How can stress cause hemorrhoids? It may seem unlikely that stress could be causing your hemorrhoids problem.
However, there are many ways you can get hemorrhoids and I hope to show you the connection between stress and hemorrhoids to help you find the cause of why you're getting yours.
Hemorrhoids are thin-walled veins in the rectum.
When these vein are under presser they tend to swell and cause hemorrhoids problems.
Since hemorrhoidal veins are thin-walled they often seep blood or even break open and bleed.
So, how can stress cause hemorrhoids? Stress can increase your blood pressure.
This increase in pressure can cause hemorrhoids or cause the ones you have to get worse.
It is easy to compound the problem by doing other things that cause higher blood pressure and hemorrhoids.
If you have a high stressed job and you are aware that your under a lot of stress then it is easy to turn to drinking alcohol to help you relax.
Now drinking one or two drinks a night to help relax should not hurt you.
However if you tend to drink three or more drinks a night you could be dehydrating the body causing constipation and hard stools.
If you drink to the point of intoxication or binge drinking several nights a week than this can cause high blood pressure.
Combining heavy drinking and stress could lead to hemorrhoids and other problems like heart disease, or heart attacks.
So, how can you lower your stress to help cure your hemorrhoids? If you have kids and work all day then it might be hard to find some alone time.
However, While the kids are doing homework why not make yourself a cup a tea and instead of watching TV try reading a good book.
This is a great way to forget about the days work and the stress of thinking about bills and other stuff.
If you can't calm down enough to get into reading a book then might I suggest you go for a walk.
If the stress is coming from the home life you might want to take this walk alone.
If your spouse insist on going on these walks with you then set some ground rules.
Let them know that you don't want to talk about bills or what the kids need or anything that is stressing you out all the time.
Because your going on these walk to help find some inner peace and lower your stress.
You could ask a friend that you can talk to and unload your daily burdens on.
Be prepared if you take a friend to have to listen to their problems as well.
That's OK as long as you remember your there just to listen and not make their problems your problem.
Sometimes we just need to vent and that can do wonders to help release stress.
There are many things you can do to help relieve stress from exercising to meditation.
There are many things that can cause hemorrhoids and stress might just be part of your problem.
A good natural treatment will help you find the cause of why you're getting yours and then show you how to treat them to cure them for good.