Hemorrhoids can cause more problems than most people might know. If you have ever had a bleeding hemorrhoid, an external hemorrhoid, or a prolapsed hemorrhoid, then you know how much trouble they can become. The best way to prevent the problems is to prevent the hemorrhoid to begin with. External hemorrhoids can turn into thrombosed hemorrhoids and require surgery to fix them. Why not do all you can to make sure you don’t end up with something that can cause so many problems?
Prevention
The first part of prevention is to evaluate your lifestyle. How do you eat? DO you drink enough water? Do you smoke? Do you exercise?
Diet is the key to keeping you healthy in many areas, not just hemorrhoid free. Eating a diet that is low fat and low in simple carbohydrates is only part of the prevention. You also need to make sure that you have enough fiber in the form of fruit, vegetables, and whole grains such as whole grain bread, whole wheat pasta, brown rice, and oats. Beans and legumes will give you low-fat protein, and eating low fat meats will help you keep your diet full of the necessary nutrients, without all the junk food.
Next, there is the water factor. Many people think that as long as they drink some water when they feel thirsty, they can keep from getting dehydrated. The thing that most people don’t know is that by the time you feel thirsty, you are already slightly dehydrated. In order to keep things running smoothly in your body, you need to drink at least six glasses of water a day.
Exercise is essential to having good circulation and helping your digestive tract work properly. When your circulation is not kept up properly, you are more likely to have vein problems, such as hemorrhoids.
Keeping your weight under control is another thing that is essential to preventing external hemorrhoids. With the pressure of extra weight, your rectum and anal canal may be stressed and hemorrhoids can develop. Weight loss takes work, but the results will be greater health, better well being, and less chance of getting hemorrhoids.
Finally, make sure you maintain regular and easy to pass bowel movements. Straining to go to the bathroom, becoming constipated, and sitting on the toilet too long all put stress on the rectum and can create external hemorrhoids. If you have a problem in that area, make sure you take the precautions to fix it before you discover that you are too late.
Hemorrhoids are much easier to prevent than they are to get rid of. Using the prevention measures that you know about will increase your chances of remaining hemorrhoid free.