Should you pay attention to postpartum hemorrhoids? Be careful not to pass hemorrhoid poison to your baby!

Hemorrhoids are soft venous masses formed by the expansion and bending of the venous plexus under the mucosa of the terminal rectum and the skin of the anal canal. Including internal hemorrhoids, external hemorrhoids, and mixed hemorrhoids. Usually, when you continue to exert force during defecation, the pressure in the veins will repeatedly increase, causing the veins to swell, and in severe cases, it will cause pain and bleeding.

Why is hemorrhoids more likely to occur after childbirth?

1. Influence of sex hormones

After pregnancy, under the influence of sex hormones in the body, the tone of gastrointestinal smooth muscles decreases, peristalsis decreases, food emptying in the stomach is delayed, and transit time is prolonged, causing feces to remain in the colon too long, the water content decreases, the feces becomes dry and hard, and constipation is prone to occur. You need to hold your breath during defecation, and the enlarged uterus puts pressure on the rectum, resulting in poor pelvic venous return and hemorrhoids.

2. Excessive force during production

Some mothers have said that they squeezed out their hemorrhoids by pushing too hard during natural childbirth. It sounds terrible, but in fact, the force used during normal childbirth is really the force of sucking milk, which increases the pressure of the uterus on the rectum, resulting in poor pelvic venous return, causing congestion and prone to hemorrhoids.

3. Not paying attention after childbirth

After giving birth, most mothers focus their attention on their babies and ignore their own bodies. In order to stimulate lactation, drinking too much greasy soup; having an irregular work and rest schedule, lying down or sitting for a long time... These will cause postpartum constipation. If you do not take it seriously, it will naturally cause hemorrhoids.

The harm of postpartum hemorrhoids

Some people say that nine out of ten people have hemorrhoids, just like a cold, so there is no need to make a fuss about it. Therefore, many people ignore hemorrhoids in the early stages and only go to the hospital when the pain becomes unbearable or even develops into a disease. In fact, the harm of hemorrhoids is more than just the pain of defecation.

1. To yourself

In addition to the pain of defecation and the discomfort of sitting or standing (this alone is very unbearable), long-term hemorrhoids can cause bacteria to destroy the immune system through the blood, causing infections in the genitals, pelvis and other parts of the body, and in severe cases, it can increase the risk of rectal cancer.

2. For babies

But don't think that hemorrhoids will not affect your children! The anus has many wrinkles. If it is not cleaned in time and properly, the hemorrhoidal lesions are very susceptible to bacterial infection and hemorrhoidal toxins. Hemorrhoidal toxins will infect the mammary glands and contaminate the milk source. It will enter the baby's body with the breast milk and cause the baby to catch a cold, fever and other diseases.