface and bulge out.
Hemorrhoids occur when you are constipated for long periods, sit for long hours, lift heavy items, or are pregnant.
If youre constipated, youre probably having a difficult time having a bowel movement. And when you do, your stools are usually small, hard, and dry. If you have to push and strain or sit on the toilet for 10-15 minutes, then expect to have hemorrhoids at some point. Two to three minutes is all you normally need to have a natural bowel movement.
Over 85% of the population has hemorrhoids. Hemorrhoids are a sign that fecal matter is not passing through your colon like it should. Simple hemorrhoids are not dangerous to your health, but hemorrhoids that have been building for a while will cause you some discomfort, such as,
Mucus discharge
Bleeding showing up in your stools or dripping into the toilet water
Itching on the outside of the rectum
Pain in the rectum area and during a bowel movement
Pain in the rectum area, when you sit
Soft bulging area in the rectum or anus that give you a sensation that something is there
See your doctor if your hemorrhoids are painful, have excess bleeding, or stools have change in color from medium brown to dark brown or black.
