Prevention Is Better Than Cure:
Eliminate the Main Causes of Hemorrhoids

Knowledge can empower you. The best move you can do is to find out what the causes of hemorrhoids are and stop it. If it seems impossible to control it, like child bearing, you can find ways to prevent hemorrhoids from getting worse. We all know that sometimes life is not that fair and (like having hemorrhoids), there are factors that are not within our control. However, hemorrhoid prevention is possible with a little advanced knowledge.

Basically, the causes of hemorrhoids can be categorized into two: namely, avoidable and unavoidable.

Aside from child bearing, other possible unavoidable causes of hemorrhoids are genetics and aging.

During pregnancy, the growing baby inside the uterus is situated above the anus, adding pressure to it, which may lead to hemorrhoids. However, most of the time hemorrhoids during pregnancy disappear after giving birth. If, in this case, hemorrhoids ensue, in order to prevent them from getting worse, expecting mothers should avoid prolonged standing and sitting and relax their lower body by raising their legs to reduce abdominal and rectal pressure.

Pregnancy should be a wonderful, joyous and exciting chapter for expecting mothers. Let it not be ruined because of hemorrhoids.

With regards to genetics and aging, some people may inherit weakness of the walls of the veins in the anal region, making them more susceptible to hemorrhoids. While we age, the tissues in the lining of the anus become less supportive and may protrude as pressure in that area is increased. That is why the elderly are prone to hemorrhoids. These factors may be unavoidable, but you can still find ways to control the situation and be above it.

Avoidable factors include:

• heavy lifting
• straining when defecating
• constipation
• prolonged diarrhea
• severe coughing
• being overweight
• sitting on the toilet for a long time

If you look closely, the common denominator of these factors is anal pressure. It is because when there is too much rectal pressure, the blood flow through the veins in the rectum is disrupted, increasing the stress against the walls of the rectal veins. It is like a tsunami that hits a building, and then shattering the windows. The pressure causes blood to bulge the walls of the veins of the rectum, and sometimes, rupturing them.

However, you would be surprised how easy it is to avoid these factors!

Unfortunately, there are situations and factors that are not within your control, but don't let them stop you from enjoying life. Don’t feel helpless (and most especially hopeless) because for every problem, there is a solution.

What you need to do now is to think and determine what factors are applicable to you and what makes you at risk of hemorrhoids. Then the next step is to beat it. Find ways to avoid those that are avoidable while those that are unavoidable, prevent existing hemorrhoids from worsening and treat them fast.

Sometimes all it takes is knowledge to beat it. Once you know the causes of hemorrhoids, they are beatable.

Even though haemorrhoids are an extremely common condition which commonly affect people either episodically or chronically, it is indeed a sensitive issue for many of them who will very often refrain from taking any action and speaking to their doctor. Overlooking the problem however, as for many other things, is not the solution and it is probably why there is a tendency of many misconceptions about piles symptoms and causes.

Myths about Haemorrhoids

“You can get haemorrhoids from sitting on cold surfaces.”

Many people believe that sitting on cold sidewalks can actually cause you haemorrhoids. This is false. Nor is temperature a significant cause for the internal anal pressure that occurs in the case of haemorrhoids.

“Haemorrhoids can be a preliminary symptom of cancer.”

Although rectal bleeding will often make people worry about a symptom of cancer, the cause of it has a totally different nature which is due to the rupture of the internal haemorrhoid and is in no way related to a cancer symptom. There is no evidence either that piles can later lead to a form of cancer.

“Once you have haemorrhoids you are going to have them reappearing over and over.”

Unless there is a genetic predisposition to haemorrhoids which can be one of the causes in the reappearance of the symptoms, the condition can be temporary and disappear definitely by using a piles treatment and by eliminating the causes which are likely to produce the condition.

“Haemorrhoids are only affecting older people.”

Because the loss of elasticity in anal tissues is also part of the causes of haemorrhoids, the appearance of haemorrhoids can also be part of the aging process. However, this cannot be considered as a symptom restricted to older people since there are many more other causes and factors implicated which make haemorrhoids a common problem for many people of all ages.

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