Why do I get hemorrhoids on my butt?

Hemorrhoids are the most common perianal disease in life. Depending on the severity of the disease, they can be divided into three different types: external hemorrhoids, internal hemorrhoids, and mixed hemorrhoids. The main symptoms include bloody stools, pain, anal swelling, etc., which have a great impact on the patient's normal life. Hemorrhoids are a common disease. Understanding its causative factors will help us better prevent it. So, why do we get hemorrhoids on our buttocks? Let’s take a closer look below.

Sitting or standing for long periods of time

The working style in modern society is mostly sitting or standing, especially for white-collar workers and teachers, who often sit or stand all day long, and lack of exercise is a common problem. This also lays the groundwork for anorectal diseases such as hemorrhoids. Sitting for a long time will cause poor blood circulation, which will lead to turbid air and blood stasis, which will flow into the anus and cause hemorrhoids. Standing for a long time can also cause hemorrhoids. People are at high risk of hemorrhoids.

Excessive drinking and spicy food

People who eat an unhealthy diet are particularly prone to hemorrhoids. Eating spicy and stimulating foods, such as pepper, chili, raw onions, and raw garlic, and drinking large amounts of alcohol can irritate the rectal and anal mucosa, cause local congestion, and induce hemorrhoids. In addition, if you are fond of eating fatty and greasy food, eating too fine and refined food, and having little crude fiber in your food, which leads to infrequent or difficult bowel movements, all of these can induce hemorrhoids over time. Hemorrhoid patients have irregular lifestyles, irregular eating and drinking habits, and irregular daily routines, which disrupt the body's biological rhythms and cause irregular bowel movements, sometimes with bowel movements and sometimes without. Living in a damp and cold environment can cause congestion in the rectal and anal veins, leading to hemorrhoids.

Increased abdominal pressure

Hemorrhoids can be caused by diseases such as cirrhosis, liver congestion, incomplete compensation of cardiac function, intra-abdominal tumors, prostatic hypertrophy, etc., which can increase intra-abdominal pressure and form hemorrhoids. Of course, this also includes pregnancy.

Reading newspapers on the toilet

Few people have the habit of bringing a newspaper when going to the toilet. In fact, such a lifestyle habit poses a considerable hidden danger to anorectal health. The time spent in the toilet is generally 3 to 5 minutes, but once you bring a newspaper in, the time spent in the toilet will be greatly extended. If defecation takes too long, it can increase abdominal pressure, cause congestion in the anorectum, varicose veins, and even cause the rectal mucosa to separate from the muscle layer and prolapse. The anal canal moves downward with the feces, which can easily lead to hemorrhoids over time.

Lack of exercise

Reduced intestinal motility and slow downward movement of feces lead to habitual constipation, which is one of the causes of hemorrhoids.

A matter of habit

For example, overeating, eating refined foods frequently, or holding back bowel movements or squatting on the toilet for too long are all causes of hemorrhoids.