Will Lack Of Water Cause Hemorrhoids?

kay, hello and welcome to another post from www.yourhealthexplosion.com. OK, recently a couple of readers sent me some emails wondering if dehydration has any impact on piles and it seemed like a neat idea to make up a video and have a good chat about it, and we're going to get that question answered.

All right, first up we need to find out what causes hemorrhoids? First major thing that causes hemorrhoids is constipation. Basically, constipation makes you strain and the act of straining increases the flow of blood into the veins around the rectum which creates hemorrhoids, so that's one of the major causes of hemorrhoids.

Another one is dehydration. basically, lack of fluids in the body causes dry, compact stools which are difficult to pass, which quickly causes constipation which in turn puts pressure on the rectum which incites inflammation of the anal veins which again causes hemorrhoids. Finally, chronic diarrhea is also a major cause of hemorrhoids. Chronic diarrhea in time will cause dehydration. The spastic motion of diarrhea also puts pressure on the rectum. This causes a lot of straining. And of course, dehydration as we said can eventually cause dry, compact stools. It sounds like the opposite of diarrhea but the reality is that diarrhea causes dehydration and eventually, we will get inflammation of the anal veins that causes hemorrhoids.

Now, now that we've looked at it, it's clear that dehydration must play a big part in hemorrhoids. So another question is what causes dehydration and how can i stop this from happening? Firstly, most people don't have a high enough intake of water; it's simple. Most people don't drink enough water and I think most people are aware that they don't drink enough water. Instead of water, they try to replace it with soft drinks, coffees and teas, that sort of stuff.

If you exercise without drinking any water, that will cause dehydration. If you drink caffeinated drinks such as coffee or green tea or colas or soft drinks, they use things that will cause dehydration. It's natural to think, "Well, I'm taking on lots of fluids here," but you'll also notice that you urinate a lot more. And the fact is that if you're urinating more than usual, you are in fact losing water. And things like caffeinated drinks like coffee, green tea, tea, cola, these contain caffeine which is actually a diuretic, which means you're going to pass more fluids and when you pass more fluids you are dehydrating yourself. I know that sounds a bit against logic, but it's just the way that caffeine works. It will cause you to dehydrate.

Also, another big one is drinking excessive alcohol. Taking in alcohol causes dehydration. Many people in fact get their first cases of hemorrhoids after they've had a couple of really big nights on the beers or wines. There are demonstrable links between drinking alcohol and piles.

So the next question is how much water should I drink? Well, I mean there aren't any hard and fast rules but the rules of some that I certainly go by is to drink approximately two liters of water per day. If you want an easy way to kind of get that, when you first get out of bed, have your first glass of water and then set your watch to ring an alarm every hour. Then just grab a glass of water, drink it down, and if you do that all through the day, it's almost hard not to drink two liters per day.

This isn't meant to be difficult. It certainly isn't of benefit to just gulp down a liter in the morning and then slam down a liter in the later on at night. you'll receive far more benefit if you hydrate yourself regularly on an hourly basis.

So, have we answered the question "Is there a link between dehydration and hemorrhoids?" Well, it certainly doesn't help and drinking water will cause your stool to soften and make it easier to pass. Obviously, it will stop constipation, but it also has a whole raft of other benefits. It can help with losing weight. It is absolutely necessary for the body to have water to help the clearing of toxins.

So, in conclusion, it's clear you should be drinking more water, and dehydration is a major factor in getting hemorrhoids. And it's not that hard to control hemorrhoids and certainly taking on enough water is one of the big first steps that everyone should take.

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