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Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Hemorrhoids During Pregnancy

By Heather-Jane Hunter

Hemorrhoids are swollen veins in or around the anus. Women often encounter hemorrhoids during pregnancy due to the increased flow and pressure of blood to the lower half of the body.

While hemorrhoids can occur in any women throughout pregnancy (or at any time in her life), they are more likely to affect women who have previously had a case of hemorrhoids, particularly is prevention techniques are not applied. Hemorrhoids can come about as a result of immense straining during childbirth or at any time in the pregnancy cycle. While hemorrhoids can disappear soon after the child has been born " dont assume this will happen as in some cases hemorrhoids will in fact worsen after child birth and can lead to medical complications.

Another factor that can trigger hemorrhoids during pregnancy is constipation. Straining to pass stools can cause hemorrhoids. This is bigger threat for pregnant women than non-pregnant women due to pregnant women already having additional pressure on their veins.

Pregnant women who notice one or more of the following symptoms are likely to have hemorrhoids. Symptoms such as stools coated or showing signs of bright red blood, bloody toilet paper, pain while standing or sitting, pain during bowel movement, an external lump of skin around the anus, or an itchy anus or anal canal.

You can save yourself a lot of pain and struggle through employing a few tricks to prevent hemorrhoids. These include things such as avoiding sitting or standing for hours on end, dont lift heavy weights of strain to pass stools, eat foods which are high in fiber, drink at least 8 glasses of water per day, and get some regular exercise.

Hemorrhoids can be very painful indeed. Below are a few useful tricks which can be applied to relieve hemorrhoid pain:

1. Soaking your anus in warm water several times a day

2. Applying ice to your anus several times a day

3. Cleaning the anus well after bowel movement (always use the softest toilet paper available)

These 3 tips have been proven to reduce hemorrhoid pain significantly. If you really want to experience good pain relief however, the best way to do that is to focus on curing the hemorrhoids entirely. Many different techniques are used these days including applying gels and creams to the hemorrhoids, surgically removing hemorrhoids, and using natural hemorrhoid remedies.

The method you choose to use to cure hemorrhoids will most likely depend on the severity of your hemorrhoids. In cases of extremely severe hemorrhoids, sometimes surgery is the only option. Most other cases can be effectively and quickly treated using natural treatment methods.

If you need more information about hemorrhoids, including how to effectively treat hemorrhoids, what works and what doesnt " please check out the resource section below.

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