Hemorrhoids and smoking

Smoking can aggravate hemorrhoids and create digestive problems that interfere with hemorrhoid treatment. Why is smoking so bad for hemorrhoids, and why does this habit aggravate the ill health of the digestive tract?

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Stimulation of the gastrointestinal tract and hemorrhoids

Smoking tobacco stimulates all body systems, including the gastrointestinal tract - so hemorrhoids keep smokers in a regular grip. Due to such constant stimulation, the gastrointestinal tract is reduced even when it is not required, and bowel movements become a problem.

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Drinking coffee and hemorrhoids

Few smokers will come out with a cup of coffee without a cigarette in their hand. This is a double blow to the body. University of Michigan specialists recommend avoiding caffeine if you have hemorrhoids. Just as caffeine, nicotine, stimulates the gastrointestinal tract, it can cause unpleasant feces that make it impossible to recover from hemorrhoids. Avoid caffeine, better try to treat yourself to tasty high fiber foods to soften the stool and make it easier to exit, this is a good help for the body to hemorrhoids heal more quickly.

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Sedentary lifestyle and hemorrhoids

It is logical that all systems of your body, including the digestive system, want to work actively, and for this they constantly need blood flow in order to function properly. And smoking and a sedentary lifestyle, on the contrary, cause a narrowing of the veins, provoking their difficult passage. This may explain why office workers are so familiar with the state of hemorrhoids. Try to do the exercises for about twenty minutes a day, and you will heal much faster.

Stress and hemorrhoids Stress can contribute to hemorrhoids. Have you ever heard the term “tightly set feces”? By eliminating stress, you can alleviate tension throughout your body, including activating your digestive system, relaxing your intestines, and you are less likely to overeat low-quality food, which also contributes to Hemorrhoids. Try yoga or just learn to relax for a while to avoid repeated stress that worsens your hemorrhoids.

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Healing time

Remember that hemorrhoids can stop bothering you in about two weeks with a corrected diet and an active lifestyle. If your hemorrhoids continue to bother you longer, see your doctor for an alternative treatment.

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Upper digestive tract

In order for us to better understand how and why smoking affects the digestive system, understand the basic mechanics of the work of this department. The mouth not only serves as the main entry point of food, but also as a starting point for inhaling air. The mouth is a vital part of the respiratory and digestive system. The digestive tract begins in the mouth and ends in the anus.

The mouth and throat are two parts of the digestive and respiratory systems. Both systems are interconnected by these parts. The epiglottis serves as a checkpoint for regulating the flow of food or air. But this structure is not completely sealed, the air also passes into the stomach every time with food.

The mouth, tongue and throat are parts of the digestive system, especially the upper digestive tract. The first stage of digestion occurs in the oral cavity, where food is physically ground by the chewing action of the mouth. Food is also chemically crushed with saliva, and then passes into the stomach through the esophagus.

Smoking and our digestive system

Tar is a chemical product of smoking, it enters the lungs by inhalation of smoke, but also remains as a residue in the mouth. Together with the smoke that enters the digestive system, tar enters the digestive system, and this is the cause of many serious diseases.

Smoking leads to the development of many life-threatening diseases, including lung cancer, colon cancer, emphysema and heart disease. Every year more than 400,000 people in the United States alone die from smoking cigarettes. One out of every five deaths in the United States is associated with smoking. Estimates show that about one third of the entire adult population of the world smokes. Adult men seem to smoke less, but women and teenagers of both sexes smoke more. Smoking affects the entire body, including the digestive system.

What are the harmful effects of smoking on the digestive system?

Smoking can damage all parts of the digestive system, contributes to such common diseases as heartburn and peptic ulcer, as well as hemorrhoids. Smoking increases the risk of developing Crohn's disease and the formation of gallstones, which are formed when the fluid stored in the gall bladder hardens into lumps. Smoking also damages the liver. Its poor performance creates the risk of blood overflow in the veins, and this can lead to stagnation of blood in the veins and increased pressure on their walls. From this can form hemorrhoids.

Peptic ulcer

Peptic ulcer is the pain of the mucous membrane of the stomach or duodenum, which is the beginning of the small intestine. Peptic ulcer is a very common disease: in one out of ten people, an ulcer develops at some time in life. One of the causes of peptic ulcer disease is a bacterial infection, but some ulcers are caused by prolonged use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), such as aspirin and ibuprofen (Advil).

In some cases, cancers of the stomach or pancreas can lead to an ulcer. A peptic ulcer, not caused by stress or eating spicy foods, can also disturb a person. And then he can torture himself to the poor menu, use a minimum of products, which contributes to the development of hemorrhoids. In addition, the stress of pain during an ulcer provokes its appearance due to excessive tension and uncoordinated work of the digestive system.

Studies have shown that people who smoke cigarettes are more likely to develop this disease. If people with an ulcer continue to smoke, their ulcers do not heal, or it may take longer than usual to heal. People are more likely to heal ulcers if they quit smoking compared to treating ulcers with medication. Smoking also increases the risk of developing infections - one of the most common is a bacterium called Helicobacter Pylori, it also increases the risk of developing ulcers and hemorrhoids as a result of alcohol and non-prescription painkillers.

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Cancer of the digestive system (mouth, stomach, rectum)

Smoking is one of the main causative factors of cancer. Tar as a by-product of smoking is a by-product of the inhalation of smoke and, when exposed to body tissues, can cause abnormal cell growth. Cancers of the rectum contribute to the development of hemorrhoids, as the walls of the veins become thinner and do not withstand the flow of blood that passes through them.

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Details on the effect of smoking on hemorrhoids

Remember that hemorrhoids are a disease of a certain type of vein, and not all. These are varicose veins around the anus, which as a result of smoking may be excessively irritated. So, how does smoking affect the condition of the anal veins?

Smoking increases blood pressure by constricting veins. This applies to all veins, not just those in the anus area. Tobacco does not obey your will and compresses the veins as he wants, not so. How do you want that.

When your anal veins shrink and their blood pressure rises, they can become irritated very quickly and easily. The walls of the veins are becoming thinner and the pressure on them is increasing. More cigarettes - and the work of the bloodstream can be broken.

The really bad thing is that as soon as you discover hemorrhoidal bleeding due to the tension of the veins, the walls of which burst, it causes even more irritation of the veins, and it is even more likely that the symptoms of hemorrhoids will worsen in the future. It becomes a vicious circle, overly sensitive anal veins and smoking, which makes them even more sensitive and painful.

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Findings

Smoking can seriously disrupt the digestive system. Smoking can lead to many serious diseases of the digestive system, such as Crohn's disease, liver disease, provoke the formation and growth of gallstones and peptic ulcer.

Smoking weakens the lower esophageal sphincter, which is responsible for preventing acid from entering the esophagus.

After gastric acid begins to accumulate in the esophagus, the inner lining of the stomach and can cause damage and constipation.

Hemorrhoids are usually caused by prolonged toilet sitting and constipation. Any interruption in the digestive system can potentially lead to hemorrhoids or worsen the symptoms of an existing hemorrhoid.

So what can you do? Of course, you know that you should quit smoking. Reduce the number of cigarettes per day, buy a special nicotine patch, anti-tobacco chewing gum. Do your best to quit smoking and exorcise hemorrhoids from your body.

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